PBL Blog

A kindergarten teacher explains how to co-create driving questions for projects with young children.

A powerful argument that all students are "ready" for PBL, with 8 strategies for scaffolding projects for English Learners.

A high school social studies teacher discusses how giving choices for content, texts, and products in projects promotes equity.

A music teacher makes the case for PBL, with 3 sample project ideas from her concert choir, string orchestra, and ukulele classes.

Why projects should focus on student thinking, not only the product, with sample thinking routines for each of the 4 phases of a project.

An elementary teacher gives 5 suggestions for a "PBL Support Team" including resource teachers, librarians, local organizations, and families.

Tips for sorting students' questions at project launch, and using the list to track progress during a project.

How to provide structure within a project with a framework for inquiry, drafting of work, and reflection.

How to avoid 2 common traps and find the key to good project: authenticity.

How a teacher coached a young “math person” who struggled with the open-endedness of a project about starting a business.