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Both project-based learning and STEAM education (science, technology, engineering, art and math) are growing rapidly in our schools. Some schools are doing STEAM, some are doing PBL, and some are leveraging the strengths of both to do STEAM PBL.

"By design, PBL is learner-centered. Students don't simply choose between two highly academic projects to complete by a given date, but instead use the teacher's experience to design and iterate products and projects-products and projects that often address issues or challenges that are important to them."

A video introduction to Project Based Learning by Edutopia

"Projects are generally teacher-directed, universal, and tangent to the learning, while project-based learning is student-centered, personal, and the learning pathway itself. Put simply, it is an approach to learning rather than something to complete. Paul Curtis recently shared this excellent visual on twitter that takes a different approach to clarifying the difference, looking at it from the perspective of curriculum planning and instructional design."