I learned about PBL a while ago and have wanted to do it in my classroom ever since. I think PBL will allow me to be the kind of teacher I want to be and create the kind of learning environment that I envision for my students. I believe that health and PBL go hand-in-hand because PBL is about making learning the content relevant and health topics are about life. I tried to do a PBL unit with my 8th graders this spring but it was a complete bust. It wasn't great timing on my part with online classes and it still being my first year teaching. I connected with another teacher over twitter, as he is doing PBL in his classroom this year, and that was helpful but not the same as having someone at my school that I can observe and collaborate with in person. So as I was trying to find more information on PBL I found this book through BIE (bie.org). I had already planned to work on curriculum planning over the summer so I thought this would be the perfect time to buy it. Now I will work on fixing my units while also slowly turning them into PBL units. I'm super excited to start reading it and learning how successfully conduct PBL in my classroom next school year.
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AuthorI teach 7-9 Health Education & Computer 7 in rural southwestern Minnesota. I love using technology in my classroom and teaching students about how to live healthy and informed lives.
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