Dr. Karin Hess

Where to find Media Sources

PBL – 5 keys to Rigorous PBL - video (6:30 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzCGNnU_WM

PBL Tips for Implementing - Teachers Pay Teachers Blog (July 2019)

PBL Guide (Defined STEM)

 

Buck Institute for Education (BIE) Resources

1. Essential Project Design Elements Checklist Use for a quick evaluation of a project's design

2. Project Design: Overview and Student Learning Guide Two-part form for a project's design & scaffolding

3. Sample Projects http://www.bie.org/resources

4. Performance assessment planning example - mapping project assessments

 

April Smith’s Free PBL Professional Development 

1. PBL Planning Guide www.performingineducation.com/planningguide

2. PBL Video: How to Write  Driving Questions (15 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Eojnkb3Gs

3. PBL Video: Project-Based Learning Basics (12:40 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH-aulUZXo0

 

Todd Stanley – Gifted and PBL resources, blogs, and books https://www.thegiftedguy.com/

 

John Spencer – Podcasts and bogs about PBL and distance learning at http://www.spencerauthor.com/pbl-distance/

 

Michael Kaechele Bogs about PBL at www.michaelkaechele.com. 

 

 

Sample PBL Projects

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PBL project ideas in different content areas/grade levels at https://my.pblworks.org/projects 

 

Sample Distance Learning/End of Year Projects/Capstones (Blog post) 

 

Sample Case Study Assessments (University of Buffalo)

---New Ways to Breathe- Cystic Fibrosis and Gene Therapy 

---Antibiotic Resistance in a Russian Prison - Playing with the Spread of Tuberculosis 

 

Sample Expeditionary Learning Projects (EL Education)

Vernal Pools (gr 7)

Farms & Food (gr 1)

Human Face of Human Rights (gr 10)​

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