Natalie Hughes: PBL
Natalie Hughes, an eighth-grade science teacher at Seneca, uses Project Based Learning (PBL) to teach students about the eight body systems through creating a health fair for younger students. She says students enjoy PBL because it lets them explore topics they’re interested in rather than just being told what to learn. Hughes loves seeing her students get excited about learning beyond the classroom.
Natalie Hughes
PBL
Junior High School Science
As she gets ready for this semester’s Project Based Learning (PBL), Seneca public schools eighth grade science teacher Natalie Hughes says, “Students will be learning the interactions of the eight body systems.
“In order to learn these, they will be focusing their time on getting ready for a health fair for 1st-6th grade students.
“The fair will consist of eight areas where elementary students can learn the body system, how to take care of it and how it interacts with other systems.”
The way Hughes sees it, students like PBL because, “They enjoy feeling like they are learning the things they want learn, instead of just being told what they should know.
“I am so happy to see students enjoy learning and researching things further, outside the classroom.”
