Mr.

Salber Final Project for CTE in an IB School 

Part I – What is your problem that you plan to resolve? 

Part II – Why is this a problem? 
Part III – How do you plan to address the problem? 

● to raise awareness 
● to participate actively 
● to research 
● to inform others 
● to create/innovate 
● to change behaviors 
● to advocate. 

Part IV – In what kind of community will you plan to resolve this problem? 
Part V – What is the global context of your project 
● Personal and cultural expression 
● Identities and relationships 
● Orientation in space and time 
● Fairness and development 
● Scientific and technical innovation 
● Identities and relationships 
● Globalization and sustainability 

Keep in mind you will have to document your project using the Engineering Design 
Process and keep track of it in an Engineering Design Journal.  
Steps of your EDJ 
1) Identify the Problem 
2) Brainstorm and Research  
3) Design 
4) Test and Evaluate 
5) Redesign 
6) Share 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Complete the chart for your project – 

To help ensure that you have fully though of a comprehensive community project complete 
the following chart. Below are a number of examples.  

The goal  A need  A community  Global context 

A nation perceived 
Freedom of  Personal and cultural 
To raise awareness  as politically 
expression  expression 
oppressed 
Special needs  Identities and 
To participate actively  Trained working dogs 
community  relationships 
Access to clean  Pacific island  Orientation in space 
To research 
drinking water  countries  and time 
Various 
(Access to) medical  Fairness and 
To inform others  socio-economic 
provisions  development 
groups 
Support group for  Scientific and 
To create/innovate  Medical advances 
cancer patients  technical innovation 
The school 
community of  Identities and 
To change behaviors  Social acceptance 
teachers and  relationships 
students 
Modernization of local  The local population 
Globalization and 
To advocate  methods of waste  as it prepares for a 
sustainability 
management  national event 
Student Global 
Student Goal  Student Need  Student Community 
Context 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Global context  Examples of community projects 

● Laughter therapy campaign in children’s 
hospital or elder care home 
Identities and relationships​ Students will explore  ● Tutoring classes providing additional or special 
identity; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental,  instruction to primary school students 
social and spiritual health; human relationships  ● Researching the effects of cola drinks on 
including families, friends, communities and cultures;  digestion and developing a campaign to 
what it means to be human.  promote healthy choices available from school 
vending machines 

● Joining a museum or historical society in the 

community to contribute to maintaining, 
Orientation in space and time​ Students will explore  restoring, and recovering local history 
personal histories; homes and journeys; turning points  ● Making a plan for wheelchair accessibility 
in humankind; discoveries; explorations and migrations  ● Inspired by lack of facilities in the local 
of humankind; the relationships between and the  community, seeking to improve the facilities 
interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations from  for young people by producing an article for 
personal, local and global perspectives.  the school magazine summarizing the problem 
and possible solutions 

● Improving the environment in the local 

Personal and cultural expression​ Students will explore  hospital by designing and creating a series of 
the ways in which we discover and express ideas,  pictures to hang in the corridors 
feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways  ● Performing a theatre play to raise awareness 
in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity;  on bullying 
our appreciation of the aesthetic.  ● Promoting intercultural understanding through 
a graffiti contest 

Scientific and technical innovation​   ● Helping a local community make an efficient, 

Students will explore the natural world and its laws;  low-cost use of energy-powered devices 
the interaction between people and the natural world;  ● Developing a programme to promote the use of 
how humans use their understanding of scientific  wind energy for domestic devices 
principles; the impact of scientific and technological  ● Campaigning to reduce paper use and to 
advances on communities and environments; the impact  promote recycling 
of environments on human activity; how humans adapt  ● Campaigning to reduce water, electricity or 
environments to their needs.  fuel waste 

Globalization and sustainability​  

Students will explore the interconnectedness of  ● Campaigning to raise awareness and reduce 
human-made systems and communities; the relationship  plastic straw waste use 
between local and global processes; how local  ● Passing a plan to local authorities for tree 
experiences mediate the global; the opportunities and  planting in an area in need of re-greening 
tensions provided by world-interconnectedness; the  ● Creating a school or community garden 
impact of decision-making on humankind and the 
environment. 
Fairness and development​   ● Campaigning for fair-trade awareness 
Students will explore rights and responsibilities; the  ● Contributing to educational opportunities, for 
relationship between communities; sharing finite  example, supporting a local non-governmental 
resources with other people and with other living  organization that works on literacy in our town 
things; access to equal opportunities; peace and  ● Addressing the concerns of immigrants and 
conflict resolution.  migrant populations 

 
Partnerships: Who could/would be able to help make your community project possible 

1) Baltimore Ravens 
2) Baltimore Orioles 
3) UnderArmour 
4) Northrop Grumman 
5) Junior Achievement 
6) Goldfish Swim School 
7) BCoPD 
8) BCPS 
9) Chick-Fil-A 
10) Other Agencies 

What do you need to create and implement your service project?  

How will you gain support and implement your service project?  

Day 1  Identify Project – What is it, why is it a problem, how you will address it, 
in what community and what are the global context 
Day 2  Develop Project – Completed chart with details of community project. 
Document research and statistics that prove item is a problem and how 
your solution will resolve the issue.  
Day 3  Develop project ideas and develop community partners – Identify who 
would be able to help you carry out your community project and how they 
could help you implement your idea 
Day 4  Develop documentation – Create any presentable you may need to gain 
support for your project. Examples include PowerPoint, Prezi or any other 
form of Presentation, brochures, posters, videos, charts or graphics  
Day 5  Finalize documentation and rehearse – Be sure you a rehearsed for this 
presentation. It will be in front of members of the community that could 
support your community project.   
Day 6  Presentations with community members 1/21-1/24 
 

This will not be possible without outside work completed and this is assuming no days are 
missed due to inclement weather. 1/24 is the final day of the second marking period 
meaning 1/27 will be the first day of your new specials class. There is no time for any 
extensions.  
Group Members / 80

Met Assignment Requirement Yes No

Adhered to time limit (2 Min) 10
Completed EDJ 10

Presentation Content 1 (poor) 2 (fair) 3 (good) 4 (great)

Eye Catching introduction
Clearly Identifies the problem the group
plans to address
Justifies and explains the problem
associated with service project
Discusses the brainstorming and criteria
of the project
Clearly explains their solution to the
problem
Clearly explains what the community
partner can do to help make project
possible
Provided a short term and long term plan
Appropriate amount of text on slides
Good use of images and charts
Total / 36
Delivery 1 (poor) 2 (fair) 3 (good) 4 (great)
Smooth flow of presentation between
members
Enthusiastic and confident in delivery
Uses eye contact
All members actively participating
Appropriate use of language
Creative with images
Total / 24