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High Quality Project Based Learning
HQPBL defines six essential criteria—like authenticity, collaboration, and reflection—for ensuring student-centered, high-quality project-based...
Gold Standard PBL: Project Based Teaching Practices
Gold Standard PBL outlines seven research-based teaching practices that support rigorous, student-centered project-based learning.
How to Use the 5E Model in Your Classroom
The 5E model helps science teachers design inquiry-based lessons that connect students’ experiences to scientific concepts through exploration and...
STEM Instructional Approaches - 5E Model 2
NASA’s 5E model supports constructivist learning through a sequence of inquiry-based phases that guide students from curiosity to application and...
STEM Instructional Approaches - 5E Model 1
The 5E Model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) structures science instruction around inquiry and active learning to deepen conceptual...
Activity, Project, Problem-Based (APB) Instructional Approach
PLTW’s APB model blends structured activities, real-world projects, and open-ended problems to scaffold student learning and foster critical...
Getting Started with Project-Based Learning
This resource distinguishes project-based learning as a collaborative, real-world product-focused process, while problem-based learning centers on...
STEM Instructional Approach Models: Project-Based Learning
Project-Based Learning engages students in extended, collaborative inquiry to solve real-world problems, emphasizing process over product and...
Problem-Based Learning
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a student-centered approach where learners collaboratively solve open-ended problems to develop critical thinking,...
STEM Resources in the Indiana Learning Lab
IDOE has curated a list of resources that are in the Indiana Learning Lab to assist schools with different aspects of STEM integration.
STEM Certified Schools Toolkit: Teacher Qualifications and PD Worksheet
Schools seeking to become a STEM Certified School should use this worksheet to document teacher qualifications and PD per the STEM Certification...
STEM Certified Schools Toolkit: K-8 Rubric
The K-8 STEM Certified Schools Rubric outlines the Readiness Levels that define a schools progression towards full integration of STEM instruction...
STEM Certified Schools Toolkit: K-8 Guidance
The K-8 STEM Certified Schools Guidance provides elementary and middle schools with a clear pathway to integrate STEM practices, build a sustainable...
2025 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platforms in Indiana: Khanmigo by Khan Academy
Indiana schools are incorporating AI-powered platforms into their classrooms. The platforms in this series met the vendor requirements (first or...
2025 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platforms in Indiana: MagicSchool
Indiana schools are incorporating AI-powered platforms into their classrooms. The platforms in this series met the vendor requirements (first or...
2025 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platforms in Indiana: Chat for Schools by Skill Struck
Indiana schools are incorporating AI-powered platforms into their classrooms. The platforms in this series met the vendor requirements (first or...
2025 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platforms in Indiana: Edia
Indiana schools are incorporating AI-powered platforms into their classrooms. The platforms in this series met the vendor requirements (first or...
ParaReading- A Five-Course Series for Paraprofessionals
A set of self-paced courses on successful teaching strategies for paraprofessionals.
What Is the Writing Rope?
In a nod to Scarborough’s Reading Rope, Joan Sedita, the founder and CEO of Keys to Literacy, created a similar framework for writing. The Writing...
Letter Names and Sounds Skill Explainer
Learn how to teach Letters Names & Sounds, when to teach the skill, how to build fluency, how to assess student learning & more. Includes...
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