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Why choose the AP Capstone Program?

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AP Capstone Program

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Ms. Katherine katherine.c@wells-school.com

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What is success?

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Credit: Demetri Martin

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Contents

  1. Capstone Overview
  2. Why Choose AP Capstone?
  3. AP Capstone Diploma and Certificates
  4. AP Capstone at Wells
  5. AP Seminar
  6. AP Research

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AP Capstone Overview

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Why choose the AP Capstone Program?

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  • Admissions officers of TOP universities look at student choices: “most rigorous path to graduation”

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  • Challenge yourself!

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  • Prepares you for IB Diploma Programme

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Why choose the AP Capstone Program?

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  • Skills to prepare you for university and beyond
    • Critical Thinking Skills
    • Communication Skills
  • e.g. Stanford study on incoming first year’s lack of ability to evaluate online sources

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Why choose the AP Capstone Program?

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What do alumni of the program say?

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What do alumni of the program say?

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What universities accept the credit now?

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What is the AP Capstone Program?

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Grade 10/11

Grade 11/12

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Grade 9-12

Grade 10/11

Grade 11/12

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What counts towards Capstone?

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  • AP Courses
    • any grade when you take with AP exam
  • AP exams in May
    • a 3 or higher score

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AP Courses at Wells

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We offer as many as possible to match the interest of our students; subject to change.

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Why AP Seminar

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  • Skills-focused
  • Explore areas of interest
  • Preparation for AP research and IB DP

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Students learn to consider an issue from multiple perspectives, evaluate the strength of an argument, and make logical, fact-based decisions. Students question, research, explore, pose solutions, develop arguments, collaborate, and communicate using various media.

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AP Seminar

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AP Seminar Assessments

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AP Seminar Assessments: Task 1

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AP Seminar Assessments: Task 2

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AP Research

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  • Choose your own subject
  • Publish your work for the world
  • Guided research practice
  • Personal Development and Achievement of the Capstone

Why AP Research?

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AP Research

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15-20 Pages

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AP Research

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15 Min + 5 Min Defense

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United States Supreme Court: A Case Study on the Relation of Prior Public Opinion Compliance

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Special Considerations in Genetic Testing in Minority Populations and Ethnicities

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The Modern Mythical Place: A Cultural Studies of Big Hero 6

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What are some of the research others did?

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Parting Words

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Parting Words

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Credit: Sylvia Duckworth