Project Based Learning
What is Project Based Learning?
Project Based Learning is a teaching and learning mindset where students utilize team building skills and collaboration to explore and think critically to solve an authentic, real world problem.
A Project Based Learning experience ALWAYS begins by identifying Standards based content that is occuring in a classroom and creating an authentic learning experience designed to engage students in a purposeful way.
Highlights of a Project Based Learning
Exploration & student engagement is the foundation of PBL
Students learn how to work collaboratively
Community involvement is essential for authenticity and students' understanding and application of what they are learning
Real world problem ---> student connection ---> purposeful learning
Story Animation
G5 Art
R.P. Connor
Self Propelled Vehicles
G4 Science
R.P. Connor
New Construction
Impact on Our Community
G5 Writing & Technology
Sloatsburg
Sloatsburg Revitalization Project
G5 Mathematics & Writing
Sloatsburg
What does Project Based Learning Look Like?
Cardboard Arcade Challenge
G4 Science
Cherry Lane
Designing Creative Learning Spaces
G4 Math, Literacy & Tech
Montebello
Hydroponics
G3 Science
Cherry Lane
Bear Mountain Zoo Habitats
G1 Science
Montebello