Project-Based Learning
Project Checklist
How does the project structure support student engagement?
Project-based learning gives students the opportunity to ask and answer questions about the real-world around them. When key knowledge and understandings are anchored in project activities, students can connect their learning to their lives.
TOOLS, RESOURCES & EXAMPLES
Challenging Problem or Question The project is framed by a meaningful problem to be solved or a question to answer
Question Formulation Technique (Air Quality Example)
Using Data to Develop/Ask Questions (Air Quality Example)
Example Entry Events (Hook) for Projects
Sustained Inquiry -- An extended process of developing questions, finding information or data, and applying information
Need to Know Questions Strategy
Summary Table (of data/information to answer question)
Tips for managing the messy middle of a project
Structuring work time on a project
Authenticity The project involves real-world context, tasks and tools, quality standards, or impact, or the project speaks to personal concerns, interests, and issues in the students’ lives.
Student Voice and Choice Students make some decisions about the project, including how they work and what they create, and express their own ideas in their own voice.
Reflection
Students and teachers reflect on the learning, the effectiveness of their inquiry and project activities, the quality of student work, and obstacles that arise and strategies for overcoming them.
About Post- Project Student Reflection
Student Project Reflection - Template
Critique & Revision
Students give, receive, and apply feedback to improve their process and products.
Project Tuning Protocol (Peer Feedback)
Public Product Students make their project work public by sharing it with and explaining or presenting it to people beyond the classroom.
Ideas for Entry Events and Culminating Final Products
EXAMPLE PROJECTS