Project Examples

concrete physical product:

    • community mural,
    • taxidermy mount,
    • technical manual,
    • rebuilt engine,
    • construction project

published written work:

    • book of poetry,
    • novelette,
    • graphic novel,
    • series of newspaper articles

community service:

    • blood drive,
    • run/walks (cancer, color, etc.),
    • Christmas bazaar/clothing drive, hunger projects,
    • Dig Pink,
    • Dear Santa letters,
    • military care packages,
    • fishing contest

personal experience:

    • learn to scuba dive,
    • run a marathon,
    • start a fitness program,
    • earn a belt in karate

organizing a performance:

    • dance/singing recital,
    • drama show,
    • musical video,
    • fashion show,
    • poetry slam

technology project:

    • create a web page for a non-profit org,
    • create a video documentary,
    • communications blitz (social media, commercials, biography videos, etc.)

teaching or leadership experience:

    • teach MS classes about a subject,
    • organize and implement a fundraiser, sports camp,
    • summer school course,
    • Disney Princess tea party, teach children to fish,
    • help struggling readers,
    • tutoring for elementary kids

Listed below are unacceptable projects/products:

  • Vehicle repair/maintenance
  • Job shadowing (can only be 1/3 of time spent on project)
  • Sports Coach
  • Teaching what you learned - Teaching what you learned must involve producing a unit plan, pre-tests, post-tests, handouts, slides, videotape, and etc. that you will use during the lesson. Merely reading a report on your research is not a project.
  • Storyboard alone
  • Pamphlets alone
  • Web-pages
  • Participating (not organizing)