Project Based Learning Ideas and Resources
Summer activities for kids
Summer Enrichment Activities And on the 9th day of Summer...the kids said "I'm bored" for the last time! If you are a parent looking for ideas to keep your kids productively busy below is a [...]
“Keep it Real with PBL” Wins Book Award!
June 17, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Keep it Real with PBL, Elementary named 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner. Encinitas, CA—Today, CraftED and Corwin Publishing are pleased to announce Keep it Real [...]
Leaning on NASCAR to make learning fun
As part of my running series for the Union Tribune, this week my column focused on NASCAR as a "vehicle" (see what I did there 😉 for learning. Below includes all the lesson links and [...]
Why Kids Aren’t Doing Work Right Now
12 Ideas to engage students in the final weeks of school {with bonus ways to sneak in content} If you are a parent or teacher you know that getting students to complete assignments at this [...]
NBA Playoffs meets PBL-lite
Looking for ideas to engage students in learning during COVID-19, or your kids at home? I've got you covered in my running series in the San Diego Union Tribune this week, where I include ideas [...]
Examples of project-based learning in high school
Examples of project-based learning in high school Carol Cabrera is a learner, maker, and teacher, currently at High Tech High North County. I have been following Carol’s work and struck by the [...]
Inspiring Learning through Sports
Like many moms over the past few weeks I have been tasked with incrementally breaking the news to my kids that their little world has just gotten a lot smaller. As “Sports Moms” we have [...]
3 ways to Incorporate Student reflection in PBL
3 ways to Incorporate Student reflection in PBL The final part of this 3 part series on reflection focuses on the last, but most important variable of the equation: students! I would [...]
PBL and Art Integration: How project-based learning in elementary schools impacts art teachers
PBL and Art Integration: How project-based learning in elementary schools affects art teachers Estelle Hilmen is an art teacher at Capri Elementary in Encinitas, CA. Prior to working at Capri she taught [...]
PBL Lite No-Tech Matrix
As a parent I have been pretty concerned by the amount of screen time my kids have had in the past few weeks due to distance learning. I have stared going rogue with them a [...]
Create your own Lucha Libre Luchador: How a Media, Art and Spanish teacher used project-based learning in their classroom
Create your own Lucha Libre Luchador: How a Media, Art and Spanish teacher used project-based learning in their classroom After hearing about this awesome interdisciplinary project I just had to share! I [...]
Virtual PBL Project Management
Virtual PBL Project Management Thanks to guest blogger, Leah Henry, for sharing tips from the trenches of her classroom-as she moves from a “brick and mortar” PBL classroom to a virtual learning [...]