Videos
When it comes to PBL, most people ask, "Can you give me an overview? Are there specific examples? Help! Where do I start?" The following videos were produced or selected to help answer those initial questions. We also have a YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/biepbl.
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. [Time: 4:40]
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Middle School Project: Gender Roles
Middle school students at the Greater Brunswick Charter School in New Jersey complete an interdisciplinary project about gender roles combining Language Arts, History, Biology, and Media Literacy. [Time: 8:56]
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Designing Integrated Curriculum
Learn about one team's process for developing an integrated forensic project that meets state standards of various subject areas' curriculum units. [Time: 6:20]
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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. [Time: 8:41]
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Middle School Project: Public Art
Art, history, engineering, language arts, and technology, both old and new, come together for eighth grade students in this rich project learning expedition at King Middle School in Portland, Maine. [Time: 6:53]
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Framework for Project Learning Success
Teacher-training coordinator David Grant describes how King Middle School in Portland, Maine combines project learning and technology to build effective, authentic learning experiences. [Time 13:15]
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High School Project: Save the Beach
During an interdisciplinary project, High Tech High students use the power of media and the knowledge of scientific data to educate the public about the water quality at local beaches. [Time: 5:32]
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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. [Time: 5:00]
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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. [Time: 3:54]
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Restructuring the Day
Three Prairie South teachers talk about restructuring their day to support project based learning. [Time: 5:35]
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