Project Based Learning
Project Based Learning is a curricular framework in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. Major components of PBL include significant content understanding, asking questions and answering them through research, a process of critique and revision, sharing one’s learning with others, and opportunities for student voice and choice.
Bronxville has partnered with the Buck Institute for Education to learn more about Project Based Learning, and its essential elements including reaching the gold standard of PBL practice. Below are some examples of Project Based Learning experiences that our students participate in across the K-12 curriculum.
Protecting the Bronx River
How can we, as scientists, protect living things in and around the Bronx River?
Build a Better Recess
How can we make recess better in Bronxville?
We Will Make a Difference
How can we make a positive difference in our community?
Leadership & Government
How are communities around the world affected by the way their leaders are chosen?
Immigration: Worth the Risk?
Why did people choose to immigrate to America? Was their decision to immigrate worth the risk? Why or Why not?
Be the Change: A Call to Social Action
How can we ignite change as engaged citizens?
Bronx River
How can we as scientists, decide if the Bronx River watershed is a healthy place?
Social Commentary in Literature
How can we create projects that comment on and ignite change in society?
Know Your Rights
What civil liberties and rights do Americans have?
Perception of the Other
What does it mean to be “the other”? How has the “other” been portrayed throughout history? How can we work to change a negative perception of the “other”?
Stock Market
Are companies treating their workers in a way that we would feel comfortable investing in the company?
Music Composition
How does music influence the perceptions and actions of others?