The Process Of My Passion Project

Process

We first started by choosing our topic and adviser who would be helping us along the way with edits, ideas, and feedback. I had a slow start to the project and some difficulty with choosing a topic to stick with while balancing my time management skills with the grade 6 activity and other commitments outside of school. By working hard, planning, and help from my adviser in meetings I was able to get working at a good pace. I learned that patience and perseverance was key for not only this project but others to come. I did this by reminding myself if I made a mistake or was stressed to stay calm and just start getting things done. I am proud of a lot in my project but mainly for my activity with grade six. I designed 3 activities for them; a photo match and a fact match page as well as a true or false Kahoot based on my short presentation. I see this as a great opportunity for grade 11 and 12 as well to continue my project by doing the same activity with the upcoming grade six classes and hopefully persuing an internship opportunity from Mrs. Sharma. My biggest advice for someone in the years to come starting a passion project would be that you shouldn't be afraid of this project. It is so much fun when you are learning about something you love. I am glad last year I started learning more about myself and what my interests are. Knowing I liked space my project was so much more enjoyable and it didn't feel like work. 

Evidence Of Learning - Meetings

Each student is given a passion project booklet guide that they use to track their meetings with their adviser. This booklet includes challenges, successes, and the planning stages for you passion project. Your adviser is also given one that they use as an outline to help you throughout the year by checking off all the steps you need to strive for and accomplish.

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Challenges

  • My biggest challenge was discovering my topic. At the start of the year I was thinking about focusing on Mars and for my interactive portion making some sort of magazine or book. In this magazine I would have added many pictures and done an activity with our own school and others reading through it. However that is not the route I wanted to take or would have really enjoyed, so I had to go through the process of making a new plan to use and share with my adviser.

Successes

  • My one of my biggest successes was completing the presentation with grade six including the activitys I made for them.
  • Another success was completing my interviews.

Goals

  • My 1st goal was to teach the grade six class more about what a passion project is and more about space in a fun way.
  • My 2nd goal was to create a timeline of my reaserch that was easy to read and informative.