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Lesson · Grade 6 · Career Education

Running a Project: Idea, Plan, Action, Reflection

  • Grade 6
  • Career Education
  • 1 min 28 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC6-CA-02

A class bake sale for the animal shelter goes through the four stages of a project: the idea becomes a goal of selling 60 treats, the plan sets out a three-week timeline and a list of resources, and the action follows the timeline until all 60 treats sell in 30 minutes. In the reflection, the class asks what went well and what to change, and the four stages then close into a loop that shows reflection sparking the next project.

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The question this lesson answers

How do you turn an idea into a real project?

Many projects move through four stages: idea, plan, action and reflection.

Transcript

What the lesson says

How do you turn an idea into a real project?

Many projects move through four stages: idea, plan, action and reflection.

First comes the idea: Sam's class wants to help the animal shelter.

They turn it into a clear goal: hold a bake sale and sell 60 treats.

Next comes the plan, starting with a timeline over three weeks.

Each week gets a job: get permission, make posters, then bake and sell.

Then they list the resources they need: helpers, ingredients, a table and poster paper.

Then comes action: they follow the plan, one week at a time.

On sale day, all 60 treats sell out in just 30 minutes.

Last comes reflection: they ask what went well and what to change.

The posters worked, because lots of students came.

Next time they would bake more, because the treats sold out fast.

What they learn sparks the idea for their next project.

To run a project, go through idea, plan, action and reflection.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 6

Career Education, Personal development: project managementBC6-CA-02

Previous: Setting a SMART GoalNext: Different Ways to Lead a Group

British Columbia, Grade 7

Career Education, Personal development: project managementBC7-CA-03

Previous: Setting a SMART GoalNext: Different Ways to Lead a Group

This lesson is also listed in Grade 7.

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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