This document outlines the requirements for choosing a senior expedition product. It provides examples of different product options like leading a seminar, organizing a local campaign, creating an online campaign, or conducting a letter-writing campaign. Each product must have an authentic audience, clear purpose, proof of impact, and require at least 8 hours of work. The document guides students to identify a need related to their topic, choose a product that will best showcase their work, and get feedback before finalizing their choice.

1. Product Proposal
Senior Expedition 2015-2016

2. Senior Expedition Products
● Learning Target: I can describe what an
expedition product looks like.
● Learning Target: I can identify what makes
a good expedition product.
● Learning Target: I can choose an expedition
product that will best showcase my work for
the Senior Expedition.

3. Identifying a Need
● Who needs to know about your topic?
o Think about the social relevance
● How can you inspire action or change
around your topic?

4. Every Product Must Have...
● an authentic audience
● a clear and meaningful purpose
● proof of its impact
● 8 hours of documented work to create
product

5. Product Options

6. Seminar
● You will plan and lead a seminar for a group
that needs to hear your message.
● Your seminar should run at least 30 minutes
long.
● You will include a learning target, a do-now,
and an exit slip so that you can provide
evidence of your students’ learning.

7. Local Campaign
● You will find and participate in a local
campaign related to your topic.
● You will attend at least two events or
meetings, and you’ll get involved with the
campaign in a way that will help them.
● You will create a photo essay to document
your experience.

8. Online Campaign
● You will create a website with resources
about your topic for a specific audience.
● You will promote your project using social
media.
● You will collect data to prove that your
website is effectively reaching your target
audience.

9. Letter-Writing Campaign
● You will identify influential people,
organizations, or media outlets related to
your topic.
● You will research each target audience
● You will write three persuasive letters to
encourage them to change their beliefs,
policies, or actions.

10. Physical Product
• Physical product must show a direct
connection with your topic
• Should be a reflection of your research and
be a part of the impact that you hope to
cause
• Should be able to be used by the audience
that you identified or are targeting in your
work

11. Volunteer Hours
• These hours must have a direct impact on
the topic that you are researching
• This is volunteering with a purpose, not just
showing up to lend a helping hand
• Volunteering at a place to provide help
because you have identified a real need
through your research is the goal

12. Next Steps
● decide which product option is best suited to
YOUR topic and YOUR strengths
● get specific about your audience, product,
and impact
● get feedback from peers and teachers
● Deadline forthcoming