7 Parts of Project based learning

Students interview real school staff to find out what the canteen actually throws away

Over two weeks, students research, build, and test a water filter, then improve it

Students get to choose whether to show their animal research as a poster, model, or video

Before starting, the teacher asks, "How can we make our playground safer for younger students?"

Students swap their bridge builds with another group and use a checklist to give feedback before rebuilding

The class designs a recycling system for the real school canteen, not a made-up town

Students pick their own research question about which animal to study

After each lesson, students write "Today I learned... / Next time I will..." in a journal

The class keeps working on the same big question for three weeks, adding new findings each time

To finish the project, students must correctly use what they learned about forces and materials

A group changes their final poster after getting feedback from another group

The teacher opens the unit by asking, "How can we design a shelter that survives a storm?"