Creativity, Action, Service
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I was wondering if practicing at a gun range would count as CAS since it's something I frequently do?
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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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I'm thinking of doing a blog where I will be doing English tutorials for Korean speaker as I speak both fluently. I don't know if that will count as CAS . It's not really a "service" although it's free...it's not really creative or something that would be considered active... P.s. I also have a goal of doing 100 croquis (something like real-life sketches involving figures) during this summer. Do you think that can count as creative part of CAS? P.p.s. Do you think learning how to drive can be considered action? I mean it's learning something new!
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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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Hey So wondering what else I could do in order to do some creativity this year, i thought of creating a blog in which i review at least one book or film per week. Do you think this is a good idea? What kind of things would you be interested in reading in this sort of blog? Please comment, it would be really helpful to see what you guys would want to read in order to create a successful blog.
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I asked my CAS coordinator if it were possible to learn how to create web pages for creativity and she said it was fine. So I started looking for websites where I could learn it or books so i could teach the basics myself. Does anyone know any good places for learning HTML and such? Just need the basic tools so i can create a website at the end for a small side project. EDIT: Does anyone know Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours? Apparently it is quite good for beginners.
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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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(So Far) I have done the following CAS activities:} Organising a bake sale with a classmate and gave the money to a charity (Creativity?, Service) Developing a revision app with a friend (Creativity, Service) Swimming (activity) Kick Boxing (activity) I will attend the European Youth Parliament where we will do some activities, have a debate and get a certificate for participation (no idea) Does going to the gym count? During IB Forum my physics class and i travelled around the country collecting soil and sending to a radioactivity factory or something like that. We wanted to check how radioactive our s…
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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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I know that they allow spoken languages to be learnt for CAS, but does sign language count?
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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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does betting count as cas expirience?? for example betting on horse racing or football, if so why? thanks in advance
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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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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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Conversation with my friend: Him: Would some kind of video game count as creative? Me:Look it up. I doubt it. Him: What seriously? That's dumb, video games can be really creative Me: Yes, the VIDEO game is creative, not you when you're playing it. Whoever made the game could have qualified for the hours, but not you. It's not that dumb Him: Lol seriously though, you can create many things in video games. Depending on the game. Some are just applications that you can use as your own sandbox. Help me settle this argument? Cause frankly I'm not sure anymore, but still leaning towards it not qualifying.
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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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Hey everyone, I am taking IB next year, and I'm very interested in video games in general. I've been watching a lot of speedruns recently and must say that I really got interested in getting into the speedrunning scene, thus comes my question: Can one speedrun games on CAS? Say f.ex. if my goal would be to LEARN and then SPEEDRUN a game called Star Wars: Jedi Knight Jedi Academy. Was very surprised that I couldn't find any existing topics about speedrunning games here or by using google. Thanks in advance, ~rspic
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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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The IB website states the 'creativity' component for CAS is "arts, or any other experience that involve creative thinking." Has anyone done this or known people who used YouTube as a platform for "creativity" in the IB? If yes, what kind of videos did you or those you've known post? Is it a good idea?
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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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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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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! 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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If I did laboratory work for a project outside school, does that count as action? It lasted 10 hours each weekend for 6 weeks, though I know that CAS is about learning outcomes and not hours anymore. For context, some other people in my school have gotten away with things like food donation drives as action
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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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I'm a first year IB student. I realized that we have do this CAS thing for a total of 150 hours, so I signed up for some activities both in school and out of school. Our CAS coordinator told us to submit all the reflections on the CAS activities on a website called ManageBac and asked us to write a reflection on every 10 hours of activities completed. However, I'm not sure what I should include in my reflections. For example, if I practice guitar at home for 10 hours per week, does that mean I have to do a reflection on what I practiced during those 10 hours per week to qualify for my Creativity hours? Also, is there a certain format we can follow to write our reflections…
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Does anyone know if our CAS has to be a CONTINUOUS 18 months?
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Hi! I am a fairly new IB student. I finished Pre-IB last year, and am in second month of Grade 11 IB. We just got Managebac accounts and have been encouraged to start logging CAS, but I'm not sure how. I can find the section that needs to be filled out for different activities, but I don't know how to tag things. I volunteer twice a week, and instead of having to log each session individually --annoying my supervisor constantly with repeated notifications-- I was wondering if there was a way to log something as an ongoing activity instead...? There's probably a really simple solution, but I appreciate any help you can offer. Thanks!
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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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