Free Resources and Tools for Replicating Project-Based Learning. Educators from High Tech High in San Diego, California, and the Whitfield Career Academy's 21st Century Learning Academy in Dalton, Georgia, have provided these resources for you to use in your own school.
Students in Whitfield County take on a range of multidisciplinary projects. A middle school science student (left) identifies the parts of a fish before painting it to make a Japanese-style gyotaku print, and students (right) learn math and physics while building an outdoor classroom. Inter/Act: How do I observe my world? (part 1) Summer PD: How Project-Based Learning Can Fit (or Not) in an Elementary School Program.
In today's world of standards, testing, scripted literacy models, and the use of strictly-followed commercial programs for teaching math, many teachers and principals in elementary schools do not think project-based learning is possible.
They may be right, if every hour of the school day is devoted to a literacy model and a math program that must be followed "with fidelity. " A program like this leaves little time for other subjects or activities. Science Leadership Academy. Teachers as Learners - Zac Chase. Habits and Habitats: Introducing the IDEA. Project Based Learning & iPad Integration. Change the World in 5 Minutes - Everyday at School. Project-Based Learning: Success Start to Finish. World Peace and other 4th-Grade Achievements Trailer. John Hunter on the World Peace Game. Austin's Butterfly Drawing. Www.inquiryhub.org. New Tech Network.