Source West Virginia Teach21 Project Based Learning
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
A Great Place to Visit!
In this task, students will participate in a community or historical "revitalization" effort by developing a Walking Tour throughout the local town/city in which their school resides (or, alternatively, a museum or monument for a particular historical time period/era). Working in teams of about four, students identify community landmarks that should be included on the walking tour, engage in research surrounding the history of those landmarks using primary and secondary resources, and communicate their findings by writing and recording a narrative that will guide the tour. Additionally, students will create a map on which landmarks will be identified and design an appropriate sign or marker to identify the stops along the tour.
Each team may present their plan for a walking tour to members of a guest "Community Revitalization Committee"; one team’s plan may be selected for implementation.
The task includes detailed rubrics for Group Participation/norms & expectations, resources for group division of duties, and overall project rubrics and assessment outcomes.
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Source Envision Schools, Project Exchange
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
California Propositions
In this task, students create their own advertising campaigns based on real California Propositions relevant today. Students must engage in research around a particular issue, create an argument supported with evidence, and collaborate effectively in a group setting to present their reasoning in an ad campaign using a form of digital media.
The project description is conveyed through a Youtube video, but does contain a general overview of teacher expectations and student work samples.
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Source PBL University (PBLU)
Subject English Language Arts, History/Social Studies, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 4 |
Choose You Own Adventure
In this task, students will create an interactive Choose Your Own Adventure model by exploring family and state histories to answer the question, "What makes people take a risk?".
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Student Handouts
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Source PBL University (PBLU)
Subject English Language Arts, Multimedia, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 4, 5, 6 |
Community Photojournalists
In this task, students must follow professional journalism and publication guidelines to create a collection of photo essays and audio recordings that represent an investigation into community based or cultural stories.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Student Handouts
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Source ConnectEd
Subject English Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, History/Social Studies, Health Science, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Crime Scene Investigation
This unit includes an unit overview and 3 subunit overviews with built-in lessons.
Unit description from the source: In this unit, students take on the role of crime scene investigators to solve a murder that has occurred at the school. They will integrate math, science, and language arts into the study of forensic science and associated legal careers such as district attorneys, law enforcement, pathology, forensic science, and medical examination.
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Source PBL University (PBLU)
Subject Science, Engineering, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Design It Clean
In this task, students will get into groups and design affordable and realistic water filters.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Student Handouts
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Source ConnectEd
Subject English Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, History/Social Studies, Health Science, World Languages and Cultures, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Good Eats
This unit includes an unit overview and 3 subunit overviews with built-in lessons.
Unit description from the source: In this unit, students will learn about the connection between nutrition and health. Through interdisciplinary study in Biology, Health Science, Interpersonal Relations, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and World History, they will explore the questions of why we should care about what we eat and how food is produced. Students will explore concepts ranging from the body’s physical requirements in terms of calories and nutrients to the physiological and psychological outcomes resulting from various levels of nutrition and health. They will be introduced to cellular respiration, recombinant DNA technology, and ethical issues raised by using—or withholding the use of—biotechnology to increase food production.
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Source PBL University (PBLU)
Subject Mathematics, History/Social Studies, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 2 |
Make A Difference
In this task, students must work together to plan a task they can do for the community. Performing this with a partnering organization, students will collect data on the impact of their task and present in a public setting.
This task includes:
1.Task Overview
2.Teacher Materials
3.Students Handouts
4.Scoring Rubric
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Source PBL University (PBLU)
Subject English Language Arts
Grade Level 8 |
Resilience Cafe
In this task, students will explore what it means to be resilient in life through connecting historical stories of resilience with stories from the comunity or even personal stories.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Teacher Instructions
3. Student Handouts
4. Sample Approache and Conclusion
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Source ConnectEd
Subject English Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, History/Social Studies, Health Science, World Languages and Cultures, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Risky Business
This unit includes an unit overview and 3 subunit overviews with built-in lessons.
Unit description from the source: Students will learn about lifestyle and genetic influences on health status and about the health insurance system in the United States. They will imagine a future healthcare environment in which technology has greatly advanced, treatment costs have escalated, and individual lifestyle and medical data are widely available to insurers. In this scenario, insurance companies routinely use this kind of information to create programs aimed at improving health outcomes, set insurance rates, approve or deny applications for health insurance, and reduce healthcare expenses.
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