Project...or PBL?

Can be done at home without teacher guidance or team collaboration

• Project

• Project-Based Learning

Requires teacher guidance and team collaboration

• Project

• Project-Based Learning

Can be outlined in detail on one piece of paper by the teacher

• Project

• Project-Based Learning

Includes many "Need to Knows" on the part of the students and teachers

• Projects

• Project-Based Learning

Are used year after year and usually focus on product (make a mobile, a poster, a diorama, etc.)

• Project

• Project-Based Learning

Is timely, complex, covers many standards, and takes a team of highly trained professionals significant time to plan and implement

• Project

• Project-Based Learning

The teacher work occurs mainly after the project is complete

• Project

• Project-Based Learning

The teacher work occurs mainly before the project starts

• Project

• Project-Based Learning

The students do not have many opportunities to make choices at any point in the project.

• Project

• Project-Based Learning

Students make many choices during the project within the pre-approved guidelines. The teacher is often surprised and even delighted with the students' choices.

• Project

• Project-Based Learning