SPECIAL PROJECT GUIDELINES

COURSE OUTLINE

1. The student shall submit an acceptable structured proposal to the Special Project Coordinator by the end of the first week of a new school term. This proposal will be worth ten percent (10%) of the students final mark and must be completed with a minimum of eighty percent (80%) accuracy before the special project can proceed.

PROPOSAL FORMAT

I. Name of project, start and completion date, name of supervising teacher.

II. Purpose of project (What does the student hope to gain from this project?)

III. Objectives (Actual tasks to be used to complete project - in point form.)

IV. Procedure (Details of objectives - how are the objectives to be met?)

V. Log (Kept with dates, time spent on project -minimum 125 hours, and tasks performed.)

VI. Description of end product ( What form will the end product take? Visual, three dimensional, written, etc...)

VII. Evaluation: Proposal 10%

Log 15%

Project 45%

Project Essay 30%

2. The student’s final mark will be computed as follows:

Proposal 10% (mark from S.P., Coordinator)

Log 15% (mark from S.P. Coordinator)

Project 45% (mark from Supervising teacher)

Project Essay 30% (mark from S.P. Coordinator)

The log, final project essay and project should be submitted to the appropriate teacher/Coordinator before final exams begin. The log should include a daily entry with time spent and task performed. The final project essay should include details of how the objectives have been fulfilled and indicate the knowledge that has been gained. This essay should be a minimum of 750 words, typed and double spaced. The project shall consist of meeting the objectives in the proposal.

3. The student’s interim report card marks shall be computed from the proposal mark, log mark, and project mark to date.