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Background Information
Important Features:
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A driving question or problem that sets the scene for the project
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Student construction of an artifact and presentation to a non-classroom audience
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Student collaborative research often over an extended period of time
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Community of inquiry
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Use of technology-based cognitive and communication tools
Websites:
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Edutopia: Project-Based Learning
- Start with the Pyramid - http://www.edutopia.org/php/article.php?id=Art_884&key=037#
- Introducing Project-Based Learning - http://www.edutopia.org/php/article.php?id=Art_631
- Project-Based and Problem-Based: The same or different - http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/PBL&PBL.htm
- Project-Based Learning: a Primer - http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2003/01/project.html
- Project-Based Learning Workbook - http://web.archive.org/web/20030914124154/www.k12reform.org/foundation/pbl/workbook/
- Project-Based Learning Handbook - http://www.bie.org/pbl/pblhandbook/intro.php
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IMSA: Problem-Based Learning Network - http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbln/
- PBL Tutorial - http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbln/tutorials/
- Ill-structured Problems - http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbln/tutorials/intro/intro6.php
- Sample Problems - http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbln/problems/
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Exploring PBL
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General
- Edutopia: Project-Based Learning - http://www.edutopia.org/php/keyword.php?id=037 Great videos
- Project-Based Learning Units - http://www.sandiegostc.org/sd/pbl.htm
- A Project-Based Learning About Project-Based Learning (Activity to explore PBL)- http://www.sun-associates.com/lynn/pbl/pbl.html
- Exemplary Projects - http://www.wested.org/pblnet/other_gp.html
- Problem-Based Learning Examples - http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/teachnet/three/examples.html
Science
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Collaborative Science Projects - http://www.k12science.org/collabprojs.html
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Down the Drain - http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/drainproj/
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Online Science-a-thon - http://scithon.terc.edu/
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The Marble Roll - http://scithon.terc.edu/MarbleRoll/
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The Love Canal Debate - http://www.wested.org/pblnet/exp_projects/lovecanal.html (LA)
Social Studies
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The Amistad Case: A Mock Trial - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hoover/amistad/teacherindex.html
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Middle Ages Adventure - http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kmkahler/67910/projectbased/student/student.html
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The Global Challenge Project - http://www.netc.org/classrooms@work/classrooms/pcontent.html
Math
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Cowboy Cola - http://www.usd435.k12.ks.us/AHS/Teachers/Teachers/cook/math/geom/cwbycola2.htm
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How Much is Inside? - http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/howmuchinside.html
Interdisciplinary
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It's a Wild Ride (Science, Math, Language Arts)- http://www.netc.org/classrooms@work/classrooms/mtcontent.html
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Planning and Implementing PBL
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- Steps for Planning and Implementing PBL - http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/Guide/Steps.html
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