Thursday, May 31, 2012

Designing a PBL activity


Design a PBL for your students
Things to remember
vStart with an ill structured problem
vHave more than 1 standard  involved
vProblem should related to students’ interest
vProblem should have Real life connection
vProblem should be open ended
vResources should be easily available

Lesson plan for PBL
Have the following completed  when you design your PBL
Title
Standards Involved
Objectives
Scenario
Kind of box chart used
Final product
Rubric for Assessment
Teacher notes on break up of PBL (Implementation plan)

Tips for designing your PBL


Think of a real life problem that is relevant to your students -- Context
Draw a concept map connecting the main problem to various factors
For example think of obesity and everything associated with it  -- Connection
Choose one factor (around a standard) and create a scenario around that factor  -- Content
Have clear expectations on what you want students to learn ( Reflect)  but do not communicate this in the scenario directly
Have a plan to facilitate students to analyze and reason  (Reason)
Have easily available resources for students to research (Research)
Create a rubric
Write teacher notes on how you will break up the case (implementation plan)

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