These PBL Units are designed to connect  ELA standards and lessons with NGSS (Science) and History/Social Studies units and concepts. This helps students to make cross-content connections, engages students in real world activities that impact the community, and promotes the 4 Cs (creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking). All units use either Benchmark Advance or supplemental grade level texts. Each unit will indicate where it is recommended to teach your Benchmark Advance time as normal, and implement your PBL unit during HSS and Science blocks of time, or to use your ELA time to implement your PBL and extend into HSS and Science time.