PBL Links and Resources

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RESOURCE DESCRIPTIONS ADDITIONAL LINKS TO VARIOUS

SITES

INQUIRY

Right Question Great resource to help build a culture

of inquiry. Make Just One Change is a Right Question Institute Site
great book.
ASCD Article
ASCD article The Right Questions Harvard Education Press
highlights key points from website and
book.

Question Formulation Technique The QFT is a research-proven protocol FAQs about QFT
that can be applied to all grade levels.
It show students how to formulate
questions. The Educators Network and
Blog are great resources to build a
culture of inquiry.

Driving Question -Birth of a The TUBRIC is not only a great

Tubric hands-on activity for teachers during Tubric Video
professional development, but it's
also a great collaborative tool to
Driving Question Article
help your students create their own Edutopia Article
Driving Questions for their projects.

CRITIQUE

Ron Bergers Critique - A Video Watch this 5th grade class discuss how to provide high quality critique in writing.
by Melrose Stars

Ron Berger Critique Video (with
students)
Ron Berger from Expeditionary Learning demonstrates the transformational
power of models, critique, and descriptive feedback to improve student work.
Here he tells the story of Austin's Butterfly. 1st grade students at ANSER Charter
School in Boise, ID, helped Austin take a scientific illustration of a butterfly
through multiple drafts toward a high-quality final product.

Ron Berger Critique Video Ron Berger speaks about Austins butterfly and critique guidelines to help
(speaking at High Tech High) students create beautiful work.

Seven Keys to Effective Use this article to frame the ways in which you provide feedback, not only to
Feedback students, but to your colleagues as well, as you collaborate on projects.

54 Examples of Formative Ensure success with this list of 54 different examples of formative assessments.
Assessment
GALLERY WALK

Gallery Walk - BIE Blog In this blog, John Larmer and Charity Allen discuss how to use gallery walk as a
feedback tool to develop high-quality student work.

Gallery Walk Video This video from the Teaching Channel shows how to use gallery walk as a
grouping strategy.

Gallery Walk - BIE Google Watch this Hangout to learn more about gallery walk from BIE staff.
Hangout

Developing High Quality Student Developing high-quality work is a common challenge for students. Learn how to
Work ensure student success through techniques such as charrettes, gallery walk, and
rubrics from editor-in-chief, John Larmer.

PROTOCOLS/ROUTINES

Visible Thinking Routines Visible Thinking is a flexible and systematic research-based approach to
integrating the development of students' thinking with content learning across
subject matters.

National School Reform Faculty Protocols that go beyond Gallery Walk and Critical Friends
Protocols

School Reform Initiative More protocols that go beyond Gallery Walk and Critical Friends

Tuning Protocol Critical Friends is a revised version of this widely used protocol used by educators
to tune project plans.

BIE RESOURCES

All project videos Project videos on playlist Example Projects and How to Do PBL

BIE Planning Forms Download all of BIEs planning forms here: Project Design, Project Assessment
Map, Project Calendar, and more.

Project Assessment Map Digital version of the PAM, located in the PBL 101 Workbook

BIE Rubrics for 4Cs Great resource for coaching and feedback to students.

BIE Driving Question Webinar Watch this webinar to learn more about how to write DQs that engage students
and launch projects.

Articles View the articles referenced in PBL 101 and more

Contracts & Other Student Sample contracts help for ways that you can involve students in managing the
Documents work, like in the Aviation video. For more contract samples heres a l ink.

Project Search A bank of project examples from various educational sources

VIDEOS
 Courtyard Redesign 4th grade students redesign their school courtyard

5 Year Olds Pilot Their Own Pre-k students engage in inquiry-based learning experiences that begin with Need
Learning to Know questions

Teachers Are Like Gardeners Sir Ken Robinson talks about the role of teachers

What Adults Can Learn from Kids Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas,
wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high
expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children
as much as to teach.

At Charles R. Drew Charter School, third-grade students use PBL to prepare for
STEAM + Project-Based the next Snowpocalypse.

Learning: Real Solutions From

Driving Questions

Management

Project Wall Examples

29. 5 Tips for Successfully Managing a Project
Resource List for Managing a Project
K-2 Differentiation Resources

Themespark.net
Newsela (Resource for research)
TuvaLabs (data sets for K-12)