Building on the success of PHOTON PBL, the STEM PBL project will develop six
additional PBL Challenges focusing on sustainable technologies to bring real-world problem
solving experiences into an even broader range of STEM classrooms in an effort to develop
students’ critical thinking and problem solving skills and to expose them to the exciting
career possibilities in sustainable technologies. Professional development opportunities for
in-service and pre-service STEM educators will develop teachers’ capacity for incorporating
PBL instructional methods in their classrooms.