Personal Project

DATE

Notes…

·         Don’t miss deadlines

·         Throughout a 9 month period

·         Identify your strengths and interests and make your pp related to one of them

·         DON’T MISS DEADLINES

·         1500-3000

·         Align project with 1 GLOBAL CONTEXT and 1 AK STRAND

·         Not done as a subject- utilize your free time to do PP task

·         You will not get supplies from school

·         Engage family

·         Make sure resources are accessible before

·         School emails cannot send files with more than 5MB

·         Use the Summer break to perform research

Proposal

·         Topic inspiration

·         Global Context (Justify why you’ve chosen it)

·         AK strand (which one have you chosen and justify why)

·         Very clear Goal Specifications (about 5-9)

·         Shouldn’t go beyond 2 pages

The report

·         Cover page (Name, name of school, title of the project, word count)

·         Acknowledgement

·         Table of contents

·         Four criteria to be addressed (investigating, planning, taking action, reflecting)

·         Bibliography

·         1500-3000 words- STRICTLY

·         In-text citations

·          

*Grading of report is done first by supervisor then second moderator then will go out to the IB.

Global Contexts

Identities and Relationships

Orientation in Space and Time

Personal and Cultural Expression

Scientific and Technical Innovation

Globalization and Sustainability

Fairness and Development

PP 2015 is governed by…

1.     Goal (should be clear and challenging)Criteria

2.     Global Context

3.     AK Strand

4.     Approximately 25 Hours of working on the PP (??) (Does this mean 25 hours of practical work?”

5.     Students should practice academic honesty (Plagiarism is not tolerated)

6.     All projects will be EXTERNALLY MODERATED