Students complete a short survey to establish their beliefs about technology. They compare their opinions to the ideas in a novel that depicts technology (such as 1984 or Fahrenheit 451).

Students read and analyze technology reviews to establish the characteristics of the genre. They then compose their own reviews on a technology of their choice.

This lesson plan asks students to pay attention to the technologies they use. They graphically map their interactions with technology and compose narratives of their most significant interactions with technology.

This simple conceptual task focuses on what it means for a number to be a solution to an equation, rather than on the process of solving equations.

Assess the financial, ethical and legal implications associated with different methods of paying for work.

Teacher Guide included.

6-10 hours

Possible scenarios you may encounter as a PeBL mentor, and brainstorming (most effectively as a group) as to how you could approach each situation.

This package includes a wealth of valuable resources when preparing to plan and assess using PeBL.
Documents include: starting with the end in mind, unpacking outcomes, developing learning experiences, developing unit plans, developing lesson plans, 9 events of instruction, think aloud to unpack outcomes, steps to unpack outcomes and indicators, including 21st century skills, including REORDER, unit planning template.

This lesson covers the process of photosynthesis and the related plant cell functions of transpiration and cellular respiration. Students will learn how engineers can use the natural process of photosynthesis as an exemplary model of a complex yet efficient process for converting solar energy to chemical energy or distributing water throughout a system.

In this activity, students will learn how water can be polluted by algal blooms. They will grow algae with different concentrations of fertilizer or nutrients and analyze their results as environmental engineers working to protect a local water resource.

Students apply think-aloud strategies to reading and to composition of artwork and poetry. They research symbols of peace as they prewrite, compose, and publish their poetry.

This task provides a context where it is appropriate for students to subtract fractions with a common denominator; it could be used for either assessment or instructional purposes.

This task allows students to reason about the relative costs per pound of the two fruits without actually knowing what the costs are. Students who find this difficult may add a scale to the graph and reason about the meanings of the ordered pairs. Comparing the two approaches in a class discussion can be a profitable way to help students make sense of slope.

This art history video dicussion examines Charles Willson Peale's "Staircase Group" (Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale), 1795, oil on canvas (Philadelphia Museum of Art).

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This week, we're going to Italy for a Renaissance. The Middle Ages are over, and it's time to talk about the flourishing of art and humanism across Europe. Painting, sculpture, music, architecture, and plays with fart jokes were all thriving between from 1300 - 1500, and we're going to teach you about the theatrical aspects of that flourishing, as it happened in Italy.

Series of lessons and family activities to help students make sense of the pandemic & support their well-being.

"Peekaville is a small town nestled within lovely forests where humans and animals live and play in harmony. Peekaville oozes warmth and c reat i v it y. Peekaville is home to Leo the Hedgehog, Cody, Menka and the rest of the Peekapak Pals.In Peekaville, creativity and creation reign. It’s a world where kids have their own interests and talents that extend into architecture and electrical engineering, and robotics and programming.Peekaville’s mix of animals and humans, as well as different interests and talents, provide an accessible way for children to learn about diversity, respect differences and value the uniqueness of every being. Kids of all kinds, human and hedgehog alike, learn from one another.With such diversity around them, the kids of Peekaville must develop and hone crucial skills, like empathy, respect, kindness, and teamwork so everyone lives together harmoniously."

Students take a fresh look at the revision process and help one another polish their written work through a peer-editing strategy that is simple, systematic, and constructive.

This word problem requires students to use addition and subtraction and think about money.