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"Stretch" Senior Project
IMPORTANT: READ THIS (these links below are very important)
**All asterisked items below put copies in your portfolio**
All orange items below, email copies to the Senior Project Coordinator (woody_plaut@notes.k12.hi.us)
The "Stretch" Senior Project is comprised of several activities.
Not completing any one or more parts will deem the student ineligible to receive the credit.
(In some browsers, the typable links below open as 'read only'. Cut and paste the whole document onto a new sheet and then it is typable.)
All grades must be a 3 or 4 to pass.
Senior Project Requirements IMPORTANT: READ THIS FIRST
Who is involved and what do they do IMPORTANT: READ THIS
Timeline for the year IMPORTANT: READ THIS
**Personal Interest Inventory Locker .doc (typable) .pdf (start with this activity, get feedback from your faculty advisor, email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator)
**Thinking About Your Topic: If You........ .doc (typable) .pdf (2nd activity, get feedback from your faculty advisor, email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator)
**Pre-search Research: Exploring the Possibilities .doc (typable) .pdf (3rd activity, get feedback from your faculty advisor, email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator)
**Assessing the Topic of Choice: Is this a Good One for You? .doc (typable) .pdf (4th activity, get comments and feedback from your faculty advisor, email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator)
**Portfolio Table of Contents IMPORTANT: READ THIS (this is almost the same as the Portfolio Evaluation Rubric below)
**Faculty Advisor Verification Logs (may be reproduced as needed, use this to verify that you have had your monthly meetings with your faculty advisor) .doc (typable) .pdf
**Timeline of Senior Project due dates for the whole year (either make one by hand or you can use a Gantt timeline (directions: Excel 2003 tutorial taken from YouTube, or Excel 2007 tutorial taken from YouTube). A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of a project. Show this timeline to your faculty advisor at every monthly meeting so you can track your progress at finishing the assorted components of the senior project across the length and breadth of the school year.d Completely finish filling this spreadsheet out with your estimated start dates and duration (how long, in days, the activity will take you). Here is a sample Gantt timeline that is completely filled out - don't use these dates and times because they are not your estimations of how long things will take. (email a copy to your faculty advisor, email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator). As you finish each activity, initial and date it on the timeline.
Tips for Gant Timeline: 1. Use font pica size 6 for your X and Y axes so that you can read all your activities. 2. Drag the Gantt timeline to the size of the monitor screen when you print so that everything ends up on it. Otherwise, some activities will not appear on the activities axis. 3. Do not hesitate to change your timeline if you learn that you have not estimated correctly. The timeline is for you to use as a helpmate when tracking many things at once.
Forms to Get Signed
**Signatures Sheet (to be signed, turned in to the Senior Project Coordinator, and put in your portfolio)
**Parent (Guardian) Consent/Liability Release Form (to be signed by your parent/guardian, turned in to the Senior Project Coordinator, and put in your portfolio)
Mentor Information Letter (to be given to the mentor)
**Mentor Information Sheet (to be filled out by mentor, turned in to the Senior Project Coordinator, and put in your portfolio)
**Volunteer Code of Conduct (to be filled out by mentor, turned in to the Senior Project Coordinator, and put in your portfolio)
Student Consent form to take a survey about senior project (to be signed, turned in to the Senior Project Coordinator)
Parent Consent form to take a survey about senior project (to be signed, turned in to the Senior Project Coordinator)
Proposal and Letter of Intent
Senior Project Proposal directions and example (show your faculty advisor and email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator)
**Senior Project Proposal form .doc (typable) .pdf (show your faculty advisor and email a copy toto the Senior Project Coordinator)
**Letter of request for mentorship (on letterhead) to be handed to your prospective mentor describing your actionable problem and the connection to your community project. The better this letter is, the more easily your mentor will be able to help you have a more in-depth experience. You can use some of what you write in the letter of intent to make this letter more effective. (show your faculty advisor and email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator)
**Letter of Intent (on letterhead) .doc (typable) .pdf (show your faculty advisor and email a copy toto the Senior Project Coordinator, you will need five copies for your Presentation Panels)
**Letter of Intent Checklist (with comments) .doc (typable) .pdf (show your faculty advisor and email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator)
Create a poster that shows the
a. who (you and ?),
b. what (what is the actionable problem)
c. how (how does your solution/project address the actionable problem)
d. why (why are you doing this topic)
(turn into the Senior Project Coordinator, it will be displayed in the library)
Thesis Research Paper directions IMPORTANT: READ THIS
Online Paper Grader - Grammar checking, online proof reader, plagiarism detention, writing suggestions, vocabulary builder. Cut and paste your paper onto the web site and get a free, detailed analysis.
**Justification of Resources (Annotated Bibliography placed at back of research paper, email a copy to to the Senior Project Coordinator) Exemplar (sample of outstanding student work)
**Research paper (minimum of 8-11 pages, not including the title page and the bibliography, email a copy to to the Senior Project Coordinator) Exemplar (sample of outstanding student work)
**Abstract of the research paper (This goes after the title page and is not included in the 8-11 page count for the research paper) (you will need five copies for your Presentation Panels)
**YES Test for Research Paper and Annotated Bibliography (to be completed and signed by two senior project student peer editors and email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator)
**Thesis Research Paper Evaluation Rubric (use the rubric to grade yourself and sign your name at the bottom, turned in to the Senior Project Coordinator)
Learning Log Guidelines and Instructions IMPORTANT: READ THIS (** Minimum of 15 entries and 5 captioned photographs in total, during the whole year, entries at each grading period turned digitallyinto the Senior Project Coordinator Exemplar (sample of outstanding student work) (sample of outstanding student work)
Verification Log (explanation)
**Mentor Verification Logs (may be reproduced as needed) .doc (typable) .pdf
**Portfolio Evaluation Rubric IMPORTANT: READ THIS (use the rubric to grade yourself and sign your name at the bottom and email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator)
**Mentor Evaluation Rubric (to be signed by the mentor with their comments on your work and email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator)
**Faculty Advisor Rubric (to be signed by the faculty advisor with their comments on your work and email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator)
**Final Reflection of Learning Paper (email a copy toto the Senior Project Coordinator, you will need five copies for your Presentation Panels)
**Product (Project) Evaluation Rubric IMPORTANT: READ THIS (use the rubric to grade yourself and sign your name at the bottom and email a copy to the Senior Project Coordinator)
**Thank you letters to school advisor and mentor (on letterhead)
Pointers for doing well on your presentation (read while you prepare)
Oral Presentation Evaluation Checklist
**Oral Presentation Evaluation Rubric IMPORTANT: READ THIS (graded rubrics completed by your judges)
**Letters of invitation to attend your Presentation Panel (to mentor and parents and other people of interest on letterhead)
Judges Orientation ((the time breakdown for what happens during your presentation)
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Senior Project Letterhead (to be used with all underlined letterheads)
Appeals Protocol for Senior Project
Petition for Appeals Form .doc (typable) .pdf