PBL Blog

Kaleb Rashad of Big Picture Learning keynotes PBL World 2018 with a call for equity and contrasts "compliance vs. innovation"-oriented educational systems.

PBL World 2018's keynoters offers six principles from the science of learning that help explain why PBL is so important for deeper learning.

A 2nd grade teacher encourages a parent to hold off on the field guides for a family vacation.

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

An interdisciplinary unit involving the general classroom, design thinking, P.E., music, art, and addressing problems in their community.

PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer suggests calling it a "PBL unit" or "project"--for more than grammatical reasons.

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.