Posts about Project-Based Learning
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Preparing for the Future: Exploring Careers
Career-connected learning is essential to prepare students for future jobs, especially in STEM-related fields. Learn how strategies such as career days, interest surveys, community projects, mentoring programs, and work-based learning
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Elementary Entrepreneurship: The Sky’s the Limit
Fostering entrepreneurship in the classroom encourages students to develop hard and soft skills, engage in problem-solving, and communicate effectively while pursuing their entrepreneurial ideas. Read about four key categories with
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Students as Innovators: Why STEM Learning Matters More Than Ever
With the projected growth of STEM occupations, STEM education is critical. Providing early and diverse opportunities in STEM fosters important future-ready skills like collaboration and problem-solving while preparing students for
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Financial Literacy IS Literacy
It is important to start teaching financial literacy at a young age, integrating it throughout student's educational journies. Learn how combining essential financial knowledge with project-based learning and
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Unlocking Potential: Maximizing Student Achievement with HQPBL and Asset-Based Learning
Learn how High-Quality Project-Based Learning (HQPBL) and asset-based learning create an effective educational environment that fosters student creativity, collaboration, and personalized learning opportunities by focusing on students' unique strengths
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Engaging Middle School Students in Deeper Learning with Career-Connected PBL
In today's digital age, student engagement is more of a challenge than ever before. Elizabeth Kreutzer, Middle School Science Teacher and Science Department Chair at Loch Raven Technical
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It's Time for Curriculum Mapping 3.0
The curriculum mapping process ensures comprehensive education over time. In this article, Jay McTighe proposes a new process for curriculum mapping, emphasizing authentic performance tasks over content input. This shift
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Equitable Literacy Through a PBL Lens Part 3: Explicit Instruction & Text-Based Writing
This is the third in a series of three blogs focused on Equitable Literacy Instruction supported through Defined Learning and Project-Based Learning processes. Writing instruction is sometimes viewed as the
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How We’ve Re-“Defined” Social Studies with Project-Based Learning
In this article, John Larmer discusses the challenges of making social studies engaging for students. Larmer delves into Defined Learning's social studies offerings, providing example tasks across grade
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Social Studies and Art Projects for Women’s History Month
Inspire and engage students during Women's History Month and beyond with these social studies and art projects centered around the history, successes, and accomplishments of women. Need some
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