Science Trivia, I would say, was by far the most challenging task for me. Grade 11 students were given an opportunity to conduct the trivia for grade 10.  I, along with my 3 friends, decided to organise the event. Our job was to construct a murder case and incorporate science elements through which the case could be solved by the participants.

LO2- Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process; LO3- Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience

Initially, nobody showed a willingness to organize the event. Thereby, we four took an initiative and agreed to take responsibility. I played an integral role in organizing this event. I took an initiative to prepare the whole case study. I did face several difficulties while making the case. It was challenging to include all three sciences in the case study. However, with the help of my teachers and other sources like books and the internet, I could successfully overcome the struggle. Apart from that, Tisha and I took the responsibility to arrange the resources we needed for the event respectively. Not all the resources were available in school, so we tried our best to use the available resources. As we were the organizers, we also had the liberty to decide the flow of the event. Therefore, we planned to keep Kahoot for the audience while the participants were busy resolving the case to not make it boring.

LO4- Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experience

We worked for a month for this event which itself is a commitment. Though we agreed to organize the event, we didn’t work for 3 weeks. Eventually, when we realized that it will get difficult to difficult to make the case and arrange resources, we started with the work and didn’t back out. I tried to stay committed and managed to complete the work. We did early ins and missed a couple of slots to do the arrangements which weren’t required if we sincerely adhered to the deadline.

LO5- Demonstrate the skills and recognise the benefits of working collaboratively

Working in a group helps us to distribute our work evenly so that the pressure is reduced. However, this time our teamwork wasn’t that effective. There were a lot of issues within. Nobody knew their responsibilities and were dependent on other members till the last minute. But then we managed to work. Tisha and I did all the preparations needed and the other two took the responsibility of making Kahoot for audiences.

LO7- Recognise and consider the ethics of choices and actions

As mentioned, we were absolutely late with the arrangements and the case was yet to be constructed which was the trickiest part.  While preparing the case, I faced a couple of issues, and I could have plagiarised the case however, I didn’t. Being an IB student, it is crucial to be academically honest, therefore I made sure that the case made was essentially original and all the citations were made wherever needed.