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Class of 2014 Personal Projects

Class of 2014 Personal Projects. Thomas Edison High School IB Middle Years Program. What is the Personal Project?. Creative piece of work of your choice . Your project to do what you want to do. It needs to be something you really want to do. Why Should I Do A Personal Project?.

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Class of 2014 Personal Projects

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  1. Class of 2014 Personal Projects Thomas Edison High School IB Middle Years Program

  2. What is the Personal Project? Creative piece of work of your choice. Your project to do what you want to do. It needs to be something you really want to do.

  3. Why Should I Do A Personal Project? • I want to do something completely independent in an area that interests me. • I am interested in taking IB Diploma classes or other challenging classes my junior and senior year and this will help prepare me. • Because it sounds different - I will get to direct my own learning and….. it will be fun!!! • Edison is an IB World School, and it is strongly encouraged that all 10th grade students do a Personal Project.

  4. What Are My Options? They are Infinite…… Creating a Booklet for Teenagers Moving to Minneapolis The Gods and Heroes of Celtic and Norse Mythology The Metal Map: Tracing the Influences that Shaped My Favorite Music Establishing a Book Club for my high school Design a clothing line The Cruel Practice of Animal Testing

  5. What Are My Options? They are Infinite…… • Learning to Laugh is Learning to Live! • Creating Colorful Necklaces • Can I Create a 10 Minute Stand-up Comedy Routine about Life in Minneapolis? • Designing and Building a Solar Powered Model Boat • Writing a Script for a Short Play

  6. Current MPS Projects Painting an Old Mural KrazyKupcakes for Kids Team Bucky and Ellie: Bringing Joy to Hospital Patients A Guide to Vegetarian Dining Creating My Personal Garden Europe in Snapshots Free Will: To What Extent Do Characters Have it?

  7. Current MPS Projects My Collection Humpback Whales Real Magazine The Power of Photography in Nature “The Cycle of Reality” A One-Act Play Jewelry

  8. Team Bucky and Ellie

  9. My Collection

  10. Personal Project SHOULD: Have a clear and achievable goal Allow you to express a truly personal message Be the result of your initiative, creativity and ability to organize and plan Reflect your special interests, hobbies, special abilities, or concerns about particular issues Deal with a topic or area to which you are committed Be entirely your own work (authenticity is very important)

  11. Personal Project SHOULD: Be focused on at least one Area of Interaction: Health and Social Education Community and Service Environments Human Ingenuity

  12. Personal Project SHOULD NOT: Be part of any graded course work Take over your whole personal and social life, nor interfere with your studies, even though it will involve many hours of work Be too closely linked to any specific subject

  13. Basic Components Process Journal Project Itself Written Report (doesn’t actually have to be ‘written’)

  14. Brainstorming Questions • What topics interest you? • What hobbies or interests do you have that might grow into a Personal Project? • Is there something you’ve always wanted to do or something you would like to do better? • What improvements could you make to your community? • Is there a question you’ve always wanted to know the answer to? Is there an idea you want to explore further?

  15. Personal Project Forms • Physical creation: • Original work of art • Original science experiment • Invention • Business or organizational plan • Written Product: • Written piece of work on your topic • Creative writing

  16. Timeline 2011-12 • Phase 3 Creating & Evaluating—November-February • Phase 4 Presentation—March • Phase 1 Investigation & Design—June-September • Phase 2 Planning—October

  17. Next Steps before October Meeting • Narrow down your topic and decide what type of product you will create (physical creation or written product). • Read through the Personal Project Guide. • Turn in the “Personal Project Topic Notification Form” to Ms. Donna or Ms. Ornelas by this Friday, October 1. • We will match you with a supervisor. • Start a process journal and write answers to the “Phase 1 Worksheet: Investigation and Design” before you meet with your supervisor.

  18. Questions? Email Ms. Ornelas at Sharon.Ornelas@mpls.k12.mn.us or Ms. VonLehe at Donna.VonLehe@mpls.k12.mn.us

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