YSEALI Edu #2: What is Project Based Learning
- Water Quality
- Aug 15, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 21, 2019
What is Project-Based Learning?
In Project-Based Learning teachers use complex, authentic questions to drive instruction. Students work in groups to answer the question and produce something that shows their learning.
Below are several video examples of what PBl looks like in practice.
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What Does PBL Look Like?
Project-based units can be as short as 2-3 weeks or as long as an entire course. This section will introduce you to examples of short and long PBL units and PBL at different grade levels so you can see what how PBL looks across content areas and grade levels.
Below are some videos of PBL classes and curriculum resources for different grade levels.
PBL at the Primary Level
Newsome Park Science magnet - http://www.edutopia.org/newsome-park-elementary-project-learning-video
Melrose Elementary School - http://vimeo.com/30418561
Engineering is Elementary classroom videos - http://www.eie.org/eie-curriculum/resources/listing
Engineering is Elementary curriculum units - http://www.eie.org/eie-curriculum/curriculum-units
PBL at the MIddle School Level (grades 6-8)
Rollercoasters - http://www.intel.com/education/projects/wildride/
PBL at the Secondary School Level
English/Language Arts
Ezine- Ezine is a required freshman course at LASA High School in Austin Texas. Students work in groups of 3-4 to produce a print-style magazine on a topic of their choice. Students develop skills in writing, layout design, font design/characteristics, and industry standard publishing software. Each student writes articles, advertisements, and short bios. http://lasaezine.weebly.com/
Mirror project - http://bie.org/object/video/mirror_project_in_english_history
Social Studies
Social Studies on the Radio - http://www.edutopia.org/practice/integrated-learning-broadcasting-and-social-studies
Lost: Create a civilization that can stand the test of time - http://bie.org/object/document/lost
Mirror project - http://bie.org/object/video/mirror_project_in_english_history
Mathematics
Design a High School for 2050 - http://www.edutopia.org/mountlake-terrace-geometry-real-world-video
The Art of Mathematics is a problem-based course - http://www.artofmathematics.org/books
The Alhambra Restoration - http://org.elon.edu/t2project/article0001/index.htm
Science
Watershed Health - http://bie.org/object/video/watershed_project_overview
Helping Cocoa - http://org.elon.edu/t2project/article0004/index.htm
Malaria Mission - http://org.elon.edu/t2project/article0003/index.htm
Hurricane Season - http://org.elon.edu/t2project/article0002/index.htm
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