WB STEAM

Over the past five years, we've amassed a body of lesson plans, activities, project briefs, and resources that we have used in our Studio H and Camp H programs. Some are bite-size creative calisthenics, some are obscure design theory readings, others are big, crazy, year-long construction projects.

Problem-Based Learning: Tips and Project Ideas

A Better List Of Ideas For Project-Based Learning

Are you on a journey to find  great PBL ideas? Then you have come to the right place. In fact, you just might want to spend some time here and also continue to come back. The first of my list includes sites that have created data bases of PBL Units. You will find units that you can use, improve, or incorporate as a base.

The PBL Super Highway… Over 45 Links To Great Project Based Learning

Change - making it happen in your school and system.  Michael Fullan. Great article about the change process along with additional resource references.

Change - making it happen in your school and system.  Michael Fullan.

To help you start using PBL, we've created age-appropriate, customizable project checklists for written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations, and science projects. The use of these checklists keeps students on track and allows them to take responsibility for their own learning through peer- and self-evaluation.  Very helpful resource as educators get started with PBL.

A project is meaningful if it fulfills two criteria. First, students must perceive the work as personally meaningful, as a task that matters and that they want to do well. Second, a meaningful project fulfills an educational purpose. Well-designed and well-implemented project-based learning is meaningful in both ways.  The authors have identified seven essential elements of meaningful projects - very clear, concise article.

Seven Essentials for Project-Based Learning. Good explanation of essentials of project-based learning.

Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.

Project-based learning is a dynamic classroom approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges and acquire a deeper knowledge.

Project based learning

WHAT WORKS IN EDUCATION The George Lucas Educational Foundation

Problem and Project Based Learning Activities Tons of links to activities, problems, and projects in a variety of subject areas.

Our Problem Based Resource: 1) Provides a variety of Integrated Problem Scenarios based on real-life situations that are engaging to students

Developing New STEM Teaching Methods

The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE

BHEF U.S. STEM Education Model Recognized for Excellence in Leveraging National Innovative and Effective Higher Education Practices

Engaging Diverse Learners Through the Provision of STEM Education Opportunities

Real Problems to Boost STEM Learning Interesting information to reflect on our goal to let PBL drive the STEAM learning opportunities.

Comparison of project and problem based learning

PBL units of study by subject and grade level While in the classroom, I used this resource extensively to support PBL.

Early childhood projects

Project Based Learning in Early Childhood

Using Project-Based Learning to Engage Parents in the School Community Another site that help us consider how to engage parents.