Project-Based Learning
Project-Based Learning(PBL) Components:
- Challenging problem or driving question
- Authenticity/Real World Context
- Student Voice and Choice
- Defined Key Knowledge, Understanding and Success Skills
- Sustained Inquiry
- Critique and Revision
- Public Product/Exhibition
- Reflection
- See High Tech High- Project Design Guide[i]
- Buck Institute PBL Planning Forms: http://www.bie.org/objects/cat/planning_forms:
- PBL Online Archive
- Videos- PBL in Action
- Apps for Good Framework
High School PBL Exemplars:
Middle School PBL:
- NuVu Studio: https://cambridge.nuvustudio.com/discover - /c/project
- Design Squad(PBS): http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/resources/
- Design Squad Videos(PBS): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnrwZRt7Ask_mZDvmUOjCmA/videos
- Project H Design: http://studio-h.org/
- High Tech High School: http://steamcurriculum.weebly.com/high-tech-high.html
- Code.Org: https://code.org/educate/curriculum/high-school
- Design Tech High School http://www.designtechhighschool.org/
Middle School PBL:
- Healey Middle School Sustainability Fair
http://thesprouts.github.io/healey/sustainability-17/
University PBL Exemplars:
- 2.007 Design and Manufacturing https://mitengineering.bitbucket.io/2.007/about.html
- 2.00b Toy Product Design http://web.mit.edu/2.00b/www/
- 6.811 Principles and Practices of Assistive Technology http://ppat.mit.edu/fall2017/index.html
- Medical Devices Maker Lab http://akyoung.scripts.mit.edu/makerlab/
- 2.009 Product Engineering Processes http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/index.html