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SMART Goals

Your SMART Goal = Your Work Hypothesis

When you write a SMART Goal, you're not just setting a target,
you're making a HYPOTHESIS about what you can accomplish in 4 work days

Then your job is to PROVE IT with your effort, focus, and problem-solving.
If your project is an experiment, your SMART goal is the prediction

SPECIFIC: What topic will you learn about, using which project?

(Get this from the top of each Project Page)

MEASURABLE: What 'number' are you trying to reach?

(How many rooms in your house, how many Newtons your structure will hold, etc.)

ATTAINABLE: Is the goal challenging enough for 4 work days?

RELEVANT: Does this goal relate to the topic/project?

TIME-BOUND: What is your deadline to accomplish your goal?

(usually 4 work days)

Push yourself further with a Stretch Goal!

Once you finish your SMART Goal, you can write one more sentence for a Stretch Goal:

What’s one extra thing you could try if you finish early?

It’s a way to challenge yourself and show what you can really do.
Think of it as a bonus level: not required, but a chance to level up your learning!

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