1. EPQ: Planning your Project

2. Topics: Investigatory report
You must demonstrate the following skills in your EPQ:
Planning/ Project Management
Research
Identifying skills required
Critical Evaluations and Reflective Learning

3. What do you need to produce?
Rationale for the project:
Conducting the Project
What you’re going to do
Do it:
Where the idea came from (why are you doing it)
Artefact
How you’re going to research
Dissetation (5000 words)
How you’ll produce your ‘project’
Event
Project Plan:
Analyse Project Outcomes
Timescales
Present evidence:
Resources required
Presentation – 15 minutes, to me and another teacher / a few students (if you want them there!)
Meeting Schedule
Project Progression Record:
Phase reviews (reflections on meetings)
Fill it in each week to say what you have done and what you will do next
Research:
Primary Research
Secondary Research

4. Planning your project Gantt Charts Meetings Project Progression Report
Timescale:
When will you do each phase
What is unique to your project? Be specific
Resources required for each phase

5. Project Planning

6. Project Planning

7. Project Planning

8. Project Planning

9. Project Planning

10. Timescales Start – Still not confirmed watch this space – May2018
Mid-term review – 1st October 2018
Hand-in – Christmas 2018 – Any later and I can’t mark it
How are you going to present your plan?
What do you need to do in your project?

11. Dissetation Style Plan
Rationale
Timeline
Research
Primary Research
Secondary Research notes: draw Conclusions (Group Research together)
Write Dissetation Draft
Mid Term Review October
Bibliography (reference list)

12. Project Style Plan Rationale Timeline Designs Prototype
Mid Term Review
Post Prototype
Evaluation

13. Let’s get cracking Create a Mind Map – theme of project
Narrow down your title
Create a Project Plan – Paper Based notes
Create a formal Project Plan – Electronic
Fill in your project diary for weeks 1 & 2

14. Useful links to help you:
 EPQ

15. Timeline from me: Project Planning Project Planning Review – 11th May
Resource Selection – 18th May
Conducting Research – 1st June
Literature Review Writing – 8th June
Critical Thinking – 15th June
Reflection and Evaluation – 29th June
Presentation Skills – November (first week)