The Coaching Program Web lesson database includes lesson plans for problem-based learning activities that are linked to curriculum standards and enhanced through the use of technology. These lessons require students to apply higher-order thinking and other 21st Century Skills, such as communication, collaboration, and resource management, to authentic problem situations that address school curriculum objectives.

Students use a variety of technologies to tackle these problem-based lessons: from digital cameras to scientific probeware, using software applications such as Excel or HTML to Photostory or Word, applying the appropriate tools at appropriate times just as adults do.

Coaching Program participants work collaboratively to improve existing lessons drawn from their own curriculum. The improved lessons are published on the Peer Coaching Web site and then made accessible to other educators in the Web lesson database.

Review a sample Web Lesson created for high school students.