Buck Institute for Education
Project Template for Letter to Parents
What better way to elicit the support of parents and guardians in project-based learning than with a letter directed to them that details the project, the activities involved, and suggestions for how they can support their learner. The...
West Virginia Department of Education
Project Based Learning Template
Here is a great resource for vetting your next project-based learning idea and considering all the major components that you should incorporate.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Biodynamic Farming
During this module learners learn about biodynamic farming through hands-on activities that culminate in having multiple schools collaborate to design subsystems that are combined to make a working aquaponic system. During the SAGE...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Creativity & Innovation Rubric
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades K-2 in using creativity and innovation in a project, and can be used to assess their performance. This rubric is aligned with CCSS, but also can be...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Presentation Rubric Grades 9 12 (Non Ccss)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 9-12 in making effective presentations in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is not noted. It describes an...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: 9 12 Presentation Rubric (Ccss Aligned)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 9-12 in making effective presentations in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CC ELA standards for Speaking and...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Collaboration Rubric (Ccss Aligned)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 3-5 in being effective collaborators in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is noted. It is clear,...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Critical Thinking Rubric (Non Ccss)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in being effective critical thinkers in various phases of a project, and can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is not...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Critical Thinking Rubric (Ccss Aligned)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in being effective critical thinkers in various phases of a project, and can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS in ELA is...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Critical Thinking Rubric (Non Ccss)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 3-5 in being effective critical thinkers in various phases of a project, and can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is not...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Critical Thinking Rubric (Ccss Aligned)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 3-5 in being effective critical thinkers in various phases of a project, and can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS in ELA is...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: K 2 Critical Thinking Rubric
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades K-2 in being effective critical thinkers in a project, and can be used to assess their performance. It is aligned with CCSS, but also can be used in...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Pbl Essential Elements Checklist
[Free Registration/Login Required] The PBL Essential Elements Checklist can be used for a quick evaluation of a project's design, to see if it includes all the essential elements of rigorous, effective PBL. Use this tool before, during,...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Project Design Rubric
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric uses the 8 Essential Elements of PBL as criteria to evaluate projects. It describes three levels to assess the design of a project. Definitions and practical examples are used to clarify the...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Systemwide Implementation of Pbl
[Free Registration/Login Required] An eight-page article describing how Philadelphia implemented PBL system-wide in its out-of-school time (OST) programs. The authors begin with a short review of the scholarly literature on PBL and its...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Pbl, Common Core and Next Gen Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This two-page article summarizes the alignment of PBL with Common Core standards for ELA and math, plus the Next Generation Science Standards. It is an excerpt from the BIE book, PBL for 21st Century...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Pbl School Rubric
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps school and district leaders understand what it looks like to be a school with a fully developed PBL program. It describes what teachers, leaders, and the school as a whole do when they...
Thinkport Education
Write Now: Arguing for Change
Students are presented with a scenario of bullying and are asked to write an "argument for change" as a way to get classmates to stop bullying. In preparing their argumentative piece, students are guided to examine fiction and nonfiction...
Other
Project Foundry: Project Based Learning Ideas
Choosing an end product for PBL can be challenging due to the sheer number of possibilities. To encourage high-level products, it is beneficial to know students' interests and learning styles. The following product grid categorizes...
Other
Buck Institution for Education: Pblu: How to Launch the Project
PBLU provides a guide to implement a successful project-based learning opportunity for the classroom.
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Presentation Rubric Grades 3 5 Ccss Aligned
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 3-5 in making effective presentations in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CC ELA standards for Speaking and...
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Ascd: Seven Essentials for Project Based Learning
Make projects more than mere busy work for students after absorbing the content of this article.
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Government of Alberta
Alberta Learning: Focus on Inquiry [Pdf]
This document provides supports for implementing inquiry-based learning activities in the classroom and is intended for teachers working on their own or in teams, with or without the support of a teacher-librarian or other library...
Buck Institute
Buck Institute for Education: Pblu: Schoolyard Habitat Project
An example of a project-based learning opportunity that engages students in learning what a healthy habitat is by working within the school's campus to increase opportunity for animals to find food and shelter, maintaining plants, and...