Project Based Learning Project Planning Guide
If you want to use project based learning with your kids but aren't sure how to get started or feel like the learning curve is too high, this guide is for you.
A 23 page, user-friendly guide that walks you through each step of designing a project with and for your kiddos.
From defining the topic and motivating question to helping your kid choose their final presentation and all the steps in between, this guide is a roadmap that will help you put together projects and integrate them into your child's existing curriculum to help them gain more ownership and excitement in learning.
Included:
- what defines a pbl project
- type of projects
- key benefits
- choosing and defining a topic and the driving question
- brainstorming
- defining goals and outcomes
- structuring a project
- supplies/budget/timeframe
- scaffolding
- feedback and assessment
- reflection
- rubric examples
- how to integrate pbl into your curriculum
Terms of Use
Please note: Purchase of this product is for Personal and Classroom Use ONLY
Not for Commercial Use. Purchase of this product entitles you the right to reproduce the pages in limited quantities for single classroom use only. Copying any part of the product and placing it on the internet in any form (including a personal or classroom website) is strictly forbidden and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Copyright: Quest Schooling LLC.
After purchase you will receive a link to download the PDF file. All pages are included in the file and can be printed in black and white for immediate use.
Any or all of the pages in the PDF file can be printed and used for students across a wide range of ages/skills, or collaboratively with kids of different ages.
For example, younger kids may focus more on the design and drink recipes for the stand while older kids may also include the business plan and profit margin aspects of the project.
Depending on your student’s needs, there are several pages of scaffolding information, including vocabulary, facts, reading list, weblinks. Scaffolding can be done at any stage throughout the project as needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
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All projects are digital download pdf files. They can be printed in gray scale or black and white and are ready for your student to use.
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No, the projects are flexible and can be adapted to your student's grade and skill level. Each project includes a list of student activities. you can review them and decide which pages work for your student.
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In project based learning, each student completes both the project activities and a final project. I always offer a choice of final projects to provide differentiation and give students of different skills enough options.
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Most projects include a rubric to help you assess your students work and give your student an opportunity to assess their own work. However, each student's project will be unique to them and be a reflection of their knowledge and skill set. There is no one 'right answer' to a project. The success of a project is largely in the process of doing the project.