Category: PBL
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Ancient Egypt Unit – Chicken Mummification
Teaching and learning should be fun and interesting, and few things have piqued my 5th grade ancient civilization classes’ interest more than mummifying a chicken. There’s something about this project that they just can’t keep their eyes or ears away from, and every year my students come away from it knowing the mummification process and…
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History, Political Efficacy, and PBL
I’ve always known that one of the primary goals of my teaching is for students to understand the philosophy behind their rights as Americans, analyze how people have interpreted and defended their rights in the past, investigate how they continue to do so in the present, and to reflect upon their roles in…
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Empowering Students
Wow! What a whirlwind of a week. After the mass-shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018, several students approached my colleagues and me about how to take on the issue of gun violence in schools and on the streets. They wanted to walk out of school…
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Another Thumbs Up for PBL
“Learning by doing”– John Dewey had it right in his Pedagogical Creed written over 100 years ago. I wonder, given the climate of today’s public education system, why aren’t we giving students the opportunity to explore on their own more often and to problem solve on a daily basis? Shouldn’t education emulate life, since we as…