PROJECT BASED LEARNING

What are the steps to success?

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WHO AM I?
Science Teacher
Rose Bay Secondary College
Science Teacher | Rel HT Science | Rel HT Welfare
Auburn Girs HS
HT Science
Merryland High School
Secondary Advisor
Futures Learning
Advisor
Secondary Education ,STEM
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MY JOURNEY IN PBL
How and why I started

Enabling conditions
Challenges Learn. Unlearn.
Relearn.

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WHAT IS PBL?
THINK about:
How does PBL link
to your version of
perfect learning?
How is PBL the
same as what youre
currently doing?
How is PBL different
to what youre
currently doing?
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ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL PBL

Academically rigorous
(Deep learning of significant content)
Engaging
(Relevant to students lives)
Public exhibition to authentic audience
Driven by essential question
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ENABLING CONDITIONS

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Cross-KLA

Staff
collaboration

Community
partnerships

Flexible
timetable &
space

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PBL IS NOT RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL

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PBL IS NOT RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL

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PROJECT MARS ENTRY EVENT

https://goanimate.com/videos/0wx6nckgISrA

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PROJECT MARS

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PROJECT MARS

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PROJECT MARS
Questions students created:
Can Mars support life?
Is there carbon on Mars?
Is there nitrogen on Mars?
Are there copper and cobalt on Mars?
Are there signs of water on Mars?

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http://www.themarslab.org/unit
/project-mars/

Community partnerships
are essential for students
and teachers.
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CHALLENGES

Is it authentic PBL?
Continuous learning process
PBL is hard
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PROJECT BASED LEARNING OR

PROJECT ORIENTATED LEARNING?
Project based
learning

Project orientated
learning

-Authentic audience
-Relevant to student lives

-Audience is the teacher

-Not relevant to students lives
-Dessert after real learning
-Not related to real world

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-Project is main course of learning

-Can provide solutions

to real world problems
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SAMPLE PROJECTS
Sample project videos

Look at the
sample
projects
provided and
the videos
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bit.ly/bloodbankproject
bit.ly/harvestproject
bit.ly/projectpublicart
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MORE THOUGHTS?
How will PBL become a
habit?
How will you get
feedback as a teacher?
How will you continue
learning?
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HELPFUL RESOURCES
Project based learning toolkit from
NSW DoE bit.ly/pbltoolkit
REAL Projects from Innovation Unit
- www.real-projects.org
Buck Institute of Education
www.bie.org
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