Planning your PBL project...
Begin with the end in mind
The very first step to planning a PBL project is to decide what essential skills and content knowledge you would like your students to be able to demonstrate by the end of the project. The next step is deciding what are the best ways for students to demonstrate this, and finally who you would like them to share this learning with.
Hook, Product, AudienceThis document helps you to consider the range of possibilities available to you when deciding what to do for your hook lesson/project launch, what types of products options students might be given, and who your students' learning might be best shared with.
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Driving QuestionPotentially the most difficult part of designing a PBL project is developing a driving question that will immediately hook your students' interest, but will also provide enough scope for their inquiry. The documents below give you examples of driving questions, plus tips on how to create your own.
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Project PlannerThe Project Planner document helps you to generate an overview of the essential elements of your project.
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Project ChecklistThe Project Checklist helps you to assess whether you have created a PBL project (the main course), or just a project (the dessert). Try to get a colleague to assess the project for you using this checklist, to get more objective feedback.
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