Project Learning with Automated, Networked Supports

PLANS research combines investigation and analytic technologies to guide students’ design projects. PLANS is creating a genre for extensible, progressive, project learning materials that develop students’ abilities to create and test designs for contemporary problems such as climate change or energy conservation. This integration enables PLANS to research strategies for guiding students to gain coherent understanding of the science concepts, practices, and cross-cutting themes called for in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).