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Project Based Learning: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of a Promising Learning Style

Let’s say that you’ve heard the hype about Project Based Learning (PBL), perhaps tried some PBL ideas you’ve read about, but you haven’t actually put the entire PBL experience into action in your classroom. Now you’ve decided to jump right in – […]

4 Keys to Building an Equitable STEM Program

From professional development opportunities to connecting lessons to careers, here’s how schools and districts can promote STEM for all

By Joel Jacobson

In schools across the nation, approximately 136,000 students took advanced placement […]

Using PBL to Incorporate Multiple Subjects into Writing Courses

Learn how 5th-grade teacher Brooke Pritt from Augusta County Public Schools, VA utilized Defined Learning in her classroom to save time and incorporate science, technology, and research skills into her writing class.

Grade: 5

Subjects: ELA and […]

STEM-Based PBL Projects at a Glance

STEM and project-based learning (PBL) are closely connected. In fact, well-implemented STEM projects generally require a PBL approach. That leads to this question from teachers, "If I’m doing PBL, am I doing STEM?" The short answer is – maybe or […]

Connecting Families and STEM Learning

Engaging students in STEM learning is critical at school and at home. Here are some helpful and fun ways families can connect with STEM learning to help students learn and grow beyond the classroom.

My sons and I recently visited the Children’s […]

3 Ways to Help Students Get Real with Research

Project-based learning is an engaging way of learning for students. It’s real. It’s creative. It helps kids make sense of the subject matter they’re learning. That’s why the PBL process is closely tied to STEM projects. But, despite the fact that […]

How Consistent Collaboration Among Teachers Fosters Effective STEM-Based Instruction

A STEM education consultant explains how consistent collaboration among teachers can foster effective STEM-based PBL instruction.

I entered the teaching profession directly from working in a virology lab. Every day our lab team met to discuss what […]

Building a Collaborative STEM Classroom

A high-school math teacher shares tips on building a collaborative high-school STEM classroom at the start of the school year.

Let’s set the stage… It’s the first day back from summer vacation at a high school. The students have missed each […]

Establishing a Schoolwide STEM Focus

Learn how an AZ school used the engineering design process to successfully establish a schoolwide STEM focus.

Teachers are good at juggling all of the new each year — new admin, new standards, new curriculum, new students, new assessments, new […]

Teaching STEM: The Dilemma

I remember a haunting conversation with a 7th-grade science teacher – I’ll call her Sara. Actually, I guess Sara was the one who was haunted – haunted by the possibilities of what STEM could mean in her classroom if she could just pull it off.

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Project Based Learning: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of a Promising Learning Style

4 Keys to Building an Equitable STEM Program

From professional development opportunities to connecting lessons to careers, here’s how schools and districts can promote STEM for all

Using PBL to Incorporate Multiple Subjects into Writing Courses

STEM-Based PBL Projects at a Glance

Connecting Families and STEM Learning

3 Ways to Help Students Get Real with Research

How Consistent Collaboration Among Teachers Fosters Effective STEM-Based Instruction

Building a Collaborative STEM Classroom

A high-school math teacher shares tips on building a collaborative high-school STEM classroom at the start of the school year.

Establishing a Schoolwide STEM Focus

Learn how an AZ school used the engineering design process to successfully establish a schoolwide STEM focus.

Teaching STEM: The Dilemma

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STEM/STEAM (11)

From professional development opportunities to connecting lessons to careers, here’s how schools and districts can promote STEM for all

A high-school math teacher shares tips on building a collaborative high-school STEM classroom at the start of the school year.

Learn how an AZ school used the engineering design process to successfully establish a schoolwide STEM focus.

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