Community Project Display Format – MYP Year 3
Now that you have completed your Community Project in the IB Middle Years Programme
(MYP), you will create a single display board OR a Powerpoint/Canva Presnetation to
present your project.
Your board should clearly show the entire process of your project - from how you identified
the problem to the action you took and what you learned from the experience.
4 Steps
Community Project display should clearly show the four required stages of the project:
1. Investigation
2. Planning
3. Taking Action
4. Reflection
Investigating Planning Taking Action Reflecting
Layout
You can either make 1 big poster that includes all this on powerpoint potrait
Or
You can make it in form of a slide show (Canva/Power Point Presentation)
Main Headings Checklist
• Project Title
• Project Overview
• Step 1: Investigating
• Step 2: Planning
• Step 3: Taking Action
• Step 4: Reflection
• ATL Skills
• Evidence and Actual Photographs of Project
• References
Tips
✔Use as many real photos of your project, or of you making the project or conducting it
✔ Use clear headings for the four stages
✔ Write short bullet points (not long paragraphs)
✔ Use large readable fonts
✔ The display should help viewers quickly understand your whole project process
Use clear headings, short bullet points, photos, and visuals so that someone looking at
your board can easily understand your project.
1. Project Overview
• Project Title
• Student name(s)
• School name
• Supervisor name
• Global Context
• Goal of the Project (What problem did you want to address?)Example:
Project Title: Reducing Plastic Waste in Our School
Global Context: Globalization and Sustainability
Goal: To raise awareness and reduce plastic bottle usage in our school community.
Add imagea representing the project.
2. STEP 1: INVESTIGATING
Explain how you explored and understood the issue.
What to include
• What community need or problem you identified
• Your research findings
• Inquiry questions (Factual / Conceptual / Debatable)
• Key information or statistics
• Sources used
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Layout suggestion
Use short bullet points and visuals.
Example headings:
• What problem did we identify?
• What research did we conduct?
• What did we learn?
Include:
• Statistics
• Small graphs
• Survey results
3. STEP 2: PLANNING
Explain how you prepared for your project.
Include:
• Your success criteria (what success would look like)
• Action plan or timeline
• Resources or materials needed
• If it was a group project, the roles of each member
Example:
Week Task
Week 1 Research
Week 2 Plan campaign
Week 3 Prepare materials
Week 4 Implement project
You can also include:
• Planning notes
• Sketches
• Planning diagrams
4. STEP 3: TAKING ACTION
Explain what you actually did to address the problem.
Include:
• Description of your activity
• Steps you followed
• Photos or evidence of your work
• How the community was involved
Examples:
• Workshop conducted
• Awareness campaign
• Community clean-up
• Fundraising event
5. STEP 4: REFLECTION
Explain what you learned from the project.
Include:
• What skills you developed
• Challenges you faced
• Impact of your project
• What you would improve next time
6. ATL Skills & Evidence
Mention the Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills you used, for example:
• Research skills
• Communication skills
• Collaboration skills
• Self-management skills
• Thinking skills
7. Evidence & References
Include:
• Photos of your project
• Survey results or feedback
• Bibliography (sources used for research)
• Feedback from community
SAMPLES
Visual Structure of the Board
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PROJECT TITLE
Name | School | Supervisor | Global Context
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INVESTIGATING | PLANNING | REFLECTING
(research) | (timeline)| (learning)
TAKING ACTION
(photos + evidence)
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ATL Skills | Impact | Bibliography
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