It's a well known fact that students learn by doing. However, in today's 'teach to the test' atmosphere, teachers are pressed for time, resources, and most of all energy to cover all the topics necessary. Why are students learning math for the sake of math? Or reading an English book for the sake of underlining hyperbole and other figurative language? And what about science and social studies period? Why are we leaving these subjects out of our children's curriculum? Wow! I know I've asked a lot of questions, and be sure that I have no idea on the answers. But, I do know a way to get around all of this! It's called Project Based Learning! This is the real-world, cross-curricular, critical thinking stuff that makes learning fun, interesting, and lasting. I am currently working on stealing a unit from an awesome teacher named Kelly Yonce called "Designer Babies." In the past, I would start the unit over Inheritance, Variation, and Evolution with t...