The Knowles Academy offers state-of-the-art professional development experiences for teachers. All Academy courses are designed and facilitated by experienced teachers who understand the complexities of teaching in today’s world.
Through this Knowles Academy course, math and science teachers will build their own capacity for planning and implementing projects that powerfully situate complex content and practice standards within real-world contexts.
PBL: Project-Based Learning for Rigorous Math & Science Instruction
Understanding math and science enables citizens to make critical, informed decisions that support individual well-being and civic participation. We see project-based learning (PBL) as a highly effective way to address these challenges. In order to harness the potential of these courses to improve the lives of all students, teachers need specialized support in leveraging PBL in math and science.
In our PBL professional development course, math and science teachers will build their own capacity for planning and implementing projects that powerfully situate complex content and practice standards within real-world contexts. We will share a project planning framework and tools to strengthen the disciplinary content and practices present in projects, in order to help support all students in accessing rigorous math and science instruction in PBL courses.
- Engage in PBL activities as a teacher, as a learner, and as a PBL teacher of math and science
- Produce a skeleton of a PBL project for their course that includes a coherent content storyline and a disciplinary practice pathway
- Leave with a plan for implementing their project, including tools and resources to guide planning and instruction
PBL: Project-Based Learning for Rigorous Math & Science Instruction
Dates: January 30, 2024; February 6, 2024; February 13, 2024; February 20, 2024; February 27, 2024; March 5, 2024
Time: 7:30–9:00 p.m. EST
Location: Zoom
Price: $25
Optional graduate course credit is available ($375 for 3 credit hours)
Please note that courses are subject to cancelation if minimum enrollment is not met.
PBL: Project-Based Learning for Rigorous Math & Science Instruction
Dates: July 22–24, 2024
Time: 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Price: $25
Optional graduate course credit is available ($375 for 3 credit hours)
Please note that courses are subject to cancelation if minimum enrollment is not met.
Academy Services
All Knowles Academy courses can be customized to meet the specific needs of schools and/or districts. Please use the below form to request information about custom services.