From Concept to

Title

The Project journeyBroad initial idea

(Linked to the student’s own interests and/or aspirations for future work/ study)

Focused research question / design specification / response to

commission

Development and realisation of the student’s response to their

objectives(All work should flow from and be linked to

the research question, brief or commission)

What makes a good title?

• Base it on personal interest

• Look to extend learners outside their existing subject knowledge

• Ensure all assessment objectives can be met.Are there Planning, Research, Development and Review

elements?

• Check for appropriate scope (40 glh @ Level 1 or 2; 80 glh @ Level 3)

• Use a suitable form of objectiveDissertation: Research QuestionInvestigation: Research Question / HypothesisPerformance: Response to a commission or

questionArtefact: Response to a design brief

Criteria for Good Titles

• Is the title likely to lead to a process of planning, research, development and review?

• Is the Project sustainable over a significant period of time?

• Does the Project span several subject areas in a creative way, or involve development of new skills or deeper understanding?

• Is the Project at all interesting, to the student or anyone else?

Sample Project titles

Has the introduction of organic foods changed the way we shop and eat?

Explore the use of public transport in your local area – could it be improved?

Should human cloning be allowed?

Should children be forced to exercise?

Do food labels affect how people shop?

Level 1 & 2 Written reports

Sample Project titles

Design and make a mask for a character in a play or film that is based on an animal or fantasy creature

Produce a range of coordinated surface pattern designs for use in a ‘themed’ restaurant

Take an existing everyday object and redesign it to make it more effective, marketable, attractive, fashionable, environmentally friendly, etc

Design and make the prototype for a mural panel, or piece of public sculpture that commemorates an event from local history

Level 1 & 2 Artefact

Sample Project titles

Should we allow genetic screening to produce designer babies?

How effective is a training programme based on football for improving sports fitness?

What are the ethical issues around ‘size zero models’?

Should anyone be allowed to become a foster parent?Is there evidence that the ban on advertising junk food on children’s television has made a difference to children’s eating habits?

Level 3 Extended – Dissertation and Investigation

Sample Project titles

What role does comedy have in serious culture?

Produce a performance of Gulliver’s Travels for a year 9 audience.

Devise a performance to explore cultural challenges facing immigrantsPortrait and personality – make a series of 2D or 3D images based on the theme of portraiture for display in a town centre art gallery

Illustration – make illustrations for either a poem or a children’s story of your choice

Recycled – design and make a collection of sophisticated jewellery or body adornment from unconventional recycled materials

Level 3 Extended – Performance and Artefact

From Concept to

Title