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Smart Blogs: Should I Teach Problem , Project or Inquiry Based Learning?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lately, there have been a bunch of buzzwords floating around the education world that all seem to mean the same thing. You've probably heard them: problem-based learning, project-based learning and inquiry-based learning. Is there a...
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NC State University

Meridian: Getting a Grip on Project Based Learning

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This resource looks at project-based learning. Students and teachers will benefit from some of the basic information presented in this article concerning the different aspects of project-based learning.
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Stephen Ritz Kicks Off Pbl World

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An article featuring Stephen Ritz and his innovative use of PBL in his science classroom. See how he relates his curriculum to urban farming.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Inquiry Page: Learning Begins With Questions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What exactly is inquiry-based learning? Use this website to learn more about this unique learning style.
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Eduscapes: Teacher Tap: Project, Problem, and Inquiry Based Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What is problem, project, and inquiry based learning? This comprehensive website is full of resources to help you learn more about these teaching styles and strategies.
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Saskatoon Public Schools: Instructional Strategies Online: Interactive Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Increase learning by encouraging students to interact with peers and teachers through interactive instruction strategies including debates, role playing, panels, brainstorming, and many more. Then click on some of the strategies to learn...
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Saskatoon Public Schools: Instructional Strategies Online: Indirect Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about direct instruction and view a list of indirect teaching strategies including problem solving, case studies, reading for meaning, inquiry, and many more. Then click on each strategy in order to learn more about the strategy...
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Educational Methods: Tactile Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Tactile learners learn most effectively by being able to manipulate and physically touch objects. This article explores three different tactile activities that have been found to be useful in teaching different age groups of tactile...
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College Info Geek: 7 Project Management Apps to Keep Your Team Organized in 2020

For Students 9th - 10th
When you're working on a large project, to-do lists can fall short. There's simply too much going on and too many people involved. Instead, you need to use dedicated project management software. But how do you choose a project management...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Stream Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a field study where students investigate the characteristics and processes of local streams to see how they affect the landscape around them, and develop questions that could be investigated. They also collect rock samples from...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: The American Red Squirrel an Outdoor Inquiry Lesson

For Teachers K - 1st
For this activity, students are presented with red pine cones that have been partly eaten by the American Red Squirrel, a fact that is not divulged to them at this stage. After a discussion of the possibilities, the class takes a walk in...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: The Great Egg Drop: Relationship Between Gravity, Mass and Density

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An interesting experiment in the relationship between gravity, density, and mass. Students must devise a way to drop a milk carton containing two raw eggs off a roof 50 feet high, without breaking the eggs. They then write a scientific...
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: We All Need to Lead 21st Century Learning

For Students Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An article discussing the call for action to spread the word that "PBL is the how to get to the 'what' of 21st century learning."
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: The Best Unit I've Ever Taught

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An article outlining a PBL unit taught in an eighth grade history class. The educator discusses how the unit was developed by accident and how he drew on the students interest to make it successful!
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Is It Another "Aha" Moment for Education

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A video focusing on an "aha" moment a physics teacher had in using project based learning in his classroom. [2:06]
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Have You Seen the Nex Gen Science Standards?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An article discussing how the Next Generation Science Standards is the what and PBL is the how!
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: How to Use the "4 C's" Rubrics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
"Rubrics describe what good critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity & innovation look like in the context of Project Based Learning." The collection of rubrics does not evaluate content for a specific subject...
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: 21st Century Education and Pbl

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A look into how the 21st century education vision can use PBL as an effective implementation strategy. This article discusses the points to how PBL helps fulfill the overview vision found in the 21st...
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Pairing Two Subjects in One Project

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Make learning more meaningful for your students by creating integrated curriculum project with your colleagues. This article focuses on how integrated curriculum projects benefit the students in a PBL...
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: The Common Core Is the "What." Pbl Is the "How."

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An article discussing how the Common Core is the what and PBL is the how!
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Buck Institute

Pbl Works: What Does It Take for a Project to Be Authentic?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An article discussing the four ways a project can be considered authentic within the project based learning framework. Article gives examples of projects that maybe completed in class and discusses their authenticity.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Readers Theater Inquiry Based Learning

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow thirteen links to rubrics, charts, PowerPoints, videos, and activities to demonstrate Readers Theater an Inquiry Based Learning.
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Diver Ciencia: Quimica Magica

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try eighteen different chemistry experiments which look like magic but everything is a product of chemical reaction.
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Diver Ciencia: Quimica Curiosa

For Students 9th - 10th
These are eighteen different chemistry experiments to satisfy your curiosity.