Creativity, Action, Service
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The answer to this question comes down to one thing - who exactly is it that decides what counts for CAS?? Answer: your CAS Co-ordinator! Not the IBO, not people here, not other schools and other CAS Co-ordinators, not your friends or your teachers... the individual person in charge of CAS at your school. You'd be amazed how much this varies between schools - some schools are happy for you to write online blogs and play videogames, whereas other schools would laugh in your face if you suggested those things as CAS. Some of you may even be laughing now - but if you could get CAS for those things, wouldn't you? So, if you want to be really 100% sure that an a…
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CAS Planning/Organizing and CAS Journal Writing *In-Depth Information and Suggestions on Planning a CAS activity effectively and reflecting on the activity in your CAS journal after the activity has finished. CAS Project Organization What? Who? When/deadline date? Publicity Information Venue Materials Needed Other Details to be arranged? Teachers' Permission Transportation Permission Slips Money Envelopes Cash Box, etc. etc. General CAS Evaluation Form Student Name: Activity: Supervisor: NOTE: Write the following answers for each question in a short paragraph form What did you do at your activity? What were you hoping to accomplish by this activity? Were your expecta…
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I'm going to CMUNC this year and I was wondering if anyone else in IB would be in attendance. so...anyone?
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How's everyone doing on their CAS? What activiities does your school offer (especially for Service) For Service: my school has a Cambodia trip with this ngo called hope international. obviously you have to pay but i went last year and its defenitely a trip that changed my life. we stayed in a little town called pursat, between pnom penh and the famous ankor wat (cant spell) and we help build wells and schools. my whole sense perseption (tok word there) changed, and i see the world in a completely different view - however cliche that sounds. im glad that i did ib,a nd that cas exists. but i know a lot of people out there abo****ely despises cas. tell me your opinions wha…
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Hi, I'm going to be doing a week of Skiing, 6 hours a day for 7 days, I was wondering if I could use it as Action for my CAS, I've been told that we have to do it regularly "not just once" but does it count if I do it every day for 7 days? Thanks
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For my CAS project I'm making a resource website for students who are just starting out in the DP. A big part of it is testimonials from other students with honest opinions about all of the DP courses. I'm looking for people to submit their experiences to this form: https://forms.gle/kQRhAsbZTQHRgLz5A Please take a quick second to fill this out, I would really appreciate the help! (Also you can probably use this for volunteer hours)
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My classmates went to an excursion that was part of a CAS activity that we wanted to have together. However, I was ill at that time and couldn't come with them. Afterwards, when I was healthy again, I participated in the second part of that CAS experience (it was based on the excursion). Should I write that I was present in my CAS reflection? Is it acceptable?
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Hello fellow victimsss Bascially I want to add skateboarding into my cas, I mean I've added one experience with skatebaording for creativity and activity, but I was wondering if I could somehow turn this into a project. ANyone got any ideas on how to make it a project ? Im an IB1 and dont have any idea what a project would look like, help me out guys !! 😭😭😭
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Hey everyone, I'm a current IB student and my CAS project is creating a guidebook for IB students to help them decide on classes and plan their time in high school. I'm searching for volunteers to fill out this form, which is just general advice for high schoolers going through the IB program, or this form, which I'm using to learn about people's experiences in courses I am unfamiliar with so I can provide information on a wide variety of courses. I would really appreciate your help and thank you to those who choose to make a contribution! Feel free to be as honest as you want. Thank you once again :)
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So I was wondering, I never have a hamster before. So if I would do research and get a hamster, or some other animal can jt be count as CAS and if so which category would it fit in?
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So I want to do something music related for my CAS project. I think just practicing my piano should count for Creativity. If I volunteer to teach lessons to some kids in my neighborhood could that count as Service? And do you guys know anything that could count for the Action/Activity?
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Hello everyone, we are a group of IB students from Vancouver, BC, Canada. We are looking for some enthusiastic volunteers from around the world to become guest speakers in our Podcast project who are interested to talk about life in the IB program, and discuss how IB changed you. This podcast will be posted onto media platforms such as YouTube, and Instagram. If you are interested and want to learn more about IB school life in another part of the world, please do fill out the google form below so that we can get to know you a bit! You can also contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions! Google form: https://forms.gle/Zm2y5vM7tEfa7Lug7
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Hello everyone for CAS I will start giving free Spanish classes from the beginning, so if you would like or are interested in learning Spanish let me know Thanks have a great day!!
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Hello everyone for CAS I will start giving free Spanish classes from the beginning, so if you would like or are interested in learning Spanish let me know Thanks have a great day!!
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Hello everyone!! I hope all of you are having a great day, Im looking for some ideas in the area of service in CAS. If you could help me with some ideas it would be great (And I might start giving Spanish classes for beginners via zoom if you are interested leave me a comment please, it would be completely free) Thanks!!
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what can i do for cas creativity?
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I plan on teaching my friends Japanese as my service. But my school said that I can't have friends as my target community, and that it's because the IB said so. However, I checked the CAS guide and couldn't find this information. Can anybody confirm if doing service for your friends is not an appropriate service?
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Does anyone have any ideas on Biology/Chemistry-related activities for CAS?
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I did an activity (Creating art for hospice patients), but I'm not exactly sure what to put it under? Anyone have any idea? I think it might go under ethics but I'm not sure. What kind of activities go under ethics anyways?
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Hi there:) I'm starting the IB in a month and preparing all I can. I've been wondering if working for FFF would count as Service? By that I don't mean strikes and not going to school:). I mean serious work on preparing projects, such as mediating communication between the country where I'm going to study and my native country, or working on design projects for the organisation (I'm going to do Visual Arts HL). Thanks ahead;) Magdalena
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hi, im currently in MYP5 and a bit confused about cas. i would like it if someone could explain it with examples, and support it with their own experiences. i could google it, but i want to go deeper than the surface definition. thanks <3
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does betting count as cas expirience?? for example betting on horse racing or football, if so why? thanks in advance
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Hey everyone! the title already suggests quite well what my question is. I am planning to start the IBDP next year. So basically, I participate in several math competitions. I spend a lot of time preparing and I get decent results on a national level as well. So it would be quite a pity if that wouldn't count... Yes, I know, I'm going to ask my CAS coordinator, but maybe there is somebody here who has similar experience or advice. Do I really have to look for "classical ones" like tutoring/creating a blog? Thanks in advance, if you help me!
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Hello, I'm Katinka, and my lifelong dream has been to get in to Cambridge Medical School. Any ideas, tips or tricks, which I could keep in mind for when I take the IB course? Any CAS ideas, which you would recommended I take? Thank you for the help!
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Hi, so just like what the title says, can I leave CAS? I know that people who are taking Diploma have to take it but I'm only taking certificate. I thought CAS was gonna be moderate difficulty or something but just now realized its not. You have to do activities and a really big project. I don't think I'm even ready to do those and I get overwhelmed just thinking of trying to finish my CAS activities and project. I'm hoping to just do the senior project. Thanks for any info you guys can give me.
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So my CAS project is to start a café within my school. I would essentially be creating a mini business where students and faculty are customers. However, I cannot simply run the business for free, people would have to pay in order for the business to stay running. From the profits, some of it will be used to maintain the café and the rest will be used for various causes. Another factor of the project is to provide work experience to expat students, the majority demographic in the school (in an underdeveloped country where it is uncommon for expat children to be able to find part time jobs). This is part of the service, a service to my school's community, in order for more…
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Hi guys i need a bit of help since I'm new to the whole CAS experience thing. Since COVID-19 I can't really do much activity for my CAS experience, so I was wondering if working out at home counts as an experience. If so, how can I get a supervisor my family isn't counted as one. Can I get a PE teacher as a supervisor by just taking pictures of my smart watch after the workout as proof?
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I know that they allow spoken languages to be learnt for CAS, but does sign language count?
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Hi! I’m an IB student who has decided to create a website as a CAS project. With the website, I hope to create posts based off of the experiences of other IB students and how they are dealing with the social distancing period due to Covid-19. Most importantly, I would like to post different ways for people to spend their time, inspired by you or other IB student’s methods. Anything from exercises, book recommendations, art, movie recommendations, recipes, painting/drawings or anything that you have done throughout your experience during the pandemic. Would you be willing to participate by simply sharing any of your hobbies with me? To keep confidentiality and securit…
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Hey guys, I had a quick question -- I have recently heard that students cannot have any gaps in their CAS timeline. In other words, I heard that we are expected to have at least one ongoing CAS experience throughout all of Grade 11 and 12. Is this true?
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2020-2021 CAS Guide for Juniors Meet the Authors Annessa- Hi, I’m Annessa, a class of 2020 IB senior. I enjoy spending time with my friends and generally having fun. I hope this guide is helpful and clears some confusion regarding CAS. Colton- Hi guys! I’m a class of 2020 senior and IB candidate. Some fun little things to note about me: I love the outdoors, to shop, and to read, so that is where most of my CAS time is directed. I hope that in reading some of our suggestions you will be able to learn a little! Table of Contents What is CAS? Creativity Action …
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Hey guys! I assume we are all having trouble to do cas experiences during quarantine... Does anyone have an idea of a cas experience that can be done while at home? Thank you!
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Hello, fellow IB students! How are you doing during your quarantine time and social distancing? Recently my CAS adviser told me that even if we are at quarantine, it should not be an excuse for not doing Activity and Service in CAS. I know doing Activity and creativity is quite much simple rather than doing Service, since at this state of circumstances I'm not allowed to go outside. So, I wonder if anyone from other IB schools around the world has the same struggle and is trying to find possible Service ideas for CAS. Any ideas and help will be appreciated! Stay safe! 🗿
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Any CAS project ideas that are good but not too time-consuming???
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Does anyone know if our CAS has to be a CONTINUOUS 18 months?
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Hi everyone! I'm quite confused with something our CAS coordinator recently told us about. He said we need to complete a month long project to pass CAS and that it NEEDS to be done during the second year. I've tried searching on google to see if this is actually something that needs to be done or he's just making this up to make us do more CAS hours. But i've found nothing. Did you have to do this? I hope you can answer with your own experiences
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Hey guys, I am starting IB next year and as a typical student I am thinking what to do for my CAS. I really love reading and I was wondering if I could start writing a book blog. I don't really understand CAS yet, so I don't know if it could work. How could I cover the activity part?
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Hi! I am an eleventh grader and just wanted to ask about what all should I include in my CAS reflection for an activity like learning how to play the electric guitar. I am very confused and any guidance would be very helpful! Thanks :)
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Hi everyone! I’m starting IBY1 next year and I’ve started thinking of some CAS ideas. Does anyone know if playing an instrument (as a self-taught, I’m not going to attend any extra classes) can count for CAS? Thank you for the answers :)
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So for my CAS project, my friend and I are creating a Pen Pal program with our Diploma and Middle Years Program (we are mainly focusing on DP). We originally had a school in Italy lined up to work with us, but they ended up flaking last minute. If anyone is interested in being a Pen Pal, or if you know kids at your school who may be interested please respond. The only requirement is that your school is outside of the US and Canada. Thanks a bunch
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Hello, I am about to begin my IB next week and I Just wanted to know. I make art youtube videos, which means my face is not in the video. I know that Youtube videos counts as cas and I make the art videos, to teach people how I do my arts. But will it count as cas even though gave around 5 views only? And will they accept it even though I don't put my face in it? The type of video my make:
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Does receiving one-on-one tutoring from a tutor online count as CAS?
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I am on my vacation right now and planning my CAS project with my friend, but not really sure which one I should do. One of the ideas that I came up with is organizing a group of people to pick up trash and clean the streets, or maybe other places such as parks and beaches. We will be doing this for about a month and there will be 5-6 people who would join this project. Would this be appropriate for my CAS project?? If not, I want you guys to give me some good ideas.
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I am on vacation during the summer in Europe and I haven't come up with a CAS project yet. (I'm not sure if we are supposed to have one but I think it would be good to do it anyway). Is doing a travel vlog with my family considered a "Creative" CAS project? I'm not sure it would be approved.
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I have completed few reflections and checked all my learning outcomes for each activity (ie creativity, action and service) Is that enough?
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I wanted to know, hypothetically speaking, what would happen if you would fail CAS your junior year. But you have completed all your hours. Thank you.
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I forgot to add evidence to my experience in CAS and it is already reviewed by supervisor which means I can't make changes to the experience. What should I do?
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Can knitting be included in CAS? And does it fall under the category of creativity or something else?
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