PBL: The Basics - What is PBL?

Projects vs PBL

Traditionally, projects have been these culminating events at the end of a unit where students apply all they have learned to create something new or showcase what they know. These can be great ways for students to independently apply new concepts or skills and see what they can do. However, in Project-Based Learning, we need to shift our thinking a little. PBL moves the culminating project or problem to the front of a unit of study and uses it to drive the learning process. Teachers launch a unit with an intriguing problem to solve or a product to develop and use it as a vehicle to learn and master content and skills. The resources below expand more on what PBL is and how it might look in a classroom.