Bridges students present project-based learning on PFAS and Alpha‑1 at board meeting

Mar 9, 2026

Two Bridges students described project‑based learning projects — one on PFAS ('forever chemicals') and one on Alpha‑1 — and staff said PBL increases student engagement, credit attainment and graduation outcomes.

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Two Bridges students spoke to the Prior Lake–Savage Area Schools board on March 9 about project‑based learning (PBL) in their program. Anastasia Odar presented a chemistry credit project on PFAS, describing why she picked the topic and what she learned about the environmental persistence of those compounds. Anastasia told the board, "PBL stands for project-based learning and it's something that we work on every day at Bridges" and explained that the project helped her learn about the chemistry of pollution.

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