RESOURCES Return to Resources Big Idea: Plastic Plastic is a perfect Big Idea to start your CBL because it is a complex topic that spans science, history, politics, economics, and human behavior. While we are learning more and more that plastic is bad for the...
Return to Resources Big Idea: Environmental Justice Earth Day provides an opportunity to focus on a vast array of environmental crises and identify ways to make a difference. The impact of environmental issues is often experienced disproportionately by communities of...
Return to Resources Big Idea: Gender In support of International Women’s Day, consider a Big Idea and Challenge based on the internationalwomensday.com theme of #choosetochallenge. We agree that a “challenged world is an alert world.” By taking on challenges, we can...
RESOURCES Return to Resources Big Idea: Water It is a simple fact of life: we need clean water. We need it to drink, keep clean, generate power, and grow the food we eat. Water is essential to life on earth. We are using up our planet’s fresh water faster...
RESOURCES Return to Resources Big Ideas Series: Australia Australia was an early adopter of Challenge Based Learning and continues to report amazing results. Recently, schools throughout Australia developed Challenges around the Big Ideas of Power and...
