Transcript Eighth Grade Research Project - Ada Merritt K

Middle Years Programme
Eighth Grade Orientation
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Guiding Question
How will MYP experiences
help my child in the future?
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Eighth Grade Highlights
 MYP Requirements
 Culminating Project
 High School Fairs
 Eighth Grade Exams
 End of the Year Activities
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Eighth Grade Requirements
In order to receive the Ada Merritt K-8 Center
International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme
(IB MYP) Certificate and Pin, students need to meet
the following criteria:
 Have a yearly GPA of 2.5 or higher in all Academic
Courses and in conduct
 Have completed a minimum of 40 hours of
Community and Service: 10 in grades 6 and 7, 20 in
grade 8. All Service Record forms must be submitted
before May 25, 2012
 Have successfully completed the eighth grade
research project
 Have completed an MYP portfolio.
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What is the 8th Grade
Research Project?
The MYP Research Project is a great opportunity to:
 develop and apply information literacy skills
 apply the skills developed while participating in the
Middle Years Programme at Ada Merritt K-8 Center in all
subjects and through approaches to learning
 develop and showcase talents and interests, and apply
them to a chosen goal
 apply knowledge of the design cycle
The Research Project should also clearly focus on an issue
or theme closely related to an Area of Interaction.
The Eighth Grade
Research Project should:
 have a clear and achievable goal
 express a truly personal message
 be the result of individual initiative, creativity, and
ability to organize and plan
 reflect special interests, hobbies, special abilities, or
concerns about particular issues
 be original work—authenticity is very important and
students will be required to sign a document stating
that the project is their own work.
How will it be graded?
The research project is an individual project. The third
nine week period has been designated for in class
mentoring and supervision of the project by the
technology/gifted resource teachers.
 Students will receive printed resources to help them
through the process and to ensure that projects have all
the required components.
 Projects will be graded using the Technology
assessment criteria.
 The various phases of the Design Cycle will each receive
a grade during the third grading period.
 The presentation of the final product will be evaluated by
teachers and classmates using a rubric.
What are the required components of
the 8th Grade Research Project?
A Design Folder compiling all the phases of
the Design Cycle
 A link to an area of interaction
A guiding question
A presentation of the project with visual aids
during the MYP Technology Fair
A structured piece of writing or personal
statement.
The written report will include:
 Cover/Title Page
 Table of contents
 Introduction: the focus of the project with a link
to an area of interaction
 Rationale: why the student chose this project
and the particular Area of Interaction
 Research: explanation of the project
 Conclusion: reflecting on the process, the
product and its impact
 Bibliography
 Appendices.
High School Fairs
 October 19, 2011:
 Coral Gables Senior High School
 International Studies Charter High School
 North Miami Senior High School
 October 26, 2011:
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International Studies Prep Academy
Miami Beach Senior High School
New World
Iprep
 November 2, 2011:
 Young Women’s Prep Academy
 Young Men’s Prep Academy
 Declined invitation: Terra High School,
Applications due January 15, 2012
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MAST Academy, Dash
Eighth Grade Exams
 Algebra 1 End of Course Exam
 Geometry End of Course Exam
 Earth & Space Science End of Course
Exam
 FCAT in Mathematics, Writing,
Reading, and Science
 Spanish Language AP Exam
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End of the Year Activities
 Eighth Grade Field Trip
 Dinner/Dance
 Promotion Ceremony
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Eighth Grade Orientation
September 28, 2011
The direction in which education starts
a man will determine his future in life.
Plato
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