PBLL Product Examples
Elementary
Exhibition: Kindergarteners as Experts - 5:35 min. video of a learning showcase in which Kindergarteners share their learning about birds with community members
- Language: English
- Challenging problem: Bird rehabilitation and conservation
- Public product(s): Community celebration, greeting cards, project boards
- Public audience: Friends, family, community members
- Project partners: 6th Grade buddies, ornithologists
Letters from the Internment Camps - VoiceThread (by Gail Dessler & Halerin Ferrier)
Language: English
Challenging problem: Intolerance (How can writing, art, and technology combine to develop a culture of 'change writers' and to promote resilience and tolerance within and beyond an elementary school site?
Public product: VoiceThread about hidden community histories
Public audience: People who experienced life in internment camps
Project partners:
Language: English
Challenging problem: Intolerance (How can writing, art, and technology combine to develop a culture of 'change writers' and to promote resilience and tolerance within and beyond an elementary school site?
Public product: VoiceThread about hidden community histories
Public audience: People who experienced life in internment camps
Project partners:
- Marielle Tsukamoto (guest speaker about her first-hand experiences in an internment camp)
- Elk Grove historians
Manos a la obra: Cuentos que nos enseñan a cuidar el planeta - An anthology of short stories written in Spanish and illustrated by children in preschool, 1st and 2nd Grade, 3rd and 4th Grade, 5th-7th Grade, and secondary
- Language: Spanish
- Challenging problem: Environmental preservation
- Public product: An anthology of short stories that advocate for environmental preservation
- Public Audience: Online communities
- Project partners: Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos S. A. (AYSA), Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación, Lazos de Agua Ediciones
15 cuentos para salvar al planeta tierra - A collection of short stories written n Spanish and illustrated by 4th grade Venezuelan students with the goal of advocating for environmental preservation
- Language: Spanish
- Challenging problem: Environmental preservation
- Public product: An anthology of short stories that advocate for environmental preservation
- Public Audience: Online communities
- Project partners: A docent, a librarian, a publicist, a foundation (la fundación Banco Provincial a través del Proyecto Papagayo), and a school (la U.E.P. «Colegio San Antonio»)
Secondary
Activity Book for Chinese-speaking Children Visiting Hawai'is Plantation Village (by Stephen Tschudi)
- Language: Chinese
- Challenging problem: Making the historical past relevant for children
- Public product: Activity book (sample pages from the public product are embedded throughout the site)
- Public audience: Chinese-speaking children
- Project partners: Hawaii's Plantation Village, National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Building Literacies (by Rachel Mamiya Hernandez)
- Language: Portuguese
- Challenging problem: Illiteracy
- Public product: Children's books (scroll to the very bottom of the page and click on the links to see photos from the project)
- Public audience: Portuguese-speaking children in the state of Bahia, Brazil
- Project partners:
- Universidade Estadual de São Paulo- Araraquara
- Teachers from PRACATUM Social Project
- Professor Sávio Siqueira from the Universidade Federal da Bahia
Japanglish: Looking at Culture Through the Mirror of Language (by Kasumi Yamamoto)
- Language: Japanese
- Challenging problem: Japanese loan words
- Public products: Manga cartoons and public debate (scroll to the very bottom of the page and click on the links to see student-created cartoons from the project)
- Public audience: Japanese college students and people from the community
- Project partners: Japanese host families
Manos a la obra: Cuentos que nos enseñan a cuidar el planeta - An anthology of short stories written in Spanish and illustrated by children in preschool, 1st and 2nd Grade, 3rd and 4th Grade, 5th-7th Grade, and secondary
- Language: Spanish
- Challenging problem: Environmental preservation
- Public product: An anthology of short stories that advocate for environmental preservation
- Public Audience: Online communities
- Project partners: Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos S. A. (AYSA), Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación, Lazos de Agua Ediciones
Museo para muchachos (by Abby Carle)
- Language: Spanish
- Challenging problem: Engagement with art
- Public product: Activity brochure (scroll to the very bottom of the page and click on the links to see sample activity brochures created by students)
- Public audience: Spanish-speaking children
- Project partners: Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Project Ripple Effect (by Alla Savelieva)
- Language: Russian
- Challenging problem: Sustainability and environmental awareness
- Public product: Activity book (scroll to the very bottom of the page and click on the links to see photos and a sample activity page from the project)
- Public audience: 7-year olds (2nd grade) of Baku European Lyceum
- Project partners: Environmental science and education specialists from Siberia, Russia
¿Que es Chichen itza? - A 2:20 min. video
- Language: English
- Challenging problem: 7 Wonders of the World
- Public product(s): YouTube video
- Public audience: Community Members
- Project partners: Office English
The Boat Project (by Anny Case, Marcy Ray, and Scott Franz)
- Language: English
- Challenging problem: Cultural preservation (Marshallese culture)
- Public product: Traditional Marshallese outrigger canoe (click through the thumbnails at the bottom of the photo to see images from the project); Boat-building Serves as a Vessel for Learning - 1:48 min. video [Related press: Marshallese Students Build Traditional Sailing Boat in Summer Class]
- Public audience: Friends, family, community members, news media in Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.
- Project partners: Local artists, construction experts, Marshallese specialist, mapmaker
Turtle Talks (by Zander Srodes)
- Languages: English, Spanish,
- Challenging problem: Preservation of sea turtles
- Public products: Community presentation, activity book in 6 languages, another activity book in 5 languages (this is the English version), and website
- Public audience: Elementary school children, adults
A page in Portuguese containing images of student work and PBLL products based on driving questions such as: What should we buy to survive a mass strike?, Why isn’t Brazil a more popular vacation destination for foreigners and Brazilians alike?, and What would your perfect classroom be like?
Adult
Game Gathering - In this 19:27 min. video. teachers of multilingual learners explain the language benefits of having their students who were enrolled in intensive English classes explain and play the food-related games they had designed with community members
- Language: English
- Challenging problem: Educating the community about food sustainability, food waste, hunger, etc.
- Public product(s): Board games, community game gathering event
- Public audience: Friends, family, community members
- Project partners: Local organizations (City Harvest, soup kitchens, etc.)
I Am Campaign
- Language: English
- Challenging problem: Improving the community's acceptance of diversity
- Public product(s): Social media campaign, website
- Public audience: Campus community members
- Project partners: Campus Student Life Services
Open Sesame - ESL students enrolled in an intensive English program in New York City researched farm to table restaurants, designed a community guide, and shared their learning at a community event
- Language: English
- Challenging problem: Educating the community about farm to table
- Public product(s): Community event, video
- Public audience: Friends, family, community members
- Project partners: Local farmers' markets, restaurants, etc.
Practicing English: Interview with Foreign Tourists / Practicando Inglés: Entrevista a Turistas extranjeros - 14:18 min. video
- Language: English
- Challenging problem: Where do foreign tourists like to visit and what are their impressions of the locals?
- Public product(s): Interviews, YouTube video
- Public audience: Community members
- Project partners: Local tourists
Other Product Ideas
Videos: Literary Products
Website: Fifty Best Birds in the World