- DBL in Action in K-12 Classrooms
- DBL in an Entire High School
- Videos
- Slide Presentation
Design-Based Learning
For Second Grade by Marta Rosales 2010
A yearlong series of challenges to integrate the curriculum
For High School Arctecture by Joel Glassman 2010
San Marino High School , San Marino Unified School District , Pasadena, CA
The rewuired shklls for teaching about both the history and skills of the field.
For First Grade by John Van Laar 2010
Don Benito Elementary Schooll, Pasadena, CA
For the Third Grade by Leakeana Nhem 2010
Willard Interna6onal Baccalaureate and Technology Magnet School, Pasadena, CA
A city is built to each the relationships between the immediate community and international dependencies
For Spanish , grades six, seven and eight by Martha Jimenez-Corsi 2010
Wilson Middle School Pasadena Unifird School District, Pasadena, CA
A city is built to teach Spanish both speakng and grammar
For Second Grade by Josh Whittmore 2010
A city is built in the classroom to teach required skills.
For Kindergarten by Alma Montano 2010
Vineland Elementary School Baldwin Park Unified School DIstict , Baldwin Park, CA
For Middle School Math by Sharon Soto
Suzanne Middle School, Walnut Valley Unified School District, 2010
A city is designed to teach the application of mathmatical skills in corrolation with district and textbook requirements.
For students with special needs by Deborah Meza 2010
Rowland Unifiied School DIstrict
A year long project for students with special needs
Norma Coombs Alternative School, Pasadena Unified School District, 2005
The neighborhood of the school is redesigned to become a village of the future.
Heart Acre Project
(A PDF version of a PowerPoint presentation; 12MB)
Pleasant View Elementary School, Baldwin Park Unified School District, 2006-2007 and 2007-Continuing
The Building to Learn Project was conducted with Kindergarten classes during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years where the objective of this project was to address the need for Kindergarten students to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Building to Learn
(A PDF version of a PowerPoint presentation; 4MB)
Tracy Elementary School, Baldwin Park Unified School District, 2007-Continuing
San Andres Timilpan
(A PDF version of a PowerPoint presentation; 3.3MB)
Tracy Elementary School, Baldwin Park Unified School District, 2007-Continuing
Liberty Town
(A PDF version of a PowerPoint presentation; 6.6MB)
Chaparral Middle School, Walnut Valley Unified School District, 2005 - Continuing
Greece, China, Mesopotamia and Egypt are the basis for this simulation that asks students to actually design and build those ancient civilizations as if they were the first people on earth. They make and run a government, and economy and learn reading, math, language, science, economics, civics and social science in a way that they will never forget.
Ancient Civilization Building
(A PDF version of a PowerPoint presentation; )
Walnut High School, Walnut Valley Unified School District, 1996 - Continuing
Grazide Elementary School, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, 1998 - Continuing
Sparks Elementary School, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, 1998-2003
Ganesha High School, Pomona Unified School District, 1995 -
A never-before-seen continent in a real place. Students set about to design the history of Newlandia, a way to govern it, and the landform itself. A high school simulation of learning-disabled students in US History, Government, World History and Life Science courses.
Ganesha High School, Pomona Unified School District, 2007 - Continuing
The city becomes a molecular world where topics of chemical bonding and reactions are explored.
Ganesha High School, Pomona Unified School District, 1995 -
The classroom itself becomes the location for a business of the future. With never-before-seen products, new ways to attract customers and methods for keeping records, students use the internet to research everything from patents to writing letters, keeping books and international partnerships.
Madison and Marshall Middle Schools, Pomona Unified School District, 1996 -
Language Speech Impaired A three-dimensional mini verbal community constructed by speech and/or language impaired students who role play as part of their therapy.
Nogales Unified School District
The design of a never-before-seen Math City is used to teach mathematical concepts from geometric shapes to distance, ratio and time.
Workshops on developing student motivation for thinking, reasoning, problem-solving and creativity through the design process. A&C Workshops are based on Architecture & Children and City Building Education™. The goal is to develop curriculum and to continue exchange programs with World Wide groups.
