PBL Blog

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How-to Tips and Tools

4 Ways to Build a PBL Culture

A PBL Works National Faculty member and teacher explains the importance of relationships, student ownership, common language and processes, and promoting a growth mindset.
Success Stories

Superintendent supporting PBL across 80,000-student district

This Superintendent in Virginia brings PBL to 80,000 students across 90 schools – with a vision of graduates who are knowledgeable, critical thinkers, communicators, collaborators, creators, and ultimately contributors to the world.
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General PBL

10 Reasons We Appreciate PBL Teachers

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, and we should give a special shout-out to teachers who use Project Based Learning. Whether they are new to the game or PBL veterans, they share certain admirable traits along with their use of the Project Based Teaching Practices in our model for Gold Standard PBL.
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How-to Tips and Tools

How to Create More Meaningful Team Contracts

A teacher and PBLWorks National Faculty member explains how he borrows a tool from restorative practice, the talking circle, to have students talk about collaboration and create their own team contract for projects.
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Projects in Action

Learning Flows to Depths in a STREAM Project

A 1st-2nd grade project on reducing local river pollution combines science, technology, reading, engineering, art, and math with design thinking, mindful making, and community action.