Posts about Senior Projects
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!
In their final trimesters as BASIS Independent Schools students, after seniors have already taken a deep dive into university-level, content-heavy capstone courses and undertaken the demanding college application process, they face their Senior Project—a high-level research project centered around a question or topic of their choosing.
Last year, we saw our third graduating class of seniors at BASIS Independent Silicon Valley begin this journey and come out enlightened, confident, and humbled. In 2019, we now welcome the first graduating class at BASIS Independent Brooklyn to join the rest of our network’s seniors.
In this blog post, we will cover the basics of the Senior Project, how it prepares our students for the challenges that await them in college and even their future careers, and why it sets our program above the rest. We’ve spoken with a few of the students from our 2019 senior classes at both BASIS Independent Silicon Valley and BASIS Independent Brooklyn to provide an inside look into this incredible journey.
May 14, 2018
2018 Senior Projects: Environmental Science
The final post in our Senior Project blog series is here! On behalf of our school community: thank you for following along, engaging with our seniors’ personal blogs, and watching with us as they become scholars in their own right. The support of our community has and continues to be the bedrock to the continued success and confidence of our students.
May 1, 2018
2018 Senior Projects: Technology, Engineering, and Math
In today’s generation, astonishing new technologies seem to take the world by storm each new week, small and large. The global robotics industry is expected to reach an estimated $38 billion by 2018; the number of connected devices is anticipated to reach 20.4 billion by 2020; Artificial Intelligence will become a positive net job motivator, creating 2.3 million jobs by 2020.
April 9, 2018
2018 Senior Projects: Biology & Medicine
Welcome to the second post in our Senior Project blog topic series! Today, we are diving into the Senior Projects focused on research related to biology and/or medicinal sciences.
April 2, 2018
2018 Senior Projects: Economics
It is with great pleasure that we introduce you to our seniors’ projects, grouped by topic. Throughout the journey of their project, students work with experts in various fields and disciplines, coordinate with and rely on the mentorship of their internal advisor, and maintain personal blogs that document their findings.
May 10, 2017
Class of 2017 Senior Projects: Krithi R.
It is hard to believe that in just a few days, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Class of 2017 seniors will present to their larger community the product (and process) of their Senior Projects.
2017 marks a very special milestone for BASIS Independent Silicon Valley - and BASIS Independent Schools at large. It is the first year students have participated in Senior Projects! We are delighted to bring to you snapshots of our students' perspectives on their participation.
March 23, 2017
Senior Project Blogs
Follow along with our amazing seniors as they coordinate the blog portion of their Senior Project. At this point in the year, these seniors have completed their Capstone and Post AP classes, and have settled into surveying and/or research depending on the specific discipline associated with their area of study. We are especially thrilled to see the final presentations in May as this is our first group of graduating seniors who have had the oportunity to participate in the Senior Project.
Blog posts are updated weekly, so be sure to keep up to date on our students' goings on as they work toward the completion of their projects.
January 20, 2017
2017 BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Senior Projects
2017 will see the first cohort of BASIS Independent Silicon 
Valley Seniors undertaking BASIS.ed Senior Projects. This project is the crowning component of the BASIS.ed curriculum and diploma. Students are afforded the freedom to research and study a topic of their choosing and are provided with the professional and intellectual guidance necessary for success.
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.
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