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# International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
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## Theory of Knowledge
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- Presentation
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- Essay
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- Is a course
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## Extended Essay
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- 4 000 word essays
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- Letter grade
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### Steps
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1. Select a topic
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2. Get matched with a mentor
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- Mentor helps you out
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- Mentor may be knowledgeable in the topic
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3. Formulate a research question
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4. Conduct research
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5. Write the paper
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### Timeline
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- G11
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- Feb/Mar
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- Intro to EE presentation
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- Declare topic and research question
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- Apr/May
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- Summer
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- Write first full draft or extremely detailed outline
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- G12
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- Oct-Nov
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- Submit draft to mentor and edit draft
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- Nov-Dec
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- Final work due
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## CAS
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- Expanded to Creativity, Activity, and Service
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- Completion is requirement for IB Diploma
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- CAS committee is a thing
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- **All activities must be confirmed by a supervisor**
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### Learning outcomes
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Each of the following must be completed at least once:
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- Increased **awareness** of strengths and areas for growth
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- Undertaking **new challenges** and developing **new skills**
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- **Plan and initiate** a CAS experience
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- Showing **perseverance** and **commitment**
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- **Working collaboratively** with others
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- Engaged with issues of **global importance**
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- Consideration of **ethical implications**
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- Takes place over at least 1 month
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### Creativity
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- Any art or experience that involves creative thinking that ends in a sharable product
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- Organising a club
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- Music
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- School play/drama club
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- Lessons in the arts
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- Cooking classes
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- Martial arts
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- Creative writing
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- Must be heavily supported by evidence
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### Activity
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- Physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle with an end goal
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- School teams
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- Intermural sports
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- Community sporting events
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- Outdoor recreations
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- Classes
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- **Personal goals must be set**
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### Service
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- Unpaid voluntary experience that has a learning benefit
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- Volunteering at camps, hospitals, seniors' homes
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- Fundraising
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- Homework clubs/volunteer tutoring
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- Online volunteering
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- Student Council
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- Red Cross, Cancer Society, etc.
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### Activity requirements
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- 1 CAS project (at least 1 C/A or /S spanning at least one month)
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- 1 primary commitment of each C/A and /S each year
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- 2 or 3 additional shorter secondary activities in C/A or /S as available
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### ManageBac and CAS
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- Propose an experience
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- What do I plan to do and what do I hope to achieve?
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- Engage in the experience
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- Reflect on the experience
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- What evidence is there that I achieved my goals?
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- Once the experience is finished, request a supervisor review via ManageBac
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## ManageBac
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- Submit documents here
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- Track CAS progress
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- Supervisor review, evidence of experiences, and personal reflections
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- Activities must be reviewed here before it begins
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- Track EE progress
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- Communicate with IB staff
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- CAS advisors
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- EE supervisors
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- Teachers
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- IB Coordinators
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