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The MYP Personal Project

What you need to know about….

Merici College, May 2020

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Welcome Parents and Carers

Andrea McNamara

  • MYP Facilitator
  • Personal Project Coordinator

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IB Students strive to be ALL of the following:

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  • Inquirers
  • Knowledgeable
  • Thinkers
  • Communicators
  • Principled

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  • Open-minded
  • Caring
  • Risk-Takers
  • Balanced
  • Reflective

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Students will...

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  • Develop an idea, related to a specific strand in a Global Context
  • Research/Learn something new
  • Develop a Product/Outcome, which shares their new learning
  • Develop Success Criteria & use these to assess the success of their Product/Outcome
  • Share their Product/Outcome at the Personal Project Exhibition
  • Write a Report to show the process of their project and how they used ATL skills & learning from their time in the MYP programme

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Don’t do this

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Do this

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Personal Project Ideas

  • An original work of art, music, or dance
  • Science experiment
  • Poetry, stories
  • Creating or building something
  • Development of a business, organization or event
  • Web page or video

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Realistic vs Unrealistic

  • Unrealistic
    • A student sets out to stop hunger in the community
    • Learn how to become a veterinarian
    • A student decides to play the piano
  • Realistic
    • A student organises a food drive to address hunger
    • Create a portfolio that maps out the pathways and requirements of becoming a veterinarian
    • A student who has studied piano for a number of years and decides to write and present an original musical piece.

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Process Journal

Report

Product

Exhibit

Components of the Personal Project

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Imagine you were doing a Personal Project.

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What would it be?

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What Global Context would you explore?

The following global contexts direct learning and independent inquiry:

● Identities and relationships

● Orientation in space and time

● Personal and cultural expression

● Scientific and technical innovation

● Globalization and sustainability

● Fairness and development.

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The Global Context should be the lense which helps students focus their product. It helps to relate the product to ‘the real world’ and it helps students realize the importance of their goal.

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Let’s see how a Global Context could change a project about CARS!

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Globalization and Sustainability

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GOAL: Learn how to design a car that will have minimal negative impact on the environment

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Scientific & Technical Innovation

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GOAL: Learn the best way to adapt a remote control car so that it can be controlled by an app

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Identities & Relationships

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GOAL: Explore how cultural identity, beliefs and values impact car design

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Orientation in Space & Time

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GOAL: From to Benz Patent-Motorwagen to the Tesla - How and why cars have evolved over time

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Personal & Cultural Expression

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GOAL: How can I use artistry to design a highly desirable but affordable car?

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Fairness & Development

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GOAL: How can I design a car share program which will allow car owners to lessen inequalities by providing rides to vulnerable people in their communities.

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Super IB!

  1. Improve their Approaches to Learning (ATLs)�
  2. Global Context as a focus�
  3. Learner Profile in the reflection!

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Role of Supervisor

ENSURE the chosen MYP project topic satisfies appropriate legal and ethical standards

CONFIRM the authenticity of the work submitted

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Provide GUIDANCE to students in the process and completion of the project

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The Parents Role

  • Ask about resources
  • Brainstorm ideas
  • Ask if they have made an appointment with their supervisors
  • Remind about deadlines

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For more information, visit the PP Website

This resource contains absolutely everything a student, supervisor or parent could need.

Please have a browse!

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Personal Project at Merici

  • Start in Term 4 2020 in Year 9
  • Formally meet with supervisors Feb in 2021 and first meeting is recorded
  • Submission: Week 1 Term 3 2021 (Year 10)
  • Supervision: PC teachers during PC program
  • Taught sessions delivered on rotation through subject periods (8 sessions)- class teachers free from supervision of this session.
  • Marking: Specialist Team of Volunteers - Time provided, training provided, lunch provided

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Acknowledging sources

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QUESTIONS

Thank you for watching.

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Google Slideshow Q and A

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Don’t hesitate to get in touch via email if you have any questions or queries:

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Andrea McNamara MYP Facilitator: andrea.mcnamara@merici.act.edu.au

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Natalie Fairfax Head of IB : natalie.fairfax@merici.act.edu.au

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