Problem-Based Learning
"Overview: Given the extensive literature on the composition and evolution of continental crust there are a number of teaching strategies that can be employed to encourage active learning by students. A critical reading of this collection of articles will prov...
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Facebook for Business
"Overview: Since it was founded in 2004, people all over the world have used Facebook to connect.Facebook gives people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.Facebook is no longer just Facebook,...
Problem Based Module: "Hands Up! Don't Shoot!"
"Overview: In this project, you will explore a real-world problem, and then work through a series of steps to analyze that problem, research ways the problem could be solved, then propose a possible solution to that prob...
Problem Based Module: Hero to the Homeless
"Overview: In this project, you will explore a real-world problem, and then work through a series of steps to analyze that problem, research ways the problem could be solved, then propose a possible solution to that prob...
OER Lesson Plan
"Overview: Lesson Plan Date: January 16, 2018 Grade Level: Second Concept: Number and Operations in Base Ten Objectives: The students will be given three word problems and be asked to solve. Th...
Problem Based Module: Exercise and Nutrition for Health
"Overview: In this project, you will explore a real-world problem, and then work through a series of steps to analyze that problem, research ways the problem could be solved, then propose a possible solution to that prob...
PBL Learning for High School Math Students
"Overview: This is a problem based learning project for middle school and high school math students. Subject: Mathematics Level: Middle School, High School Material Type: Activity/Lab Author: Kelsey Hines Date Added: 10...
Problem Based Learning (Art Issue)
"Overview: ""What Makes an Artist an Artist?"" Subject: Education Level: High School Grades: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12 Material Type: Homework/Assignment Author: Lauren Gosser Date Added: 12/12/2016 License...
Problem Based Module: “Free” to Explore the World?
"Overview: In this project, you will explore a real-world problem, and then work through a series of steps to analyze that problem, research ways the problem could be solved, then propose a possible solution to that prob...
Playbook for Desiging Collaborative Modules
"Overview: This resource was developed for a team of educators to use as a guide for designing, developing, piloting, and revising problem-based learning modules that leverage blended learning across six districts in the...
Problem Based Module: Conventional vs. Green Construction
"Overview: In this project, you will explore a real-world problem, and then work through a series of steps to analyze that problem, research ways the problem could be solved, then propose a possible solution to that prob...
Estimating: Counting Trees
"Overview: This lesson unit is intended to help you assess how well students are able to: solve simple problems involving ratio and direct proportion; choose an appropriate sampling method; and collect discrete data and...
Balancing Chemical Equations
"Overview: How do you know if a chemical equation is balanced? What can you change to balance an equation? Play a game to test your ideas! Subject: Chemistry Level: High School Material Type: Simulation Author: Chris Ma...
Mind Your Own Beeswax Lesson by Agriculture in the Classroom
"Overview: Looking for a project for middle school-age students? This project-based learning experience will allow students to solve the problem of excess beeswax, a byproduct of honey bees, by developing a useful beeswa...
Principles of Engineering Practice
"Overview: This class introduces students to the interdisciplinary nature of 21st-century engineering projects with three threads of learning: a technical toolkit, a social science toolkit, and a methodology for problem-...
Grade 2 Module 7: Problem Solving with Length, Money, and Data
"Overview: Module 7 presents an opportunity for students to practice addition and subtraction strategies within 100 and problem-solving skills as they learn to work with various types of units within the contexts of leng...
Remote Control Using Bluetooth
"Overview: Building on what they learned about wired and wireless electrical connections in the associated lesson, students use Android phones to take advantage of Bluetooth wireless connections to remotely guide LEGO MI...
Student-Centered Learning: Subversive Teachers and Standardized Worlds
"Overview: Short Description: The essays in this volume that pay tribute to an outstanding educator, Delsworth Harnish from McMaster University deal with the problems and prospects of fostering student-centred learning...
Design and Fly a Kite
"Overview: Students learn how to use wind energy to combat gravity and create lift by creating their own tetrahedral kites capable of flying. They explore different tetrahedron kite designs, learning that the geometry of...
Great Energy Debate
"Overview: This is a debate-style learning activity in which student teams learn about energy sources and are then assigned to represent the different energy sources. Working cooperatively, students develop arguments on...
Make an Alarm!
"Overview: After reading the story ""Dear Mr. Henshaw"" by Beverly Cleary, student groups create alarm systems to protect something in the classroom, just as the main character Leigh does to protect his lunchbox from thi...