Welcome to the IB-MYP Community Project

Student Name: _______________________________________________________________

Mentor: _____________________________________________________________________

Step 1: Brainstorm a need within your community.

Step 2: Decide on your goal and how you can achieve your goal.

Step 3: Connect your goal to an IB Global Context.

Step 4: Work on your project.
Step 5: Present your project.

A Need The Goal The Community Global Context Examples

freedom of to raise awareness The elderly in a Personal and Teach art classes
expression nursing home Cultural at a nursing home
Expression
Train working To participate Special needs Identities and Volunteer at a
dogs actively community Relationships seeing eye dog
center
Access to drinking To help provide Mississippi Orientation in Create a
water service Time and Space fundraiser to help
raise money to
build wells
Medical advances To Cancer Patients Scientific and Create an online
create/innovate Technological support group for
Innovation patients Perform a
Social Acceptance To change The school Identities and theater
behaviors community of Relationships play to raise
teachers and awareness on
students bullying
modernization of to advocate The local Globalization and campaigning to
local methods of population sustainability reduce paper use
waste and to promote
management recycling and/or
to reduce water,
electricity or fuel
waste

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 Timeline for Community Project

Activity Date to Be Completed

Process Journal Phase One Complete
Journals 1-6 Teacher:
Mentor Feedback #1
Process Journal Phase Two Complete
Journals 7-9 Teacher:
Mentor Feedback #2
Process Journal Phase Three Complete
Journals 10-12 Teacher:
Mentor Feedback #3
Presentation of Final Project

MYP Community Project: Process

Journal Process Journal Phase 1: Investigating and Planning
Journals #1-6
Journal Entry #1: Brainstorm a list of three things you want to learn more about. Why
do you want to learn more about each one?

Journal Entry #2: Identify the one topic that interests you most. Why does this topic
interest you?

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Journal Entry #3: Now, it is time to narrow down what you want to create. Brainstorm:
How could you use that topic to...

Identities and Orientation in time and Fairness and

Relationships space Development
...help you become aware ...help you to connect ...help you create an idea
of your roles and people from different or system that might
responsibilities as a backgrounds, eras, and explore our rights and
member of the personal histories? responsibilities as global
community? citizens?

Globalization and Scientific and Technical Personal and Cultural

Sustainability Innovation Expression
...help you explore your ...help you become an ...help you better express
relationship with the inventor or to explore the your ideas or help others
environment, how it affects effects of human invention to better share their
you, and how you affect it? on the world? creativity, culture, feeling

Journal Entry #4:Identify a realistic goal of what you want to create/develop/organize

as your project.
Make a list of steps you would need to take to achieve your goal.
I want to create/develop/organize a ____________________________________________.
In order to do this, I will need to… (be sure to include the materials, people, etc.)

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Step 1: Step 2: Step 3:
Step 4: Step 5: and so
on….

Journal Entry #5: What Global Context fits your project the best? How does your
project link to this Global Context? Why is this Global Context the best fit?

Identities and Orientation in Time and Fairness and

Relationships Space Development
Project that helps you Project that helps you Project that helps you
explore identity, beliefs, explore personal histories, explore the relationships
values, relationships turning points, between communities;
including families, friends, relationships between sharing resources with
communities and cultures.
individuals and civilizations other people and living
from personal, local, and things; access equal
global perspective. opportunities; peace and
conflict resolution
Globalization and Scientific and Technical Personal and Cultural
Sustainability Innovation Expression
Project that helps you Project that helps you
Project that helps you
explore how local
explore how humans use explore the way we
experiences mediate the
their understanding of discover and express ideas,
global; the impact of
scientific and technological feelings, culture and
decision-making on
advances on communities values; the ways in which
humankind and the
and environments; how we extend and enjoy our
environment.
humans adapt creativity
environments to their
needs.

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Journal Entry #6:
Blend all the notes you wrote in your previous journals into one paragraph using the
following sentence starters.
The NEED that my community service project addresses is:
The GOAL of my Community Project is to:
I chose this goal because:
The COMMUNITY where I will focus my service project is:
The GLOBAL CONTEXT that focuses my project is:
This focuses my project because:
I will take the following steps to achieve my goal: When I finish, I will have created/
developed/ organized:

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 Phase 1 Mentor Feedback
The product/ project you wish to create:
Is a realistic goal for an independent project
Will require special equipment
Will require extensive support to complete well

A few suggestions of different ways to create a product linked to your topic may be:
____________________________________________________
_______________
____________________________________________________
_______________
The following sources will help you find information on your topic:
____________________________________________________
Interviewing a specialist in the area of your topic
_______________
Researching databases with current articles
Reading a book related to your topic
Observing someone else executing a similar task
Analyzing reliable web pages

Others:
____________________________________________________
_______________
Your project:
____________________________________________________
_______________
Aligns closely with the chosen Global Context
Links indirectly with the chosen Global Context
May be better focused with a different Global Context: ______________________

Another suggestion would be:

_________________________________________________
Comments:

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 Process Journal Phase 2:Planning and Research (Journals #7-9)

Journal #7: Process Reflection

Review the feedback you received on the first set of journals you submitted.
Do you plan to make any changes to your product? If so, what changes will you make?
Why?

Journal #8: Determining Purpose

What are you hoping to learn as a result of your research? Identify 3 sources that you
will use to find information. Examples include: a book, website, database, field work,
primary source, interview, event, etc.

Title Author Date Published

Date:
Notes:

Why was this source useful:

Title Author Date Published

Date:
Notes:

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 Why was this source useful:

Title Author Date Published

Date:
Notes:

Why was this source useful:

Journal #9: Reflecting on the Research

Evaluate the research that you did. Based on the information that you found:
1. Explain the action you will take in the next phase of the project. Identify the materials
you will need to obtain, how you will obtain them, and the amount of time you
anticipate it will take to create the project.
2. Explain how you will document that action throughout the process to ensure that
you have the necessary materials to create a presentation.
3. Reflect on your performance so far.
What are you proud of?
What do you need to work on more?

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 Explain the action you are planning to take and how much time it will take.

Reflection: What are you proud of? What do you need to work on more?

Phase 2 Mentor Feedback

After you have finished your research, you will meet with your mentor to discuss your
progress and evaluate the resources you collected. Use these questions as guides to set
goals for creating your final product.

Mentor Signature _________________________________________ Date _____________

Does the student have enough information to achieve his/her goal in creating the
product? If not, what additional information could he/she collect? Yes No
_____________________________________________________________

How can the student best plan his/her time to complete the project by the deadline?
List potential steps and due dates for them.

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 Process Journal Phase Three: Take Action, Present, and Reflect
Journals #10- #12 Now that you have gathered a variety of information on your topic,
it is time to follow through with the action of your project. In this phase, you will:
Act on your plan to help your community
Document your action as you do it
Create the project you plan to present

Journal #10: Description of the Process

These are the steps that I took:
Step 1:
What I did:

Step 2:
What I did:

This was the best plan for me because....

Journal #11 - Planning the presentation

Congratulations! You are almost done! The presentation is the final component to the
Community Project. For this journal, sketch how you envision your work to be
displayed.

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Journal #12 - Reflection
Now that you’ve completed the project, answer the following questions.
1. This project benefitted the community by...

2. This project benefitted me by…

3. If I could go back and change anything, I would change…

4. In the future, I could expand upon my community project and make an even bigger
difference by...

Phase 3 Mentor Feedback

Meet with your mentor before you present your project.
Mentor Signature _____________________________________________________________
Date _______________________________________

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