Background Information

Important Features:

• A driving question or problem that sets the scene for the project

• Student construction of an artifact and presentation to a non-classroom audience

• Student collaborative research often over an extended period of time

• Community of inquiry

• Use of technology-based cognitive and communication tools

Websites:

1. Edutopia:  Project-Based Learning
   1. Start with the Pyramid - http://www.edutopia.org/php/article.php?id=Art_884&key=037# 
   2. Introducing Project-Based Learning - http://www.edutopia.org/php/article.php?id=Art_631 
2. Project-Based and Problem-Based: The same or different - http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/PBL&PBL.htm 
3. Project-Based Learning: a Primer - http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2003/01/project.html 
4. Project-Based Learning Workbook - http://web.archive.org/web/20030914124154/www.k12reform.org/foundation/pbl/workbook/
5. Project-Based Learning Handbook - http://www.bie.org/pbl/pblhandbook/intro.php  
6. IMSA: Problem-Based Learning Network - http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbln/ 
   1. PBL Tutorial - http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbln/tutorials/ 
   2. Ill-structured Problems - http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbln/tutorials/intro/intro6.php 
   3. Sample Problems - http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbln/problems/ 

Exploring PBL

General

1. Edutopia:  Project-Based Learning - http://www.edutopia.org/php/keyword.php?id=037 Great videos
2. Project-Based Learning Units - http://www.sandiegostc.org/sd/pbl.htm 
3. A Project-Based Learning About Project-Based Learning (Activity to explore PBL)- http://www.sun-associates.com/lynn/pbl/pbl.html 
4. Exemplary Projects - http://www.wested.org/pblnet/other_gp.html 
5. Problem-Based Learning Examples - http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/teachnet/three/examples.html 

Science

1. Collaborative Science Projects - http://www.k12science.org/collabprojs.html 

   1. Down the Drain - http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/drainproj/ 

2. Online Science-a-thon - http://scithon.terc.edu/ 

   1. The Marble Roll - http://scithon.terc.edu/MarbleRoll/ 

3. The Love Canal Debate - http://www.wested.org/pblnet/exp_projects/lovecanal.html (LA)

Social Studies

1. The Amistad Case:  A Mock Trial - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hoover/amistad/teacherindex.html 

2. Middle Ages Adventure - http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kmkahler/67910/projectbased/student/student.html 

3. The Global Challenge Project - http://www.netc.org/classrooms@work/classrooms/pcontent.html 

Math

1. Cowboy Cola - http://www.usd435.k12.ks.us/AHS/Teachers/Teachers/cook/math/geom/cwbycola2.htm  

2. How Much is Inside? - http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/howmuchinside.html 

Interdisciplinary

1. It's a Wild Ride (Science, Math, Language Arts)- http://www.netc.org/classrooms@work/classrooms/mtcontent.html 

Planning and Implementing PBL

1. Steps for Planning and Implementing PBL - http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/Guide/Steps.html