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12 Community Action Project Ideas to Wrap Up the School Year

Experiential Learning Depot

Organize a School Club or Community Organization: ​ I have had several students start and organize clubs for their community action projects. They created objectives and goals and organized club events related to their community action projects. Host a Fundraiser: Raising money is a great way to take action.

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10 Super Cool Examples of Project-Based Learning Experiences Led by Students

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. ​This blog post does just that. Keep reading to take a look at project-based learning examples designed and executed either by my high school students or my own elementary kids at home. It can be a challenge to wrap one’s mind around what student-led project-based learning might look like in reality.

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Engaging with Hope and Beyond

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For me, an international student from Nigeria, building a sense of community was an important aspect of what I set out to do in the U.S., My first year was marked by my significant involvement in Hope’s Phelps Scholars Program, which is a first-year program that helps students develop the tools needed to navigate our multicultural world.

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Authentic Ways to Demonstrate and Share Learning Digitally

Experiential Learning Depot

Students might collaborate with a local conservationist to design and develop a tool or method to effectively remove the species from the habitat while preserving and conserving the natural ecosystem. This is PBL, and the invasive species removal event is the authentic presentation. This wording is deliberate.

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Middle and High School PBL: 10 Earth Day Project Idea Driving Questions?

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As a final product, I have had my students develop tools (charts, quizzes, mind maps, etc.) My students choose one invasive species in the community to focus on. They might look at policies, removal events, education programs, and more. Students share their exhibits at a community exhibition event.

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Five High School Senior Project Examples to Inspire and Motivate

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Senior projects, when done experientially, promote college and career readiness , offer important 21st century skill-building opportunities , and give students the confidence to take the next big step in life, among others. My students complete the following components for their comprehensive senior experiences.

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10 Fun and Engaging Experiential Holiday Activities for the Classroom

Experiential Learning Depot

. ​ I wrote an entire blog on this idea - The Science of Cooking: 10 Holiday Inspired Kitchen Inquiry Activities. Holidays Around the World Project-Based Learning The holiday season is also a really great time for students to explore holidays that they do not themselves celebrate. The virtual events can even be really cool.