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MYP Personal Project

MYP Personal Project. A Capstone Experience for Palmer High School MYP Sophomores. Questions. What is the personal project? Why should I do a personal project? What support is available to me throughout the personal project? How do I communicate my achievements with others?.

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MYP Personal Project

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  1. MYP Personal Project A Capstone Experience for Palmer High School MYP Sophomores

  2. Questions • What is the personal project? • Why should I do a personal project? • What support is available to me throughout the personal project? • How do I communicate my achievements with others?

  3. What is the personal project? • A capstone project for Palmer MYP students • An extension of your interests, skills, and individual abilities • A statement of your deeper understanding of the areas of interaction; the broad themes upon which the MYP resonates

  4. What type of project can I do? • An original form of art (visual, dramatic, performing) • A written piece of work on a certain topic • A piece of literary fiction • An original science experiment • An invention • A developed business plan, organizational plan, new student organization etc.

  5. Classic Examples from Years Past: • Becoming fully licensed in SCUBA with checkout dive in Hawaii • Building a full-scale Inuit Kayak out of wood, w/o using glue or metal • Developing a scrapbook of favorite time • Building a piece of furniture out of wood

  6. More great examples: • Traveling to Ecuador to work with people in poverty • Learning how to cook gourmet chocolate desserts • Writing a novel • Directing a play • Coaching the North Middle School Forensics team • Learning how to dance, or sing, or play an instrument

  7. Awesome photos of REAL projects:

  8. Awesome photos of REAL projects:

  9. Awesome photos of REAL projects:

  10. Awesome photos of REAL projects:

  11. Why is the Personal Project an important part of IB MYP? • It demonstrates your ability to organize, develop, and execute a long term project with independence, • It shows your mastery of essential skills in thinking, inquiry, commitment, and follow-through, • It serves as a way to share your interests, talents, and passions with others, • It indicates your readiness for the Diploma program, • Doing things because you are curious, motivated, interested is at the CORE of life-long learning!

  12. Is help available if I get stuck? Yes, of course! Go straight to these people for extra help! • Your MYP personal project supervisor • Teachers who have similar interests • Parents/Guardians • Community mentors • Ms. Derr in IB office • Mr. McComb, MYP tech teacher

  13. How do I communicate my achievements with others? • Develop a Goal Statement first! • Regular meetings with supervisor • At least 5 meetings during your Tech semester • Completion of the project • Detailed reflection paper • On-going process journal • Participate in the Personal Project Open House • Multi-media presentation developed concurrently in MYP tech

  14. How do I start? • Develop and write a clear goal statement by next week • By May 13, select a supervisor from the Palmer faculty • Meet with your supervisor over the summer • Begin your research; start your bibliography immediately!!! • Begin your process journal this spring, and keep it actively updated!

  15. What can I expect next year? • Your personal project will be due towards the end of the semester in which you take MYP Tech • During that semester: • Regular meetings with supervisor • Multi-media assignment • Completion of project, journal, paper • Open House night

  16. Public Exhibition Night May 4th, 2011 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Palmer Tech Room

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