Project-based Learning
Duxbury teachers have been taking district-based PBL graduate courses focused on PBL. Our district believes that Project-based learning provides our students with experiences to become independent learners and provides students with the skills they will need to become life long learners. Here's a listing of some of the projects that have been developed.
Elementary:
Map Discoveries and Map Making, Tori MacKay, Chandler, G2 SS
Identity Island. Laurie Devine, Alden, EL Curriculum
Kindergarten Shapes, Celine Mahoney + Natalie Priscilla, Chandler,Math
Genius Hour, Erin Martin, Alden, ELA
Nonfiction Blended Unit, Chandler, Cassandra Sweeney, ELA
Genius Hour Unit Plan, Annie Cheney, Alden, Grade 5 Nonfiction Expository Writing
Secondary:
Food Truck: Systems of Equations (1.4), Kara Anderson, G 9-10 Math.
Phsyical Fitness: A Personalized Fitness Plan, Mike Barba, DHS, Physical Education.
Family Foods and Traditions Unit, Shaylin Clancy, Chandler Family.
Culture of Haiti, Adria Hasha, DHS, World Language
Romeo and Juliet, Melissa Hoppie, DHS, ELA
Ocean Expedition Blended Unit, Anna Valdez, DMS, STEM
Hallelujah Unit, Maria Varonko, DHS, Music
Antigone Blended Learning Unit, DHS, Amy Holbrook/Jason Madanjan, ELA
Executive Functioning for DMS Students, DMS, Rachel Files-Goulding, Special Education
Road to Revolution Blended Unit, DHS, Brittany Bradford, SS
Angle Relations Unit, DHS, Geometry
Identity, Culture, Personality, and Career Unit Plan, DHS, Aimee Venditti, ESL
College Essay Writing Unit Plan, DHS, Brianna DeCoste, Guidance Counselor
Mandarin UDL Unit Plan, DHS, Caili Mei, Mandarin 10th grade
Polynomial Functions Unit Plan, DHS, Chris Carey, CP Precalculus