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partnering with other STEM schools around the state or country not just with our sister school

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partnering with other STEM schools around the state or country not just with our sister school

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Bringing people from the community that are affected by the the real problems we are solving

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Taking kids to faraway places to experience the problem...like to actual Aztec ruins. :)

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Black footed ferrets! Great field experiences, very local issue, kids were very engaged and came up with creative solutions

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Black footed ferrets! Great field experiences, very local issue, kids were very engaged and came up with creative solutions

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Sometimes the word Problem is too heavily focused on and that scares away ppl outside of the education/STEM world. Sometimes its not necessarily a 'problem' but allows for many solutions and real world hands on experience.

- Tara H.

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more field excursions/ STEM camps for students

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Seeing solutions implemented long term- past pannel

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Seeing solutions implemented long term- past pannel

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more field ex

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Real problems that are age appropriate.
-Katie

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We have found great engagement when there is something that happens after presentations. For example- students had to create a kit of items to make homes more energy efficient. Panel members voted on their favorite items. We used a PTO grant to purchase the favorite items and created kits to hand out to community members.

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Acid Mine Drainage.  One of my groups created an idea that some of the experts were actually going to take back to their superiors because they thought it was a such a good one.

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Acid Mine Drainage.  One of my groups created an idea that some of the experts were actually going to take back to their superiors because they thought it was a such a good one.

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More inclusion of parents.  The are the largest stakeholders for kids.

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More inclusion of parents.  The are the largest stakeholders for kids.

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It has been great when we've been able to pick our experts' brains part of the way through building or designing.

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Sometimes coming up with ideas is Hard. Other times I have several ideas. I've been keeping a list but maybe less expectations on Teachers coming up with brilliant new problems every year - Tara H.

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I'd like to do more with them after panel, like start a podcast!

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Community/partners bringing real problems to us that students can see the results from.

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I would like to see kids have more opportunities to actually work to implement solutions after the PBL ends. Also, it seems like there's a PBL "formula" that we follow and it gets repetitive and becomes just another "school thing." I'd like to get more creative with how and when we use experts in the process and what panel looks like besides a slide presentation that follows the same formula every time.

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I know this has been done before but I think for engineering it makes more sense instead of going to panel at the end there are mini panels as we go along. - Tara H.

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more authentic problems...the best PBLs happen when they are real.  Students are able to make better connections.

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more authentic problems...the best PBLs happen when they are real.  Students are able to make better connections.

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I would like my students to stay more involved with whatever community opportunities are available

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I would like my students to stay more involved with whatever community opportunities are available

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I would love to see more solutions come to fruition. I think a lot of kids get into the mindset that this is just something to do and not causing long term effects. I would love to see more PBL's around SEL, anti-racism, anti-bias, and student-driven problems.

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first year-6th grade partnered with the Challenger Learning Center in Colorado Springs and students made satellites

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My favorite because it it a real problem, went perfect with science, students made and tested prototypes.
The PBL followed up to first grade and we did another PBL on how we could get shade on the playground.
-Katie

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Expectations for slide shows and students not reading off of them. Language specific supports for our kids. - Tara H.

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I would like to begin the PBL with a field experience.

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I would like to begin the PBL with a field experience.

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It was awesome to do something that was so relevant to kids every single day and watch the impact happen in real time.

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This was done at an IB school, a PBL done to help examine our identity.  We all learned so much about ourselves and about our group.
Kathy Smith

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I've stopped trying to force "kind of" problems into PBLs.

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stronger system for implementation so that students aren't designing these amazing solutions and then that's the last they hear of it when "we're done" with PBL

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stronger system for implementation so that students aren't designing these amazing solutions and then that's the last they hear of it when "we're done" with PBL

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I loved our Type 2 Diabetes PBL.  Ii hit home for so many students.

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I loved our Type 2 Diabetes PBL.  Ii hit home for so many students.

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It would be fabulous if kids were more involved in generating the problems.  As a speaking assessment for ELD, I sometimes will ask the kids to talk about one of their PBLs.  I am shocked at how few they remember.  I wonder if they would remember them more if they could be a part of generating the problem.

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It would be fabulous if kids were more involved in generating the problems.  As a speaking assessment for ELD, I sometimes will ask the kids to talk about one of their PBLs.  I am shocked at how few they remember.  I wonder if they would remember them more if they could be a part of generating the problem.

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I want kids to branch out from the standard slide deck presentation... they rely on the slides too much and I want to see them really express the information

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Wolf Reintroduction because it was on the ballot coming up so it felt very timely.

Current wildfire one because of the collaboration between 5th and 3rd and all of the amazing connections students are building.

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Like Optimus Prime but other than that less down time meaning kids spend more time moving and not sitting. 

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Like Optimus Prime but other than that less down time meaning kids spend more time moving and not sitting. 

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More mini field trips based on student requests/needs

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More mini field trips based on student requests/needs

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Incorporating into more than one content area

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Incorporating into more than one content area

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SEL PBL because it involved a little math and using data to support solution ideas and also they actually built their solutions which I hadn't done in ELA before.

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SEL PBL because it involved a little math and using data to support solution ideas and also they actually built their solutions which I hadn't done in ELA before.

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the way I use guest speaker and field experiences. interactive, students create, etc. 

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the way I use guest speaker and field experiences. interactive, students create, etc. 

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Manufacturing + Bacteria Inhibiting PBL- 8th Grade. SUPER hard. the kids rose to the occasion.
- Tara H.

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Kids inventing adaptable instruments so people of all physical abilities are able to play music.

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Using experts multiple times throughout a PBL, not just for a presentation.

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Using experts multiple times throughout a PBL, not just for a presentation.

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Iterations are EXPECTED TO SHOW THE PROCESS. - Tara H.

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Wild horses because of the variety of solutions they came up with and hearing second graders pronounce euthanize 

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Wild horses because of the variety of solutions they came up with and hearing second graders pronounce euthanize 

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Such a cool way to connect curriculum with a local partner (Butterfly Pavilion) The engagement was so high.

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This was the most authentic PBL I've ever done and hands-down the most successful. It is NOT a coincidence that the best was the most authentic.

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We vet as we go along instead of relying on vetting right before.
- Tara H.

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Community Engagement -lots of choice-lots of variety.

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Community Engagement -lots of choice-lots of variety.

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Natural Disasters because they were exciting and engaging to watch videos of.

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Resource Lenses have been refined so it makes it easier for me to support you all.

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Resource Lenses have been refined so it makes it easier for me to support you all.

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Such a critical topic for our country and our world.  Though it probably shouldn't be a PBL.  It should probably be more broad based.

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I'd love to see PBL expand its scope. How can we get bigger, more modern ideas, and branch out further than just our local communities or to those we have specific access to. Just thinking passions like game design, tech industry, etc. that branch far outside of our local area.

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It started with a field experience, great guest speaker, and solutions ended up coming to life (almost-f u covid)

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More creative, more student input and decision making, not ending with panel.

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Kids inventing their own games and how to create a workout space/workout within your environment for free.

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Kids inventing their own games and how to create a workout space/workout within your environment for free.

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in groups sooner, more hands-on experiments, demonstrations, 

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in groups sooner, more hands-on experiments, demonstrations, 

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Bringing wolves back to Colorado, because we got to pet a wolf. Animals interactions are always a win for me. 

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Bringing wolves back to Colorado, because we got to pet a wolf. Animals interactions are always a win for me. 

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Most students will rise to the occasion of presenting

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We challenged the kids to create a way to remove fossils while keeping the reservoir open as a water source. It was great because we had support from specials teachers. They created 3D animated presentations of their designs.

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Low engagement --> High engagement, more kid voice, embracing the "wild" pbl ideas.

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Cory I would love to see actual prototypes of designs for solutions that involve physical pieces.

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Cory I would love to see actual prototypes of designs for solutions that involve physical pieces.

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They have time to come up with multiple ideas individually and use Data to decide what idea they want to go with as a group.
- Tara H.

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More focus on experts.  More daily decisions made by students.

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More focus on experts.  More daily decisions made by students.

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When I started doing PBL's I had each kid move toward their own idea.  I am better at having them work as groups to learn together and move forward.
Kathy Smith

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I liked this PBL bc we stared with a field experience, that is always a good start..