So you’re starting to think

about your Personal Project?

Before you fall in love with an idea, remember:

1. Your Personal Project should be focussed on learning

about a topic, not making a product

2. The Personal Project helps you grow personally...but the

best projects have an impact on others!
Don’t do this...
Do this...
Let’s look at some
personal project
examples...
Topic: Learning how technology can
reduce inequalities
Product: FoodFlip - An app which
allows companies to donate food,
which would normally be thrown out,
to a local food bank. (uber for food
donations!)
IB Blog about this project
 Topic: Learning how
Immigration status in the UK can
negatively impact your health

Product: An event where doctors gave

free mammograms to undocumented
women
 Topic: Understanding the
linguistic difference between a
latin based language and a
character based language

Product: learning Japanese and

creating a Japanese children’s
book to teach others
Topic: Understanding how
food poverty and food
deserts can negatively
impact a community

Product: An ad campaign to
raise awareness for food
poverty in Atlanta
 Topic: Learning about the impact
educational video games can have
on students of low socioeconomic
backgrounds.
Product: An educational video game,
with math, science, language and
history levels in Spanish and English.
IB blog about this project
 Topic: What is the
“American Dream”

Product: An art exhibition

featuring work by refugee
children and teenagers
WABE/NPR radio show about this project
Topic: How are trans young and
people of colour represented in
animation?

Product: A short animation

featuring diverse characters
Topic: Understanding how stress
impacts young people

Product: Growing herbs and

making tea to reduce stress
 What do you want to achieve through your personal project?

What do you want others to understand through your work?

What impact do you want your project to have?

How can a specific context give greater purpose to your project?

Next time we meet
● Have a basic idea (or many ideas) about
what topics you might want to explore
through the Personal Project

● We will learn about Global Contexts,

and how they can help steer and focus
your project.