The Implementation Stories, organized by Challenge, provide details on how the STEM PBL Challenges were used by field-testing participants in their classrooms.
Challenge Partners & Collaborators
The STEM PBL project has developed a series of six multimedia industry-based Challenges designed to stimulate problem-based learning in the classroom. With a focus on sustainable technologies, the Challenge topics include solar and wind power, green chemistry sustainable agriculture, and energy efficient lighting. STEM PBL Challenge partners and project collaborators can be found below.
Beyond Benign, Green Chemistry Education, Wilmington, MA
STEM PBL Co-PI Dr. Nicholas Massa and professor of laser electro-optics technology at Springfield Technical Community College, was interviewed on the Regional Educational Technology Network (RETN) in Burlington, Vt. on July 6, 2011. Massa presented effective instructional alternatives in STEM education that engage students by introducing the STEM PBL FloDesign Challenge as an example of a problem based learning activity in practice. Doug Webster, State Coordinator of Career & Technical Education for the Vermont Department of Education, President of the National Association for Workforce Improvement (NAWI), and a STEM PBL Advisory Committee Member, interviewed Massa.
We have produced a 5 minute video that gives a general overview of the PBL education process and the multi-media Challenges.
Other Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Projects of Interest:
