What+is+PBL?

=What is Project Based Learning? =

Project Based Learning is just as it sounds - Using authentic projects to enhance student learning.

With PBL, students do meaningful work that contributes to the classroom, community, or beyond that includes standards based, skill rich projects that engage students with an authentic purpose for learning.

Determine your deciding question. What 21st Century skills are you using? (collaboration, communication, tech tools, etc.) What is the outcome or final presentation?

7 Essentials for Project Based Learning

[|Authentic, Driving Question ideas -] a variety of levels

What is great about Project Based Learning? ~ Promotes independence and freedom of choice ~ Reinforces knowledge gained throughout unit study ~ Works for all ages ~Uses all subject areas ~ Multiple Intelligences are used ~ Great for all learning styles

__**Some ways to use PBL with multiple intelligences**__ Speech, Demonstration, Play, Storytelling, Commercial or Skit Scrapbook page, Comic Strip, Paragraph, Notebook page, Story, Report, Journal, ABC Book, Vocabulary Book or Newspaper Article Mobile, Diorama, Model, Graph, Board Game, Poster, Art, Craft or Handicraft Demonstration, Experiment or Cooking [|(adapted from this site)]
 * Verbal**
 * Written**
 * Create**
 * Display**

Project Examples: this site allow you to connect with other classrooms globally as well
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[|Rubrics and other printables]for PBL in your classroom
Video about Project based learning with 5-year-olds: media type="youtube" key="_eyucHMifto" height="315" width="420" Very informational, student led projects. [|(article here)]

**__Project Based Learning in Intermediate Grades__**
Links to other worthwhile PBL Sites if you have time to explore. (some activities/ideas are used in the links above)

[|Wichita Public Schools] - this site has lesson plans, student printables, and student samples of project based learning activities

[|21St Century Elementary Schools]- long list with lots of links, videos, and examples of PBL

[|Tech and Learning PBL] links and activities for all ages of students

[|Project Based Learning Project Libraries] - list of project ideas with links

[|Examples of student projects -] Intemediate grades

[|Learning with project]s - student examples and teacher tools for PBL