GROUP 4 PROJECT ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS

For successful assessment of the IB criterion Personal Skills and in order for the Group
4 Project to be included as hours in the practical portfolios, each participant and
everyone in the group must turn in all documentation (or copies) to support
participation in the Group 4 Project.


Completed Log-book each student
This should demonstrate a minimum of 10 hours spent on the project. This will be included in
the Practical Portfolio for moderation by I BO


Final Displays Two for the group
1. POSTER which is the final presentation of its work and its results. This should be based
upon the common format, and include pictures, graphs, summaries, etc. There should be a
Title, an Abstract, an Hypothesis, a description of the Method, the Results, the
Conclusions, and Acknowledgement of the references and resources which have been used.
A photo of the final presentation may be included with other material from the group 4
Project in your practical Portfolio, as evidence of your participation. This evidence may
also be uploaded onto the Group 4 Project Blog.
2. MIND MAP/CONCEPT DIAGRAM which, on a single sheet of paper, links all the major
ideas of the groups research investigation to the central theme: OUR CHOICE OUR
FUTURE


Personal contribution each student
A brief paragraph documenting each participants individual contributions to the project. This
will be included in the Practical Portfolio for moderation by the I B. (See Page 8 of this
Booklet)


Evidence each student
Each student should provide some evidence of the work they and the group completed. This may
be photographs (of the experimental investigation, or of the final presentation, etc). This will be
included in the Practical Portfolio for moderation by the I B.


Evaluation Rubric one for the group
Your group will be evaluated by the Rubric for Evaluation of the Group 4 Project. The
scoring (1 to 7) will be based upon an auto-evaluation made by you and your group, with the
final score being agreed by the science teachers. This will not be included in your Practical
Portfolio. (See Page 9)


Individual Participation Evaluation
Everyone is required to make an evaluation of the participation of each group member in the
project, using the format Evaluation of Individual Group Member Participation . This will
not be included in your Practical Portfolio. (See Page 8)