1. Pick the different skills and content you will teach (for example, standards derived);
2. Identify the essential knowledge you want all students to learn (key objectives);
3. Craft a question that will focus the project and engage your students (driving question);
4. Decide how students will demonstrate what they have learned (products/performances);
5. Choose or create assessment tools to clarify expectations and evaluate student work (rubrics).

1. Project Aligned with Content-look at the specific standard or standards and confirm that the project will address the standards
2. Key Objective-the project must address the key objectives and essential knowledge
Create a Driving Question-create a question that the students must work through content in order to be able to formulate a response to it
3. Product or Performance-what will be produced by the student to show they have mastered the standards. Will it be a product or a presentation?
Materials-Identify all materials that will be needed for the project
4. Rubric-Specify the rubric or scoring tool that will be used to assess student learning after the project is completed
5. HOT Skills (Blooms)-Make sure content contains Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) questions that engage the student to Apply, Analyze, Evaluate and/or Create using information learned throughout the project
6. Research Technology-What research will the student need to accomplish and what technological resources will be needed to research information
7. Time Length for Project Development-How long will the student have to complete this project.