TeachThought

JULY 12, 2024

Curate cultural artifacts and ‘local memory’ Today, museums do the work of ‘curating,’ but that’s a crude way to preserve the cultural artifacts that matter. Place-based education See above—learning that is based on place and not an indexed set of nationalized curriculum. There are ways.

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Artifacts Project-Based Learning Museum Cultures 289

Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2019

In her role as an instructional technology coach, HP Teaching Fellow Colleen McNerney collaborates with teachers throughout Elizabeth Public Schools (New Jersey) on projects that infuse technology into project-based learning. The resulting project was a United States/United Kingdom Cultural Museum in Minecraft.

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Museum Global Connections Project-Based Learning Cultures 119

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Related: As science denial grows, science museums fight back by teaching scientific literacy As parents have become more involved in their children’s education, they deserve to know how and where STEM is coming to life in their schools — and, more importantly, how to make sure that their children can take advantage of opportunities.

K-12 139

K-12 Elementary School Museum Critical Thinking 139

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Please provide some project-based learning ideas for grade students to explore. What are some differentiated options for students to show their learning about in my grade class? What are some creative ways for students to apply their understanding of in ?

Social Science 152

Social Science Artifacts Museum History 152

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Frank Gehry, who turned 94 on Tuesday, designed some of the most famous buildings in the world, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall and The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Design-based learning is not project-based learning, as Heim and Gehry Nelson are often asked to explain. “It

Education 108

Education Project-Based Learning K-12 Museum 108

Rosie the History Teacher

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

My Job Hunt I graduated with my teaching degree in December 2013 and landed my dream job at a children’s museum working as their education director/exhibit designer/volunteer coordinator. Then I got down to the important work of mapping out my classes for the year and trying to plan some lessons and Project Based Learning.

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Museum Charter School History Project-Based Learning 52

Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

For US History, that can be reading (or even listening to) this short article on the stock market crash of 1929 and then organizing the important parts of the article into their interactive notebook: This allows students to be hands on with their learning and easily combine a digital resource with a paper/pencil activity.

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Social Studies Teaching Historic Sites Primary Sources 52