Upper Elementary - Problem Based Learning Units
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Students will investigate the rumors of the legend of "Bigfoot".
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies
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Students will decide how to expand business and attract more families during the Fall season.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate and decide what emergency system will work the best for the school.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate if extending the school day will be a good idea or not.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate how to increase the attendance of visitors to the local science museum.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide on what memorial should be built to honor local veterans.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide the things that need to be considered to make the new school lab safe and useful to students.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate why it`s important to spay and neuter their pets.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide on how to make everyone in the community happy when a "SuperStore" decides to build.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate which light bulb technology will save the school money on lighting.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate on how to drive internet traffic to their new science lab blog.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide how to convince their families to go on an across country trip next summer.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate what obstacles and solutions might be involed in having a class pet.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide what is the correct course of action for the government in supporting the space program.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate on how they will make the local town more attractive to residents and visitors.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate on how to come up with the "perfect toy".
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate the issues in selecting and laying out school lockers.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide what a school schedule should look like.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide wheather it is better to publish a daily newspaper, or to publish all of their news online.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate if they can build on an old plot of land that once contained a chemical factory.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate some ideas on how to make the local community appealing to tourists.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate the issues involved when a local company want to use drones for business.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate the factors that are involved in preparing for the next great daredevil trick.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide what types of TV shows are included into the Fall Lineup to secure large and loyal audiences.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Secondary - Problem Based Learning Units
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Students will decide on a design and what factors need to be considered in designing the new garden area on the school grounds.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate the different ways that the school district could save money on energy costs.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate the factors in what is involved in adding an elephant display at the local zoo.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate if playing background music while studying has a positive effect on learning.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide the best way to stock and organize a new library from thousands of donated books.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide how they would go about designing the moscot of the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide if New Year`s Resolutions are a good idea or not.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate what can be done to improve the school lunch me
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate if a local chemical company is storing their chemicals safely.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate if a local chemical company is storing their chemicals safely.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate the impact of local residents that are illegally dumping waste into local wooded areas and streams.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate the challenges that are involved in starting a restaurant.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate the purpose of giving tests and which kinds are the best.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide what the next great innovation will most likely be successful.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will review the details of road design and propose a new portion of Main Street.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate the purpose of giving tests and which kinds are the best.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate the pros and cons of making Spanish a required course in school.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate a new desk design and decide what features should be included to improve comfort.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate reasons to continue or eliminate the football program.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide if it`s time to get rid of the penny.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will investigate if daylight savings time is really needed.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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Students will decide if stores should be open on Thanksgiving.
This PBL Scenerio integrates: Math | Language Arts | Science | Social Studies |
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