Project-Based Learning
Ready-To-Teach Project-Based Learning
All units are complete and ready to teach, with no prep, no hassle, and no need to spend time building background knowledge.
What’s inside each 65+ page PBL unit:
Each PBL unit includes everything you need to do meaningful, inquiry-based PBL that will engage students and give them real-world learning opportunities.
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Step-by-step instructions, project activities, and so much more.
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All printables, instructions, response templates, and helpful resources for students.
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Curious about project-based learning, but unsure about how to fit it into your curriculum, or thought it would be too difficult to teach?
These new PBL units are complete and ready to teach, with no prep, no hassle, and no need to spend time building background knowledge - yours or your students’. Each unit includes everything you need to do meaningful, inquiry-based PBL that will engage students and give them real-world learning opportunities.We’ve made it very easy to do PBL by developing units for common topic areas and removing all of the hard prep work and need to “fill in the blanks” with your own resources.
What is Project-Based Learning?
Project-based learning (PBL) is a student-centered instructional method that focuses on blending deep conceptual knowledge of a topic with an inquiry-based approach to active, hands-on, real-world learning. The central element in project-based learning is a meaningful, pedagogically-rich, in-depth project that challenges students to build both academic subject knowledge and foundational skills like critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving. Project-based learning lesson plans and ideas generally provide teachers with an extended framework of inquiry-based learning activities that can be modified or adapted for a variety of learning styles, time periods, and topics, normally including a strong curriculum focus enhanced by an engaging multi-stage hands-on project.
If you are considering implementing project-based learning in your classroom this year, TeacherVision has a large and growing portfolio of deep, inquiry-based PBL lesson plans for the core subjects (science, math, ELA, and social studies) that are ready to use with no prep and contain all the elements you need to bring a complete, engaging, skill-building project to your curriculum.
Exploring Narrative Writing Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a language arts lesson or unit on narrative writing. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Create and Furnish a Tiny House: Exploring Perimeter and Area Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a math lesson or unit on perimeter and area, measurement and conversion, and scale. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Exploring the Five Senses Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a science lesson or unit on the 5 senses. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Create an Annotated Map: Exploring the California Gold Rush Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a social studies lesson or unit on westward expansion and the California Gold Rush. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Build a Simple Machine: Exploring Simple Machines Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Simple Machines and Forces and Motion. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Build a Business Plan: Exploring Data Analysis and Graphing Project Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Data Analysis and Graphing or Entrepreneurship. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Exploring Measurement Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Measurement and Conversion or Entrepreneurship. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Experiment with Electrical Circuits: Exploring Electricity and Energy Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Electricity and Magnetism. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Exploring States of Matter Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Matter and Energy. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Exploring Light and Luminescence Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Light and Luminescence. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Exploring Symbiotic Relationships Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Symbiotic Relationships. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Research Polar Animals: Exploring Animal Adaptations Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Animal Adaptations. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Create a Habitat Sales Commercial: Exploring Animal Habitats Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Animal Habitats and Biomes. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Test Newton's Laws: Exploring Force and Motion Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Force and Motion. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Build a Time Capsule: Exploring Colonial America Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Colonial America. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Build a Model Space Craft: Exploring Astronaut Space Exploration Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Space Exploration and Human Space Flight. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Exploring the Solar System Project-Based Learning Unit
OVERVIEW: This project-based learning lesson is designed to support and reinforce the concepts taught as part of a lesson on Earth and the Solar System. It is built around 5 inquiry-based milestones that incorporate cross-curricular hands-on projects, formative and summative assessments, independent and group activities, and extensions.
Sense Organs: Skin, Nose, Tongue Mini-Lesson
Use this mini-lesson to introduce students to sense organs. Give students a general overview of touch, taste, and smell. Students will learn that the nose, tongue, and skin collect information for the brain to interpret.
Sense Organs: Eyes and Ears Mini-Lesson
Use this mini-lesson to introduce students to sense organs. Give students a general overview of the anatomy and physiology of the human eye and ear. Excerpted from
Use this mini-lesson to introduce students to frogs. Excerpted from Eyewitness: Amphibian Barry Clarke
