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10 th grade Personal Project

Answers to all your questions. 10 th grade Personal Project. 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?.

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10 th grade Personal Project

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  1. Answers to all your questions. 10th grade Personal Project

  2. 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

  3. Why, oh why? • Fosters independence, creativity, self motivation, self learning, • Helps you to: • learn time management skills • identify personal weaknesses & strengths • Challenge yourself mentally and creatively • May inspire, transform, inspire a way of thinking or doing something

  4. 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.

  5. Role Of The Personal Project Three 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.

  6. Types Of The Personal Project Many Forms: • Original Art Work – All Types • Written Work • Literary Fiction • Original Science Experiment • Invention • Business Marketing Plan

  7. Requirements Of The Personal Project Purpose: Understanding & Expression • Combination Of Skills • Done Outside Class Time- NO CLASS TIME Supervision: • Choose your supervisor • Supervisors Provide Formative Feedback Assessment: Internal Standardization

  8. Supervisor- chosen by teacher • Provides encouragement, helpful hints, guidance • Monitors progress • Reviews PP journal • Grades project according to IB criteria • Make time to visit with supervisor at least 2x’s a month!!!!!

  9. Supervisor/PP coordinator • Informs PP coordinator of any problems • Does 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)

  10. 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

  11. 3 Items to turn in • Personal Project • The PP journal • The PPPP ( personal project process paper)

  12. 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

  13. Don’t stress!!! A detail explanation will be given to students in February about how to write the process paper.

  14. Example Of The Personal Project An actual Inuit Koriac - no glue, no metal

  15. Example Of The Personal Project Designed and created his own soccer stadium. Worked with local architects and researched various facility designs.

  16. Jeffrey’s boat

  17. Example Of The Personal Project Organized a Colorado Race for Special Olympics from start to finish; raised several thousand dollars through the project.

  18. Example Of The Personal Project Bee Keeping project to design, build and run a bee farm for production of honey.

  19. 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.

  20. Example of a Personal Project Children of Chernobyl Project Created web site and fundraising project to help children of Chernobyl disaster.

  21. 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

  22. 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.

  23. Grading • Refer to guidebook for details • Your supervisor will grade your PP by the following criterea.

  24. MYP Personal Project Criteria • Criteria A - Planning and Development • Criteria B - Collection of information/resources • Criteria C - Choice & Application of Techniques • Criteria D - Analysis of Information • Criteria E - Organization of Written Work • Criteria F - Analysis of Process & Outcome • Criteria G - Personal Engagement

  25. Questions/Comment/Concerns? Thank you for your attention.

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