PBL Learning Meets Case-Based Reasoning in the Middle School Science Classroom: Putting Learning by Design Into Practice

17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer

RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental Material:This article tells the story of the design of Learning by Design™ (LBD), a project- based inquiry approach to science learning with roots in case-based reasoning and problem-based learning, pointing out the theoretical contributions of both, classroom issues...

PBL Summer 2011 UV Activity Notes

17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer

RGS Summer 2011 UV Bead Activity Experimental Design Notes

PBL to the Rescue: Using PBL in a Human Anatomy and Physiology High School Class

17 Sep 2013 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Brian Duncan

This one hour video presentation given by Brian Duncan, an Attica, Indiana Jr./Sr. High School science teacher. He presents his experience using PBL to teach Human Anatomy and Physiology High School class to the Research Goes to School workshop in Summer 2013. Be sure to look at the supporting...

Pill Bugs' Habitat Inquiry Activity

11 Nov 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

This is an inquiry activity, aligned to grade 4-6 standards, in which students design fair test investigations to determine the habitat of pill bugs (roly polies).

Problem Based Approach to Instruction

17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer

RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental Material:This chapter examines the problem-based learning approach to instructionfrom the perspective of instructional design theory and synthesizes the current knowledge and theory into some universal methods, situational methods, and principles for a theory of...

RGS Activities Materials Reflection Rubric Summer 2011

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

PBL Rubric from EDCI 62700 class from Research Goes to School (RGS) Summer 2011: Student Activities and Scaffolds; Materials and Resources Reflection Rubric

RGS Driving Question, Curricular Objectives, and Standards Reflection Rubric Summer 2011

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

PBL Rubric from EDCI 62700 class from Research Goes to School (RGS) Summer 2011: Driving Question, Curricular Objectives, and Standards Reflection Rubric

RGS EDCI 62700 Summer 2011 Syllabus

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

Syllabus for RGS EDCI 62700 Summer 2011 PBL Class

RGS Final Presentations of PBL Units and Websites Rubric Summer 2011

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

PBL Rubric from EDCI 62700 class from Research Goes to School (RGS) Summer 2011: Final Presentations of PBL Units and Websites Rubric

RGS Implementation and Management Plan and Assessment Tools Reflection Rubric Summer 2011

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

PBL Rubric from EDCI 62700 class from Research Goes to School (RGS) Summer 2011: Implementation and Management Plan and Assessment Tools Reflection Rubric

RGS Materials and Resources PBL Rubric

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

PBL Rubric from EDCI 62700 class from Research Goes to School (RGS) Summer 2011: RGS Materials and Resources Rubric

RGS PBL Evaluation Plan Rubric Summer 2011

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

PBL Rubric from EDCI 62700 class from Research Goes to School (RGS) Summer 2011: PBL Evaluation Plan Rubric

RGS PBL Implementation and Management Plan Rubric

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

PBL Rubric from EDCI 62700 class from Research Goes to School (RGS) Summer 2011: PBL Implementation and Management Plan Rubric

RGS Questioning Activities Summer 2011

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Peg A Ertmer, Kari Clase

Research Goes to School Week 1 Questioning Activities Summer 2011

RGS Student Activities and Scaffolds Rubric Summer 2011

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

PBL Rubric from EDCI 62700 class from Research Goes to School (RGS) Summer 2011: Student Activities and Scaffolds Rubric

RGS Week 1 Resources Summer 2011

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Peg A Ertmer, Kari Clase

Research Goes to School Week 1 list of links to PBL resources from Summer 2011

Save the Wolf (Simple Machines)

03 Jun 2014 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Kendra A Erk, James Daniel Lehman

This grade 3 design lesson introduces simple machines and challenges students to use simple machines to create a device to capture a wolf.

Slow Boat

11 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, Alyssa Panitch, Tahira Reid, Kari Clase, Nancy Irene Tyrie, James Daniel Lehman

This 4th grade design task lesson focuses on the concept of drag by asking students to develop ways to slow down a boat.

Sound Absorption

09 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

This grade 3 lesson plan focuses on a design task to create a wall to absorb sound.