• Standards 
• What are the state and federal standards that the students *must* know for the tests? 
• What are additional content standards that can be integrated into this general topic?

• Essential Question Hook and/or Scenario
• What questions or scenario can be posed that will "hook" the students into wanting to know more? To go deeper into the topic?
• This can be the most important part of the Project Plan.
• This is where the concept of Optimal Ambiguity is essential. A teacher must feel comfortable 

• Other content/skills learners will need have to complete this project
• What would you like the learner to be able to do as a result of their learning?
• This step is perfect for planning workshops. Writing skills? Speaking? Phone skills? Tech skills?

• Resources
• What additional support will the teacher need to provide for the students to keep pushing them further? 
• How will s/he get the students to connect with these resources?

• Final deliverable(s)
• What product will the learner turn in, publish, or perform to demonstrate mastery of the essential and secondary content and skills?
• What tools will they need access to in order to complete the deliverable?

• Deadlines
• What is the appropriate amount of time that a student needs to wrestle with the topic? Be sure to create a sense of urgency with your deadline.
• What are your plans for Soft Deadline?
• What are your plans for the Hard Deadline?

• Evaluation
• How will the student evaluate his/her own work? 
• How will the student evaluate his/her peers' work?
• How will the teacher provide feedback for the learning growth?

• Further questions
• How will the learners (including the teacher) share what additional questions and/or learning that are left from the project's experiences?