Senior Thesis Products

In your final year of high school in the Big Picture model, students undertake a year-long project that has three components:

1. Year or more in length.
2. The project assists a defined community.
3. The products of the project are sustainable or replicable.

The following are samples of student products for Senior Thesis:

PROJECT: Bicycling Culture and Architecture

Internship Site: Morphosis Architecture firm, Bicycle Coalitions, assistance from Project ECHO business competition

Products:

1. Project Proposal
2. Bamboo Bicycle Business Plan
3. Bamboo Bicycle Powerpoint
4. Expository Essay on Bamboo
5. Model Bike Rack
6. Completed Bike Rack

PROJECT: Collecting and Repair Glasses for Low-Income Communities

Internship Site: Optometrist, Angels for Sight non-profit

Products:

1. Resource Guide for Running Donation Drives
2. Donation Parent Letter
3. Brochure on Vision Car for Low Income Communities
4. Survey and Analysis of Low Cost or Free Vision Care

PROJECT: Writing and Directing a Play on the Immigrant Experience

Internship Site: 24th Street Theatre

Products:

1. Play Script
2. Cast and Crew Newsletter
   
3. Request for Facilities
   

PROJECT: Designing and Implementing a Poetry Workshop for Teens

Internship Site: PEN in the Classroom, Street Poets, Downtown Central Library

Products:

1. Project Proposal and Timeline
2. Syllabus for student-taught Poetry course
3. Budget of Supplies for Workshop
   
4. Flyer for Open Mic Event hosted by students
5. Anthology of Poetry, written and published by students
6. Sample lesson plans: #1 and #2 (there were 10 total sessions).

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