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Although this project was created using the old PBL standard the basic components of civic responsibility for second graders can be applied to professional responsibility for respiratory therapy students. The project provides a useful template from which to build my grade and content specific content for improving safety in healthcare. The projects involves: Second graders are ready to conquer the world-and they can start with their community. In Make a Difference: Civic Responsibility, elementary school students partner with local organizations to fill a real need, help a specific population, engage in public service, and make a tangible difference in their neighborhoods and beyond.

2016 Study Shows Project-Based Learning by Defined STEM has a Positive Impact on Student Learning Outcomes - See more at: http://www.definedlearning.com/research-report#sthash.KQgNy9ck.dpuf Somewhat deceiving: Greatest gains were measured on assessment created by the organization performing the study. No pretest/posttest only However, did demonstrate +5 points on standardized tests

Larry Ferlazzo said, "I'll begin posting new questions and answers in late August, and during the summer will be sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past five years. You can see all those collections from the first four years here. Here are the ones I've posted so far: This Year's Most Popular Q & A Posts!"

Before we get into the *Here are The big buzz word: power of PBL*, this is a good time to remind you that I'm a special education teacher in an K-5 elementary building. I work with a wide variety of students with disabilities (learning and nonspecific) in their classes, my resource room, small group, and one-to-one.

This is a fairly recent article detailing the increase in PBL popularity while offering a few warnings on its usage.

English Language Learners (ELL) are becoming more widespread in classrooms ranging from K-12 to higher education. When utilizing PBL in an ELL classroom how can we as educators design projects to not only support language learning but also engage students?