Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction I. Basic Projects 1. What a Wonderful State!: A Social Studies Project 2. Feeding the Birds: A Science Project 3. Biography of a Senior Citizen: A Language Arts Project II. Intermediate Projects 4. A Scientist's Discoveries About Human Anatomy: A Health/Language Arts Project 5. It's a Water-Lifterizer!: A Science Project 6. Creating a Field Guide for Manufacturerd Objects: A Visual/Language Arts Project III. Advanced Projects 7. Are You What You Eat?: A Nutrition/Social Studies Project 8. Designing a Better Shopping Cart: An Applied Technology Project 9. Writing a Children's Science Book: A Science/Language Arts Project Blacklines Bibliography Index
Formerly a SkyLight publication. Project learning is an exciting, challenging, and memorable way of engaging students in active, authentic learning experiences. It immerses students in the process of creating, testing, polishing, and producing a project such as a biography or invention. This book offers step-by-step guidelines for nine different projects ranging from basic to advanced.
Sally Berman specializes in teaching educators how to use practical strategies that expand student teamwork, cognition, metacognition, and self-evaluation skills. She developed and tested many of her ideas during her 30 years of teaching science in a large Chicago-area high school. Berman regularly presents at workshops and conferences and has taught graduate courses for SkyLight Professional Development in conjunction with St. Xavier University and Cumberland University.