answers to all your questions. 10 th grade personal project
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WHY, OH WHY?
Designed by IB to help students incorporate the 5 AOI’s into a project that is interesting to them. If done correctly, it will help you to learn/appreciate a new hobby, interest, or career option
Why, oh why?
Fosters independence, creativity, self motivation, self learning, Helps you to: learn time management skills identify personal weaknesses & strengthsChallenge yourself mentally and creativelyMay inspire, transform, inspire a way of thinking or doing something
Why, oh why?
It is only by being actively engaged in learning that we truly educate ourselves.When we do that-\ we become better people.
Role Of The Personal ProjectThree Key Phrases:
“Significant Body Of Work”
“Extended Period Of Time” ( 6 months)
“Student’s Own Initiative”
Areas Of Interaction Form The Core
Time frame: September—before
Spring break.
Types Of The Personal ProjectMany Forms:
Original Art Work – All Types
Written Work
Literary Fiction
Original Science Experiment
Invention
Business Marketing Plan
Requirements Of The Personal ProjectPurpose: Understanding & Expression
Combination Of Skills
Done Outside Class Time- NO CLASS TIME
Supervision:
Choose your supervisor
Supervisors Provide Formative Feedback
Assessment: Internal Standardization
Supervisor- chosen by teacher
Provides encouragement, helpful hints, guidanceMonitors progressReviews PP journalGrades project according to IB criteriaMake time to visit with supervisor at least 2x’s a month!!!!!
Supervisor/PP coordinator
Informs PP coordinator of any problemsDoes not OK your project or allow you to change your project
If you have a critical issue you must see the PP coordinator. (ex: dropping, computer crash, change of project, project selection)
Timeline
You will be given a time line to follow.Be smart--follow it.Some students wait until last minute and do not pass their PP
Structure Of The Personal Project Process Paper
All Types Will Have:
A title page
A table of contents
An introduction
A description of the process
An analysis
A conclusion
Works cited
Appendices if appropriate
Length: Varies depending on the project, but concise not more
than 4000 words
Don’t stress!!!
A detail explanation will be given to students in February about how to
write the process paper.
Example Of The Personal Project
Designed and created his own soccer stadium.
Worked with local
architects and researched
various facility designs.
Example Of The Personal Project
Organized a Colorado Race for Special Olympics from start to finish; raised several thousand dollars through the project.
Example Of The Personal Project
Bee Keeping project to design, build and run a bee farm for production of honey.
Example Of The Personal Project
Created a ‘Quilts from the Heart’ project with teenage girls in residential treatment facility.Donated finished quilts to needy families at local neo-natal clinic.
Example of a Personal Project
Created web site and fundraising project to help
children of Chernobyl disaster.
Children of Chernobyl Project
Example Of The Personal Project
•Making Native American hand carved flutes•Rebuilding a car engine or painting a car•Designing, filming and editing a music video•Planting a lawn with irrigation systems•Black and White art photography•Creating web based information site for classroom teachers•Japanese flower arranging•Recording an original music CD•Making a surfboard/skimboard/skateboard•Teaching disaster preparedness to immigrants•Starting a club/sport/activity or assembly
Project Stages• Think of a project. ( NOT your 8th grade one) Be specific!• Have project approved by your language arts teacher
• Organize journal
• Create a timeline for your project. Modify as needed.
• Commence project
• Consult PP deadlines to keep on task
• Complete project
• Write PPPP
• Turn everything in.
MYP Personal Project CriteriaCriteria A - Planning and DevelopmentCriteria B - Collection of information/resourcesCriteria C - Choice & Application of TechniquesCriteria D - Analysis of InformationCriteria E - Organization of Written WorkCriteria F - Analysis of Process & OutcomeCriteria G - Personal Engagement