I like this because they are not using fancy technology or something complicated. They are using the tool to accomplish the job efficiently and effectively.
this is important to remember whenever we ask students to owrk in teams.
Criteria for success on PBL tasks need to be clearly defined at the start of the project, and should include multiple opportunities for feedback, reflection, and time for students to revise their work
The study of the Torah's [design of the Holy Temple] can be equated to its construction. Go tell them to study the form of the Temple. As a reward for their study and their occupation with it, I will consider it as if they actually built it."
that extend far beyond the ordinary sphere of intellectual activity. Rather, through this study, a person fulfills his obligation to build the Temple
This site has a lot of good information and is just right for Middle School students. Grade 5 students can also use it but would need a little more guidance.
he Tekiah Gedolah --the last long blast of the shofar - strikes a more cheerful note, however, for it reminds us of That Great Day when the Great Shofar will be sounded to gather all the exiles of our people Israel, like a shepherd gathering in his flocks, and when with our Righteous Messiah at our head, we will return to the Land of Israel…