This document discusses project-based learning and provides examples of how it has been implemented in different grade levels and subject areas. It begins with defining project-based learning and explaining its benefits. It then provides several examples of projects done by students ranging from elementary to high school levels, involving subjects like science, math, art and design. These projects demonstrate how project-based learning allows students to engage deeply with real-world problems and topics.
19. Elementary Project: Courtyard Redesign - 5th graders from
Madison Wisconsin public school present their finished designs
to a group of school architects, planners, & designers. The video
also demonstrates teacher planning. (0:00 - 1:30; 8:10-8:25)
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20. The Blood Bank Project: Team Teaching - High Tech High seniors
work on multimedia dioramas integrating art, biology, and
technology to promote the San Diego Blood Bank. (0:00 - 1:45)
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21. Expeditionary Project: Give Me Shelter - Juniors at Casco Bay High School, in
Portland, Maine, explore homelessness by working in teams to make audio
slide-show portraits in a semester-long project about housing issues and
public policy. (0:00 - 2:00)
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22. Design Project: How to Charrette - The Salvadori Center in New
York take 100 students through an all-day design challenge to
redesign Time Square as a pedestrian mall with the help of
professional engineers, architects, and designers. (0:00 - 2:00)
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23. Expeditionary Learning: Soil Superheroes - King Middle School
seventh graders work with community experts to create
scientifically accurate cartoon pamphlets on beneficial aspects of
Bacteria; shows teacher planning (0:00 - 2:00)
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24. Math Project: Board Games - HTH Media Art 9th grade students
create math board games to review concepts which involved
critique by 4th & 5th graders from Explorer Elementary. (0:00 -
1:39)
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