Student's Guide to the Project Fair

Background:

The People to People Student Amabassador Programs will provide opportunity for you to expand your knowledge about the world beyond our own borders. Pre-travel research is another way to increase global awareness about your destination countries. As you are learning about teh geography, history, government, and culture of your destination in months prior to your travel, you will determine a specific topic you'd like to learn more about. You'll research this topic and become an expert at it. At your last orientation meeting, or the second to last orientation meeting you will share a display or PowerPt at a "Project Fair" time. Specific dates will be set for this once we solidify our Orientation Meeting dates.

Topic Examples:

• An in-depth look at an era, significant incident, or person in one of the destination countries history
• Environmental issues, conservation efforts, endangered species of destination countries
• Food, clothing/fashion or music (traditional or contemporary)
• Customs
• The destination country's film industry
• Creatures of the destination countries
• Geologic activity
• Artwork of the Louve (France)
• Magnificent structures of any of the destination countries
• Geological features of destinatin countries

The Display/Power Pt:

• If you have been to a science fair or to a museum, you may have seen displays that are engaging and interesting. Try to apply what you've seen to create a display so appealing that no one can pass it. While it's most important that you have expanded your global awareness by becoming an expert on your topic, you should also challenge yourself creatively, by coming up with an engaging way to display your learning.
• A PowerPt to be created would include the same information as above but just be created in a digital format. (Computer, projector, and screen will be available for your use when presenting.) Length may vary: 5 at a minimum - 10 minutes at a maximum.

Display Tips:

• Engage the senses! Instead of just showing a printed recipe, display the ingredients along with the completed recipe or have a tasting session. :) Instead of just showing images of a musical instrument, have a recording of the music playing. Not all topics will allow for such display items, but do your b est, given the topic. A poster/PowerPt with great photos, graphics, or other images can be engaging and interesting, or you might also consider an automatic slide show from a laptop.

Instructions:

• Select a topic that interests you
• Get your leader's approval on the topic
• Submit your topic to your leader
• Use library books, reliable web resources, educational DVDs, and other resources to research this topic. Make sure you document these resources in some type of bibliography as a part of your PowerPt or display.
• Determine a creative way to display your learning or how it will be presented in a PowerPt.
• Prepare your display/PowerPt for the 2nd to last or last Orientation Meeting.

Evaluation:

• In this activity you will be evaluated on how you: share knowledge of your topic, demonstrate effort and creativity in the display/PowerPt, explain resources in your display. A rubric will be given to you when you start your project.