How-to Tips and Tools
Inquiry Levels Structure Student Agency
Suggestions for scaffolding student agency in PBL, giving students greater control as they gain experience with independent work.
Search Results
Workshop: Social Emotional Learning in PBL
This one-day workshop provides an overview of PBL as a transformative approach to social and emotional learning (SEL).
PBL and Equity
7 Moves to Advance Racial Equity Through PBL
How PBL teachers can support educational equity for Black and Latinx students when designing and implementing Gold Standard PBL.
VIDEO: The Revolutions Project
This project features Erin Brandvold and her high school world history class from the Impact Academy of Arts and Technology in Hayward, CA.
General PBL
Why Your School System Needs a Portrait of a Graduate
"It’s not buy-in. It’s believe-in." Anyone who has taken part in a PBL 101 workshop knows the metaphor of the “ideal graduate.”
How-to Tips and Tools
Reimagining Art in PBL
How art can be used not only for creating products but to enhancie all of Gold Standard PBL's Essential Project Design Elements.
How-to Tips and Tools
4 Projects About the Civil Rights Movement
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, here are some projects on the Civil Rights Movement in U.S. history.
Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
Embracing Vulnerability in PBL
A teacher explains why and how to promote a school culture in which teachers can honestly and openly reflect on their use of PBL, modeling the practice for students.
Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
A PBL Teacher’s Winter Break Reflection
How a teacher reflected on her teaching practice by focusing on one student, one skill, and the joys of teaching.
Press Release: Project Idea Cards for Teachers
Novato, California (Feb. 19, 2019) – PBLWorks introduces a free online library of more than 60 downloadable Project Idea Cards to