putting the passion in pbl: october 2013 illinois science conference
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Putting the Passion in PBL
Putting the Passion in PBL
Today’s Objectives:Participants will gain background knowledge about Problem Based Learning and how to integrate PBL into a standards- based curriculum.
IntroductionsPBL Overview
How To Create a PBLSharing PBL Examples
*Essential Question*Building Background knowledge to prepare for research*Students generate questions to answer
*Teacher Produced*Collect information to report out
Pre-StandardsStandards BasedCurriculum
RESEARCH
PRODUCTS
TOPIC
*Teacher directed research*Books
*Web-based*Interviews*Collaborative
*May be student choice*May present to classroom*Teacher creates groups*One group the whole project
*Student driven *Student Choice*Includes authentic and meaningful presentation*Myriad of products not always using tech*Groups form by interest, student choice w/ guidance, may change throughout process
RESEARCH
PRODUCTS/GROUPS
ASSESSMENT
*Student input on rubrics*Standards based*Listening & speaking crucial*Many small assessments along the way to check standards are being met
*Teacher decision*One grade at the end
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT*Set up at the beginning of the year for the class to run smoothly.
*Set up specifically for student collaboration and independence
Concept
Develop concept based on recurring themes and patterns in the standards.
Essential• Open ended• Thought provoking• Higher order thinking
skills• Transferrable• Inquiry generating• Requires support• Repeatable over time
Driving• Make the abstract
concrete• Engage students• Open ended• Higher order
thinking skills• Directly connected
to: Content Problem Project
Guiding• Student or teacher
created• Focused research• Numerous• Somewhat open
ended• May be inferential• Basic content
knowledge• Feed the driving
question
Turn and Talk:
Think about the standards you are currently using, what overarching concepts and essential questions can you envision?
Second Grade: Structure and Properties of Matter
Concept: Change
Essential Question: How does matter change?
Based on these big ideas what would you use as driving and guiding questions in this unit?
• Explicit content knowledge
• Skills to be assessed
Building Background Knowledge-For example “Life Cycles”SIOP Strategy for Background Knowledge
Teaching
RESEARCH
• Web-based research. Use text and web resources responsibly
• Collaborative- teams of students with similar questions can work together to gather information and data
• Use community members and other experts-have a bank of experts on hand for the school or classroom that can be used throughout the year for different projects
Community Fair Clip• Surveys and interviews-students gain knowledge about
the topic by creating surveys and interview questions
First Graders learned about the life cycle of a plant by exploring and observing seeds, growing their own plants,
and studying the plant environment in Ben Franklin’s Courtyard.
Once students learned what plants need to grow, they brainstormed ways to test the variables.
Inquiry wheel
Scientific Inquiry Wheel
Students changed one variable and controlled the other 3.
Plants need…
PRODUCTS AND GROUPING
Student Grouping:• Interest Based• Product Based• Reflection on collaboration is
ongoing using daily updates and a final collaboration rubric
PRODUCTS AND GROUPING
EAB Final Presentation- iMovie
Student Driven Products-Not always tech based
Authentic Presentations to more than just peers
Emerald Ash Borer
Glogster Online Posters
Brochures
Power Point Presentations
Turn and Talk: What type of final presentations or products would be most beneficial for your students to be a part of?
ASSESSMENT
Standards Based• Short Quizzes along the way• Assess while teaching background
knowledge• Rubrics created with students using
standards
Listening and Speaking Standards can be assessed with final presentations
Deconstruction Example
• What aspects of Problem Based Learning do you still have questions
about?
Basic Info
• Sarah Rodriguez – [email protected]
• Stacy Slater– [email protected]
• Slide Share– http://
www.slideshare.net/stacyslater18/putting-the-passion-in-pbl