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THE EXTENDED PROJECT QUALIFICATION EPQ. The Extended Project qualification is a Level 3 stand-alone qualification (equivalent to an AS)

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1 THE EXTENDED PROJECT QUALIFICATION EPQ

2 The Extended Project qualification is a Level 3 stand-alone qualification (equivalent to an AS)

3 Points for the Extended Project for entry into higher education. Extended Project (Stand alone)* GradeTariff Points A*70 A60 B50 C40 D30 E20

4 Why do an EPQ? It will help your University application and future employment opportunities You will learn and improve many work and other skills You can choose to do an EPQ on a subject related to your career interests It will help to give you that ‘something extra’ that employers and Universities are looking for

5 When do I do my EPQ? TAUGHT/SUPERVISED SESSIONS A Wednesday L5/6 and B Fri 1/2 when you will be supervised by Mrs Skuse, Miss Webb and Mrs Jenkins. Yr 13 – some flexibility after agreement with Mrs Skuse BUT the majority of work needs to be done in your own time e.g. at home.

6 What do we do next? Complete Core Options form Extended Project sessions will start next Wednesday Lesson 5 - in ICT 4

7 Ground Rules You HAVE to turn up each week for your timetabled lessons. HOWEVER - majority of work will be done outside of these times You MUST keep file up-to-date which all work printed off and signed. You MUST keep a Bibliography - all work needs to be referenced

8 Choosing Project Title It is very important that you choose a suitable project and your project supervisors will help you with this. If possible it should relate to one or more of your other subjects All projects have to be approved by LSe

9 YOU CAN CHOOSE TO… explore a further aspect of a subject you are studying

10 IDEALLY, YOU WILL… combine 2 or more of your subjects relate your project choice to interests and concerns think about your future progression when choosing a project

11 YOUR FINISHED PROJECT COULD BE… a written report or extended essay a book or guide a performance a website a piece of art or other physical object a community or citizenship project a piece of music or a film a piece of computer software etc.

12 Assessment You will be assessed in 4 main areas: 1. Managing 2. Using Resources and Research 3. Developing and realising 4. Reviewing If any of these areas are incomplete you will not be awarded the qualification.

13 Paperwork You have to complete all the paperwork properly and keep a production LOG as you go along. Your project supervisors will help you with this. Very important you meet deadlines.

14 Outline of Year 1. By end of September 2013 – choose project title, fill in planning sheets and Project proposal form (It then has to be approved) 2. Oct/Nov 2013 Work on Project 3. Dec 2013– Mid term review. 4. Dec/Jan 2013-14 – Work on project 5. Feb 2014– End of Project Review, Plan Presentation 6. March 2014– Presentations, evaluations. 7. April 2014– all projects completed and handed in for marking.

15 THE EPQ GIVES YOU OPPORTUNITIES TO… take responsibility for a project that will motivate and engage you develop valuable transferable skills for the workplace and further or higher education (project management, working with others, research, critical thinking, reflection and evaluation, creativity and problem-solving, ICT, etc…)

16 Project Titles Your project supervisors will show you lists of projects students have done in the past but good if you come up with your own ideas. Previous project titles:

17 Project Titles Victorian fashion (Booklet) Speaker technology (written report) Nuclear power (written report) Celebrity photography (artefact) Crime or Design? – graffiti (report and scrapbook) Expansion of Bristol International Airport (written report) Internet safety (PowerPoint) Discrimination in Western cultures (written report) Pneumatics and hydraulics (written report) ID cards (written report) Eco-houses (written report)

18 How Formula 1 cars have developed (PowerPoint) Coping with bulimia (booklet) The role of the RSPCA (PowerPoint) Global warming (PowerPoint) Gangs (PowerPoint) Banksy’s art (artwork) Child abuse (PowerPoint) Teenage pregnancy (booklet) Drugs and alcohol awareness (PowerPoint) Street art (PowerPoint) Motorbike photography (PowerPoint) Mountain bike manufacture (PowerPoint)

19 Sports photography (PowerPoint) Is graffiti art? (PowerPoint) How filming techniques have changed (PowerPoint) Performance enhancing drugs in sport (written report) Poetry (recital and report) How Wembley Stadium was designed and made (booklet) Fashion around the world (visual display) The Indian textiles industry (booklet)

20 Child exploitation in the clothing industry (written report) Online animation techniques (PowerPoint) Childcare facilities in Kingswood (written report) Guide to hairdressing techniques (booklet) Fantasy poems and photographs (exhibition) Job opportunities in the Construction industry (PowerPoint) Motocross graphics design (PowerPoint) Eating disorders (written report) Local people’s experiences of WW2 (written report) Safety in the Construction industry (PowerPoint) A new motocross kit design (PowerPoint) History of Anfield (website)

21 How has the bicycle developed? (PowerPoint) The development of BMX design (PowerPoint) Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome (PowerPoint) What was life like in Tudor times? (PowerPoint) Drug taking in sport (PowerPoint) Visual perception (PowerPoint) Children and exercise (booklet) Performing Arts investigation (PowerPoint) Graffiti in Bristol (Photographs and artwork)

22 Further Information http://www.aqa.org.uk/qualifications/projec ts/extended-project-epq.phphttp://www.aqa.org.uk/qualifications/projec ts/extended-project-epq.php School Blog - Extended Project Talk to Lse,KWb or SJ

23 TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE A PROJECT YOU WILL… choose a topic to study Get your PROJECT PROPOSAL approved by LSe complete a PRODUCTION LOG to document the project process PLAN, RESEARCH AND CARRY OUT the project give a PRESENTATION on the outcome

24 ANY QUESTIONS? THE PROJECT

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