Digital Age PBL

Upper Division students prepared for a talkshow exhibition about the experience of slavery and civil war through various viewpoints. Students were required to compare an aspect of slavery/civil war in America and in a Spanish-speaking country. For example, a student had to compare "life under slavery" in both America and Brazil.

Ways that PBL and STEAM lessons can compliment one another (and assist all types of learners)

A discussion about how STEAM and PBL go hand in hand.

How PBL can support gifted student education

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

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 project looks like a great way to teach perimeter and area in a relevant and realistic situation. Students will create a subdivision keeping in mind the costs, designs, math, and planning that is a part of the process. They will work with scale drawings of houses, cost breakdown, and subdivision design. This project implements math skills, advertising skills, and writing skills into a interesting and active project.

This is a great 41 day unit on climate change. Even if you don't have the ability or desire to implement the entire thing, there are a lot of great resources and ideas here.