Project Based Learning

Project Based Learning in Gloucester County Schools is helping students think about real-world situations. 
Gloucester County Public Schools believes Project Based Learning puts their students in a situation to be productive citizens, globally competitive, real world thinkers and real-world problem-solvers.

Spring 2016 Project Based Learning Projects

Page & Peasley Middle Schools Showcase Their SPRING 2016 Project-Based-Learning Projects!

What is PBL?

What is Project Based Learning (PBL)?
Buck Institute for Education
 
Why Project Based Learning (PBL)?
Buck Institute For Education
 
BIE for Project-Based Learning
Buck Institute for Education
 
BIE Twitter Feed
 
An Introduction to PBL -- Edutopia Video
From Edutopia
 
 Project-Based Learning -- Edutopia
Edutopia
 
Project Based Learning: Explained
From Common Craft
 
Projects v. Project-Based Learning
A Handy Chart -- The Difference Between Projects & Project-Based-Learning

Page MS Salutes the Police Unity Tour

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Woman riding bike for the Page Middle School Salutes the police Unity Tour - May 2016

Resources & Tools

Real-World Math - PBL Learning Activities

Free Resources & Tools for PBL from Edutopia

Crafting Questions that Drive Projects from Learning in Hand

10 Ready-to-Borrow Project Ideas from Edutopia

Resources for Getting Started with Project-Based Learning
Edutopia

Critical Thinking Rubric for PBL
Middle and High School

PBL Best Practices (Edutopia)
Best Practices, Resources and Tools for PBL
From Start to Finish

PBL in Action

Our Driving Question was “How do we, as engineers, design a new ride for Busch Gardens Williamsburg?” The students selected any type of ride they would like to construct. They could update or remove an existing ride. The type of ride determined their materials.

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Teacher helping kid on project in classroom