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Capstone Project Action Plan Course Name TeacherName

Capstone Project Implementation Plan

To introduce a capstone project to a course this will provide students with an opportunity

to demonstrate their cumulative learning at the end of the course/project. The activities

will be in a project team environment, guided by the engineering design process and

culminating in the communication and demonstration of a uniuely designed operationalproduct or system.

District and school support mechanisms

Thin!ing about your school and community resources, what can you "nd that will help the

capstone project in material or informational ways#

$hat courses are available in your school that relate to the capstone project#

$hat s!ills will students get before the project that will help them in successful

completion# $hat opportunities can you create for cross curriculum collaboration#

$ho would be interested %administrators, teachers, and other sta!eholders& in the

outcome# $hat college and businesses could provide logistical/"nancial/information support

and mentoring to the students and project#

$hat community resources are available for the project#

PROJECT COMPONENTS

The project will be introduced during the month of ''''' and culminate in '''' in lieu of a

written uestion and answer type assessment. The project implementation will consist of

the following major components

Project Defnition

Clear statement and de"nition of project goal

()planation of learning objectives

The project calendar with team and individual benchmar!s/deliverables, assigned

dates

Assessment techniues and related rubrics to be employed

Student Team Membership

*uring the introduction of the project, time will be dedicated to+

()plaining the various roles that may be inherent in any project i.e. analyst,

logistician, record !eeper, researcher, designer, problem solver, time manager, etc.

(mphasiing wor!ing styles and how these a-ect wor! completion

Team ma!eup anticipated to be between 01 members2 will be partially based on

gender, and observed class behavior to try to balance team membership capability

de"nition and "nal deliverables.

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Student Delierables !su""ested#

Project noteboo!

Project timeline

Assembly drawings and 4ill of 5aterials

6e7ective log 6e7ective summary paper

PowerPoint benchmar! presentations

Teacher Delierables

Project *e"nition

()amples of student deliverables

Project 8upplies

(valuation rubrics

The teacher$s role is to proide%

(stablish the learning goals

Project coaching

9verall Capstone project management logistics

Project sponsor&communit' mentor

To lend an air of authenticity to the project, a community sponsor or mentor will help

provide conte)t and guidance to the students. This person, along with other potential

outside industry reps, will participate in the judging of the project outcomes.

:elps form the scope of the project :elps put the project in conte)t

Provides student mentoring %schedule permitting&

Participates in project evaluation

5ay provide logistical support

Project implementation Schedule

;ntroduce capstone project concept at start of semester/term

Project details, evaluation rubric, community mentor and challenge introduced in

halfway

4enchmar! reviews conducted at least every 0 wee!s with student deliverables 5eet with project mentor%s& before the start of the project,

show *esign suad uses a format that is similar to Capstone

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