The Guidance For Successful The Guidance For Successful Graduation ProjectGraduation Project

Mousa Al-OmariMousa Al-Omari

Alaa Bani AmerAlaa Bani Amer

Abdullah Al-DoghimAbdullah Al-Doghim

Mhmoud ShannagMhmoud Shannag

Ali SameehAli Sameeh

Introduction

Choosing the Idea

Team Work

Project Presentation

OutlinesOutlines

Graduation Project is the link between undergraduate and postgraduate life

The project is designed to incorporate the skills that students will need as they matriculate into college and/or business and industry

IntroductionIntroduction

It is a gathering of skills and information used in practical pattern.

The purpose of the graduation project is to allow every graduating senior to exhibit the skills and knowledge that he or she has gained in high school. This project encourages the three “R’s” as identified by the State Board of Education: Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships.

Students develop and explore a rigorous research topic, establish a relationship with an expert mentor outside the school community, demonstrate relevance by presenting to a panel of judges, and develop a culminating product that is an outgrowth of the research

What is the graduation projectWhat is the graduation project

The Essential Idea

The Research Paper

The Mentor: Each student should choose a mentor who is an expert in the topic proposed in the Essential Question

The Presentation: this is a formal and professional opportunity for the student to explain the information in the paper and to answer questions from the judges.

The Product

Components for graduation projectComponents for graduation project

CHOOSING THE IDEA

Choosing The IdeaChoosing The Idea

Coming up with ideas isn’t a matter of Coming up with ideas isn’t a matter of brilliance, either. It’s really a matter of brilliance, either. It’s really a matter of practice. practice.

Coming up with one idea and trying to Coming up with one idea and trying to make it work might cause problems once make it work might cause problems once you’re into the project. That’s why it’s you’re into the project. That’s why it’s important to come up with lots of ideas. important to come up with lots of ideas.

Research ProjectsResearch Projects

Brainstorm at least 2-3 ideasBrainstorm at least 2-3 ideas

Determine which type of project it is :Determine which type of project it is :ScientificScientificServiceServiceNational History Day competitionNational History Day competitionCultural/Career/Historical ExperienceCultural/Career/Historical ExperienceDemonstration/Exhibition/Demonstration/Exhibition/

PerformancePerformance

Examples of Research Process and Information

Research/Scientific Research ProjectResearch/Scientific Research Project Sources used in library or onlineSources used in library or online Interviews Interviews

Service Project Service Project Training to learn how to do tasksTraining to learn how to do tasks

Examples of Research Process and Information

Demonstration/Performance ProjectDemonstration/Performance Project Lessons, videos, or manuals used to learning Lessons, videos, or manuals used to learning

how to do the new skillhow to do the new skill

Exhibition ProjectExhibition Project - reference information - reference information What type of car part is needed for this What type of car part is needed for this

model?model? What type of art supply is most appropriate?What type of art supply is most appropriate?

Scientific Research

1. 1. ChooseChoose Something that team Like Something that team Like There are many great ideas that you can There are many great ideas that you can

research and do for a science project:research and do for a science project:• Whatever science fair topic that team select, it’s Whatever science fair topic that team select, it’s

best that you have an interest in it and will enjoy best that you have an interest in it and will enjoy doing doing

2. Identifying deliverables and creating the work breakdown structure

Scientific Research

3. 3. Identifying the activitiesIdentifying the activities needed to needed to complete those deliverables and complete those deliverables and networking the activities in their logical networking the activities in their logical sequencesequence

4. 4. Estimating Estimating the resource requirements the resource requirements for the activitiesfor the activities

5. 5. MadeMade a schedule for your project a schedule for your project

TEAM WORK

Team WorkTeam Work

Definition : Team Work: group of people cooperating to achieve established a project in less effort and time.

In the Faculty of Hijjawi the team consists of (3 – 4) student at the most.

Reason For The Composition Reason For The Composition Of The Team WorkOf The Team Work

Take advantage of the talents.

Facilitate communication between members and supervisors.

The increase in production.

To reach solutions.

Characteristics Of Effective Characteristics Of Effective TeamTeam

• Cooperation and non-dependency.

• Coordination.

Meeting .Choosing project idea.Dates for the meeting with the supervisor.

•Confidence

Reasons lead to fail the Reasons lead to fail the groupgroup

Absolute control.

Rejection.

Poor interaction between the members and lack of respect.

PRESENTATION

PRESENTATION

• Title• Outlines• Introduction• System overview• Testing and results• Project expansions

TITLE

Use the first slide for the title of the project

It is good to provide a photo related to the project with the title

Outlines

Use the second slide for outlines

These outlines provide the sequence of topics that will be presented

Introduction One or more slide that briefly introduce the

project

The general idea and the goal of the project is presented here

You can include the features of your project

System Overview

These are the most important slides

Consists of the block diagram of your system and the Schematic design

Block diagram: to describe the system by blocks without details

Schematic design: to show the internal design of each block

System Overview

Testing And Results put the name of the simulator that used to test

the project

show the simulation results

Show the actual results

For good project the actual results should be very close to simulation results

Project Expansions

This slide to show the future expansions that can be inserted on the project for better performance

GOOD PRESENTATION

Tips For Making Slides in PowerPoint

• Slides characteristics

• presenter characteristics

Slides Characteristics

Use a template

Colors: Use a color of font that contrasts sharply with the background

Avoid wordiness: use key words and phrases only

Do not go overboard with the animation and Be consistent with the animation that you use

Slides Characteristics

Use a standard font like Times New Roman or Arial and don’t use complicated font

Use graphs rather than just charts and words Data in graphs is easier to comprehend &

retain than is raw data Trends are easier to visualize in graph form

Slides Characteristics

Proof your slides for: spelling mistakes the use of repeated words grammatical errors you might have make

End your presentation with a simple question slide to: Invite your audience to ask questions Avoid ending a presentation abruptly

presenter characteristics

Introduce yourself

establish a rapport with the audience

If you think you have used a technical word without explaining it, then pause to explain it

presenter characteristics

Don't talk down and don't talk up

Timekeeping

Establish eye contact with the audience

Questions ?Questions ?