Projects reflect real problem solving better than tests
Students using project-based learning in the curriculum retain more compared to students un non-project-based programs.
project-based learning
Kids use math to build bridges in Ky.
Engineering & math lend themselves to project-based learning to take school curricula and map it to real-world problem solving.
Mountain Ridge students document the rails
Students at a high school in Allegany County, Md., have created a documentary about the history of rail transportation in the western part of the state.
STEM night for parents at Lansdowne Elementary
Families faced an engineering challenge and met some cool reptiles at a Baltimore elementary school. The focus was on problem solving.
Wheaton HS models project-based learning
Project-based learning could take hold at a new Wheaton High School in Montgomery County, Md., and it's based on the design principles at San Diego's new High Tech High. Do you think it could spread?