# Design a project-based learning unit around a real driving question

A PBL unit with a driving question, authentic product, milestones, scaffolded lessons, teamwork structures, and assessment.

- Topic: Learning & Teaching
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Education, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/design-a-project-based-learning-unit-around-a-real-driving-question

## Prompt

```text
Help me design a project-based learning unit.

**Subject and level:** [e.g. "7th grade science", "upper-division urban planning"]
**Standards or outcomes to cover:** [LIST]
**Length:** [e.g. "4 weeks, 3 sessions per week"]
**Real-world connections available:** [local issues, partners, community experts, clients]
**Constraints:** [budget, technology, group size, students' independence]

Design:
1. **Driving question:** 3 options that are open-ended, relevant to students, and require the target content to answer. Recommend one.
2. **Final product and audience:** what students create and who outside the class will see it.
3. **Milestones:** 4-6 checkpoints with deliverables and dates, each with a feedback moment (peer critique, teacher conference, expert feedback).
4. **Teaching plan:** the mini-lessons and workshops students need, placed just before they need each skill.
5. **Team structures:** team size, roles, a team contract outline, and how to handle uneven contribution.
6. **Assessment:** what is graded individually vs. as a team, with success criteria tied to the standards.

Watch for the common failure where the project is fun but the content is thin: for each standard, point to the milestone where it is taught and assessed. Return the plan as sections with a calendar table at the end.
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## What to fill in

- e.g. "7th grade science", "upper-division urban planning"
- LIST
- e.g. "4 weeks, 3 sessions per week"
- local issues, partners, community experts, clients
- budget, technology, group size, students' independence

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