This document provides an overview for a project. It includes the name and duration of the project, subject areas covered, grade level, driving question, standards addressed, 21st century skills, culminating products, assessments, resources needed, and a guide for scaffolding lessons to support students. The overview lists collaboration, presentation, and critical thinking as skills to be taught and assessed through the project work. It outlines formative and summative assessments including tests, journals, presentations and products to be completed.

1. PROJECT OVERVIEW
Name of Project: Duration:
Subject/Course: Teacher(s): Grade Level:
Other subject areas to
be included, if any:
Project Idea
Summary of the issue,
challenge, investigation,
scenario, or problem:
Driving Question
Content and Skills
Standards to be
addressed:
T+A E T+A E
21st Century Skills Collaboration Other:
to be explicitly taught and
assessed (T+A) or that
will be encouraged (E) by
Presentation
project work, but not
taught or assessed: Critical Thinking:
Presentation Audience:
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2. Group:
Culminating Class:
Products and
Performances
School:
Community:
Experts:
Individual:
Web:
Other:
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Entry event to
launch inquiry,
engage students:
Assessments Quizzes/Tests Practice Presentations
Formative
Assessments Journal/Learning Log Notes
(During
Project) Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes Checklists
Rough Drafts Concept Maps
Online Tests/Exams Other:
Written Product(s), with rubric: Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with rubric:
Summative __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________
Assessments
(End of Project) Oral Presentation, with rubric Peer Evaluation
Multiple Choice/Short Answer Test Self-Evaluation
Essay Test Other:
.
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3. Resources On-site people, facilities:
Needed
Equipment:
Materials:
Community resources:
Reflection Journal/Learning Log Focus Group
Methods (Individual,
Group, and/or Whole-Class Discussion Fishbowl Discussion
Whole Class)
Survey Other:
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4. P R O J E C T T E A C H CNT A N A L E A N N I N GRG U I D E
P R O J E I G C D E R D A
Project: Course/Semester:
Start Date:
M O NKnowledge
D A Y and SkillsTNeeded by Y
U E S D A Students W E D N E S D A Y Scaffolding HMaterialsA/ Y
T / U R S D Lessons to be ProvidedA Y
F R I D
to successfully complete culminating productsR O J E C T W E E K Oby the project teacher, other teachers, experts,
P and NE
performances, and do well on summative assessments mentors, community members
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PR O JEC T WEEK TWO
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PR O JEC T W E K
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