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Recommended Project-Based Learning Resources
Exploring Narrative Writing Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a language arts lesson or unit on narrative writing. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Create and Furnish a Tiny House: Exploring Perimeter and Area Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a math lesson or unit on perimeter and area, measurement and conversion, and scale. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Exploring the Five Senses Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a science lesson or unit on the 5 senses. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Create an Annotated Map: Exploring the California Gold Rush Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a social studies lesson or unit on westward expansion and the California Gold Rush. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Build a Simple Machine: Exploring Simple Machines Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Simple Machines and Forces and Motion. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Build a Business Plan: Exploring Data Analysis and Graphing Project Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Data Analysis and Graphing or Entrepreneurship. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Exploring Measurement Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Measurement and Conversion or Entrepreneurship. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Experiment with Electrical Circuits: Exploring Electricity and Energy Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Electricity and Magnetism. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Exploring States of Matter Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Matter and Energy. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Exploring Light and Luminescence Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Light and Luminescence. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Exploring Symbiotic Relationships Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Symbiotic Relationships. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Research Polar Animals: Exploring Animal Adaptations Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Animal Adaptations. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Create a Habitat Sales Commercial: Exploring Animal Habitats Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Animal Habitats and Biomes. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Test Newton's Laws: Exploring Force and Motion Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Force and Motion. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Build a Time Capsule: Exploring Colonial America Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Colonial America. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Build a Model Space Craft: Exploring Astronaut Space Exploration Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Space Exploration and Human Space Flight. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Exploring the Solar System Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Earth and the Solar System. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Sense Organs: Eyes and Ears Mini-Lesson
Use this mini-lesson to introduce students to sense organs. Give students a general overview of the anatomy and physiology of the human eye and ear. Excerpted from Eyewitness: Human Body Richard Walker Take an in-depth look at our incredible bodies and what makes them tick, through an unique integration of words and pictures.
