Posts about Senior Projects
July 12, 2021
BASIS Independent Schools: Inside the 2021 Senior Projects
The Senior Project is the crowning achievement of the BASIS Curriculum. The last two years may have looked a little different—with Senior Project research, on-site work, and presentations taking a virtual form—but our students persevered in order to complete this extraordinary milestone.
This blog sheds some light on the Senior Project, its history, our incredible advisors, and most importantly, the students who continue to show that they can and will exceed all expectations.
May 27, 2021
Seniors Present Their Independent Research at Senior Project Showcase
Did you know that our brains move like jello? Or that there is a debate about who owns the copyright to music created with artificial intelligence software? Or what Alfred Odrick contributed to McLean? Or what pET30-6H-Flu-A-NC is? These are all topics that have come up in our seniors’ Senior Project blogs over the course of their Trimester 3 internships and independent research.
March 5, 2021
Student Voice: Eric M. '21 - College Counseling & The Senior Project
In this week's student video blog, Eric M. '21 breaks down what's unique about the BASIS Independent senior year including College Counseling class and the Senior Project.
July 27, 2020
An Unprecedented Senior Year
This summer we are featuring several articles from the June 2020 Hawk Talk, our student newspaper. This week, we share Nathan S.’s reflections on a senior year unlike any other.
June 1, 2020
2020 Senior Project Showcase
It is with great pride that we share in this year’s grand finale of the BASIS Independent Schools’ academic program: Senior Projects, and we rejoice in their culmination: the Senior Showcase!
May 1, 2019
2019 Senior Projects at BASIS Independent Schools
It is with excitement and pride that we usher in this year’s grand finale of the BASIS Independent Schools academic program: Senior Projects!
April 3, 2018
2018 Senior Projects at BASIS Independent Schools
A very exciting part of the senior year experience involves Senior Projects, so we wanted to look ahead with a blog post from BASIS Independent Silicon Valley detailing the Senior Projects underway there right now. Please note the post below is republished with minor edits from BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Blog.
It is with optimism and pride that we support our seniors as they complete their final trimester as BASIS Independent Silicon Valley students. Now past the huge milestone of applying to college, our 67 seniors have so much of their education behind them, but are, in many senses, faced with one of the biggest growth experiences in their education to date: the Senior Project.
September 3, 2016
#SeniorProjectSaturday - Nandini Sharma
In keeping with our commitment to fostering critical thinking skills, BASIS.ed incorporates interdisciplinary coursework throughout our program. We believe that teaching students to make connections across disciplines, to ask questions and seek solutions and answers across traditional disciplinary boundaries, produces creative and independent thinkers and prepares our students for life and work in the 21st century. 
While all BASIS.ed coursework includes some level of instruction in interdisciplinary thinking, the Senior Project is perhaps the most salient example of these skills at work.
Each year, the BASIS.ed community has the pleasure of celebrating the accomplishments of our entire network of students, participating each year in the presentations of their findings. The richness of the accomplishments of the students knows no limit; we'll share with you each week the abstracts and videos for you to get to know some of our students. Meet Nandini Sharma from BASIS Phoenix and keep reading for her presentation abstract.
August 27, 2016
#SeniorProjectSaturday - Christian Schmidt
In keeping with our commitment to fostering critical thinking skills, BASIS.ed incorporates interdisciplinary coursework throughout our program. We believe that teaching students to make connections across disciplines, to ask questions and seek solutions and answers across traditional disciplinary boundaries, produces creative and independent thinkers and prepares our students for life and work in the 21st century. 
While all BASIS.ed coursework includes some level of instruction in interdisciplinary thinking, the Senior Project is perhaps the most salient example of these skills at work.
Each year, the BASIS.ed community has the pleasure of celebrating the accomplishments of our entire network of students, participating each year in the presentations of their findings. The richness of the accomplishments of the students knows no limit; we'll share with you each week the abstracts and videos for you to get to know some of our students. Meet Christian Schmidt from BASIS Oro Valley and keep reading for his presentation abstract.
August 20, 2016
#SeniorProjectSaturday - Evelyn Scollick's "The War Against Algae Growth"
In keeping with our commitment to fostering critical thinking skills, BASIS.ed incorporates interdisciplinary coursework throughout our program. We believe that teaching students to make connections across disciplines, to ask questions and seek solutions and answers across traditional disciplinary boundaries, produces creative and independent thinkers and prepares our students for life and work in the 21st century. 
While all BASIS.ed coursework includes some level of instruction in interdisciplinary thinking, the Senior Project is perhaps the most salient example of these skills at work.
Each year, the BASIS.ed community has the pleasure of celebrating the accomplishments of our entire network of students, participating each year in the presentations of their findings. The richness of the accomplishments of the students knows no limit; we'll share with you each week the abstracts and videos for you to get to know some of our students. Meet Evelyn Scollick from BASIS Oro Valley and keep reading for her presentation abstract.
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