Transcript Eighth Grade Research Project - Ada Merritt K

Ada Merritt K-8 Center
What is the 8th Grade
Culminating Project?
The MYP Culminating Project is an independent project. It will be
completed at home with guidance from a mentor and your MYP
Technology teacher
It is a great opportunity to:
 learn about a topic that interests you
 apply the skills you have developed while participating in the
Middle Years Programme at Ada Merritt K-8 Center in all your
subjects and through Approaches to Learning
 develop and showcase talents and interests that you may
have and apply them to a chosen goal
 apply your knowledge of the Design Cycle
What your 8th Grade
Culminating Project Must:
 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
 Connect to the Community and Service Area of
Interaction
What your 8th Grade
Culminating Project must:
 Deal with a topic or area to which you are committed
and which has an impact on your community
 Generate a product that connects to one of the MYP
subject areas
 Be mentored by an advisor who is an expert in the
field (instructor approval is required)
 Be of grade level appropriate scope and quality
 Be entirely your own work—authenticity is very
important and you will be required to sign a
document stating that the project is your own work.
How will it be graded?
 Your Design Folder will be graded using the Technology
assessment criteria.
 The various phases of the Design Cycle will each receive
a grade.
 Your final product will be graded using MYP criteria for
the relevant subject(s)
 Your presentation/personal statement will be evaluated
using a project rubric
 Successful completion of the project will be required to
qualify for the Ada Merritt K-8 Center IB Certificate and
Pin.
What type of project
can you do?
Depending on your goal, at the conclusion of your
research, your product may be:
 an original work of art (for example, visual, dramatic or
performance)
 a written piece of work on a special topic (for example,
literary, social, psychological or anthropological)
 an original science experiment
 a specially designed object or system
 the development of a new student or community
organization.
What are the required components of
the 8th Grade Culminating Project?
A Design Folder detailing your work through
all the phases of the Design Cycle
 A product
 A presentation of the project with visual aids
 A personal statement
Remember: successful completion of all components will be required
to qualify for the Ada Merritt K-8 Center IB Certificate and Pin.
The Personal Statement:
 A Cover/Title Page
 A Table of contents
 An Introduction: the focus of your project and
product
 A Rationale: why you chose this project
 A Conclusion: reflecting on the process, the
product and its impact on your life, and the
community
 A visual representation of your finished product
 Appendices: any additional documents, charts,
etc. needed to further explain your project.
Eighth Grade Culminating Project 2013-2014
Completion Timeline
First Grading Period:
 Brainstorm topics, propose 3 options
 Revisions and Conferencing
Second Grading Period:
 Submit a final proposal
 SMART Goal
 Investigate
 Design
 Create
Third Grading Period:
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Finish Create
Assemble Project / Design Folder
Finish Product
Personal Statement
Presentations
Enjoy this opportunity to:
• learn more about yourself and a
topic that interests you
• show off your knowledge,
skills, and talents!
Ada Merritt K-8 Center
Proposal
 What is the guiding question you want to pursue?
 What do you think might be the answer to that
question?
 What do you have to do to check whether your
hypothesis/thesis is correct?
 How much time do you expect to need to do these
things? To analyze them? To present your analysis?
 What do you expect to accomplish during class?
SMART Goal
 Specific -What exactly do you seek to accomplish with this
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project? What knowledge will your project allow you to acquire?
What product will you create?
Measurable -How will you know you have accomplished your
goal? Create a rubric that you will use to evaluate your finished
product. The criteria should reflect 8th grade standards of work
connected to relevant subject areas.
Advisor- What expert in the field will mentor you throughout this
project? Why did you select this person and what are their
qualifications?
Realistic -Is the project of an appropriate scope ? Can it be
completed within those constraints?
Timely -How will you manage your time throughout this project in
order to complete it?
Presentation
Create a visual presentation that can be used at
our upcoming Technology Fair to display and
explain your culminating project. Explain:
 Your topic and why you chose it
 Your academic goals and how this project
meets them
 The process you followed to complete this
project, including your use of the Design Cycle
 Your product