Trevor Muir

I once had a dream to build an aquaponics garden in a greenhouse attached to my classroom. Aquaponics is a form of gardening that combines raising fish in tanks with traditional gardening. In aquaponics, the nutrient-rich water (fish poop) from raising fish provides a natural fertilizer for the plants in the garden, which then help…

Let’s get the cat out of the bag right away: the term ‘Project Based Learning’ can carry some baggage.

The Launch is one of the single most important parts of a project.

From the workforce, to politics, to smart phone addictions, society desperately needs collaborators.

The only way to grow is practice. And there’s not nearly enough of that in school.

Hogs: Students who take over an entire group project
Logs: Students who do nothing in a group project

Teachers are interesting when they are like no other teachers and their class is unlike any other class.

Education theory is great, but teaching requires creativity that cannot be taught.

Every politician should be required to regularly visit schools and understand this.

Students forget lectures. No one forgets a great story.