"Welcome to a continuing series of posts based on the eight essential elements (BIE) that make up Project Based learning. In this post I would like to focus on "significant content. I have ten ideas..."
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Project Based Learning - there are many views on this subject. This post provides a great diagram that helps to see the continua that one may consider when designing PBL. It looks at six issues: Trust (locus of control), Questioning, Collaboration, Content, Knowledge and Purpose. For example, with Trust the continua moves from teacher directed to student directed. Based on the project you may find that the location varies. A short description is provided for each of the six issues that you may want to consider as are additional resources. 
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Gorman begins this post by providing a definition of Project Based Learning that looks at the final project as the "desert." He states "In true Project Based Learning the project uncovers and facilitates the learning of significant content. In PBL there is a balancing of learning that occurs through out the project duration."
He discussed PBL in relation to the four C's (Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, and Creativity) noting that often PBL becomes too focused on the four C's. There is also the need to make sure that there is sufficient scaffolding for the learners. To assist in learning how to plan there is list of ten ideas that may be considered in the planning process and the first three are listed below (quoted from the post):
* The entry event should show a relationship to the Driving Question promoting a “need to know” of significant content.
* The Driving Question should allow students to uncover the curriculum in a student friendly and understandable manner.
* The PBL planning sheet for students should line up with significant content in the curricular area being studied and assessed.
Gorman has also provided a link to a PBL Planning Reflection Sheet.