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Design and share beautiful flyers just like this one!

Spread the word with an online flyer. They're easy to make and impossible to mess up :)

Project Based Learning starts with a Authentic, Real World Problem.
For example, these students are working together to

find ways to reduce pollutants and dangerous bacteria

in a neighborhood lake so it can be used for swimming again.

Present Solution to a Relevant Audience

Once the project is concluded and students have their solution, they get the chance to present what they've learned to an authentic, relevant audience. The students above are presenting to the township office their ideas about how to solve the problem with the neighborhood lake that has harmful bacteria. Here is the link to an article about the project. (This was done by a friend of mine--she gave me permission to share.) Maplewood Lake. Events such as this: presenting solutions and finished projects to peers, community members, even online to a global audience, is very motivating. What they are doing is making a difference, and might have lasting consequences.

Final Thoughts and Questions

I am fortunate to have some experience working on PBL projects with students, Future Prep is something I did with teachers from school districts around my area and it was an invaluable experience as we went to seminars learning the entire process and then we were able to work students on a PBL project.

I suppose my biggest question is related to how the PBL is introduced and set up. In my opinion getting started on PBL is an ambitious undertaking and can be rather overwhelming to teachers. It certainly was to me. I was under so much pressure to make sure I covered all the standards and I worried that a PBL unit might not get to everything my students needed to know. Bottom line, I wanted to do PBL as a classroom teacher but it was difficult to know where to begin, how to make sure I covered all the standards, and how to find the right project/driving question/real-world connection that would fit for my students.
All of that to ask, how is PBL introduced to teachers in a way that helps them feel confident in their abilities to teach the entire process from beginning to end, and that they feel comfortable that they are covering all the standards?

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Design and share beautiful flyers just like this one! Spread the word with an online flyer. They're easy to make and impossible to mess up :) Project Based Learning starts with a Authentic, Real World Problem. For example, these students are working together to find ways to reduce pollutants and dangerous bacteria in a neighborhood lake so it can be used for swimming again.

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STEMPosium Module 4 Investigation Skills

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STEMPosium Module 4 Investigation Skills

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STEMPosium Module 4 Data and Information Collection

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Logical Thinking

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