This is the slide deck designed by Dr. Eliezer Jones based on the “Gold Standard PBL: Essential Project Design Elements” by the Buck Institute of Education. These slides were used at the I.D.E.A. Schools Sandboxes and member schools to discuss PBL 101 and the design of a first PBL unit. Click Here to download slides
Through the exploration and creation of Holocaust poetry, students will gain a deeper understanding of the personal and emotional experience of the Holocaust, while also learning about different elements and types of poetry. Students will choose Holocaust poems that are meaningful to them and include them in a class Holocaust Poetry Anthology they will create. […]
The aim of the project is to make student aware of how rampant slavery is in the world today and to ask what they can do to eradicate slavery. Student will explore how ancient hierarchical economic structure and more modern ones, such as the one employed during the industrial revolution, treated the worker. Student will […]
This is a wonderful project designed by Chris Wakefield of High Tech High for his 9th Grade Physics class. Through exploring and creating sequential photos the students learn about velocity, motion, gravity, acceleration and more. Essential Questions: -How does gravity affect the motion of objects? -How is velocity different from acceleration? -How can we use […]
