Project Based Learning Ideas and Resources
Resources for Teachers to Integrate the Arts & Exhibit Powerful PBL Work
At CraftED Curriculum, we believe arts integration and high-quality Project-Based Learning (PBL) go hand in hand. When students create meaningful artistic work tied to real content and share it with an authentic audience, learning becomes [...]
PBL Curriculum + AI: 5 Strategies for AI-Resistant, AI-Assisted, and AI-Enhanced Project-Based Learning
The AI genie is out of the bottle. Students can generate essays, code, presentations, and entire projects in minutes. As teachers, we have two choices: fight it futilely or redesign our PBL curriculum so AI [...]
De-Implementation, AI Readiness, and the Real Barriers Teachers Face: Takeaways from the EdWeek Virtual Leadership Symposium
What K-12 leaders need to stop doing if we want meaningful AI integration in schools Last week I attended the EdWeek Virtual Leadership Symposium and came away with several big “AHA!” moments that feel [...]
AI in Project-Based Learning: What the Evidence Actually Says (and Why Productive Struggle Still Wins)
Project-based learning has always been about real work — the kind that requires students to think deeply, struggle productively, and apply what they’ve learned in meaningful ways. But with AI tools flooding the education space, [...]
3 Ways AI Helped Me Do PBL
AI in PBL Round-Up AI is feeling really scary these days to everybody, but teachers especially. In an effort to turn the pressure cooker down a bit, I want to share a few ways that [...]
PBL Summer Learning Fun for Teachers
Summer is such a gift for teachers...it's the gift that keeps giving if you are a PBL teacher, because summer is the perfect time to prepare yourself for a year of PBL ahead. If you [...]
Summer Writing Workshops for Students
Holocaust Summer Book Club Description: This writing workshop will support middle school students with ongoing reading and writing support throughout the summer months. Students will have the option to chose from one of several high-interest [...]
Writing Support with an Expert
Writing Tutor in Cardiff by the Sea Who: Students of all skill levels in grades 5-12 What: 1:1 Tutoring in writing skills. Where: Cardiff and Zoom When: School year availability Monday 10-2 [AVAILABLE], 5-7 [BOOKED] [...]
How to plan a year of project-based learning
A year of 5th grade PBL Pacing Most teachers are in schools that aren’t asking them to do “wall to wall” PBL; if that’s the case for you, you may be wondering ‘how many projects [...]
Mapping our Community
Project: Mapping our Community [2.0] Grade: Second Enduring Understanding: Our community is made up of heroes who make a difference, and they come from many places. Standards/Skills: We have many heroes in our community (SS2.2) [...]
Stories Under the Stars
Project: Stories under the stars Grade: 5th Enduring Understanding: Writing can be a creative process that can be inspired by your environment. Standards and Skills: ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.10 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.4 R.R.6 [...]
Community Trails Elementary Project
Project: Community Trails Grade: All elementary grades, exploratory classes Enduring Understanding: PE: Exercise is part of lifetime fitness, and lifetime fitness contributes to overall personal wellness. Library: Cultivates community partnerships to promote engagement and a [...]