Diary Entry - Community Engagement (Chiara Wong Robles) by Chiara Wong Robles

Identify: Which IB value or attribute motivated you to take part in this project? and Analyze: How is it reflected in the actions you proposed?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

The attribute that motivated me was caring, and it's reflected in the actions I proposed because the solutions I gave were not to pick leaves because it affects animals, not to cut down trees, etc., and I was caring because I thought about the animals.

Identify: What was your role in this project, and why is it important for the community and its environment?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

My role in this project was to research and help decorating and it is important for my community because we create a healthy and stress-free environment.

Analyze: How did you take part in group conversations when organizing the project? What did you contribute in those conversations?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

When we were organizing the project, I hear group conversations and speak by sharing my ideas and listening to my friends. I tried to speak when it was my turn and also helped to decide what part each person should do.

Analyze What did you learn about yourself while working on this project? And explain: What did you discover about the community and its environment?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

I learned that I'm very good at decorating and collecting information. And I discovered that my community is very good at presenting and doesn't care about what's happening in their environment.

Analyze: Why do you think the activity you designed can help the community and its environment? And explain: What did you base your decisions on?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

The activities we designed can benefit the community and in the environment by preventing global climate change and disease. I based my decisions on the statistics from the sources we searched.

Identify and describe: What specific problem do these communities face, and how did you discover this need?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

These communities have the problem of face health problems that can cause their, death. They also have to much climate change, which is the one of the main causes of the disease.

Explain: What did other people in the group think about the project and how did you show respect for their ideas, even if they were different from yours?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

They didn't really give their opinions on this topic, but they were committed to trying to implement the advice we were giving them. If one of them had a different opinion, we would respect it.

Evaluate: What impact do you think your project had on the people in the school community? and explain: What signs showed you this impact?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

I think my school community now knows more about the negative effects of deforestation, and the signs that showed me that impact were that they were very attentive and it was clear they understood.

Explain: What did you personally do to make the project happen? And describe: What was your responsibility?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

Personally, I started taking better care of the environment and not tearing out or wasting papers. I helped my team by bringing images, markers, materials, etc. My responsibility, aside from bringing the materials, was to present the solutions.

Explain: How can your actions help change the way different people or groups contribute to these communities and their environment?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

They can help because if they take the initiative to stop littering, stop picking leaves, and stop cutting down trees, we can create a world with healthier people, without so many diseases, and , there will no longer be so much global climate change.

Explain: What decisions did you make together as a group to organize this campaign, and how did you collaborate in the planning?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

We decided to split into different groups to complete the campaign more quickly and efficiently. We collaborated by uploading images to each other, sharing materials, and reparting the information for each one

Analyze: What did you do well during this project? and explain: What was the most difficult part for you?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

I did a good job of decorating and gathering information, and the hardest part for me was presenting because I got very nervous and forgot most of it, but I still did well.

Analyze: What problems or difficulties did you face during the project? And explain: What changes did you make to continue?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

The problems I faced during this project were that my partner didn't come, and we came up with the solutions together. And the change I made was that I had to change the entire poster and do it from 0

Recognize: Who are the people or groups involved in this project, and how do they work together to reach a common goal?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

We work with the 10th graders and are involved in this project to work together to achieve a common goal: eliminating deforestation worldwide and thus preventing diseases and global climate change.

Describe: When did you show empathy toward people in the community and how did you demonstrate it with actions?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

I showed empathy when they didn't understand the trivia question. We repeated it to them without any problem and helped them answer the question. Most importantly, we got them to understand the importance of caring for the trees and not cutting them down.

Explain: What would you like to do differently or better in a future community project? What goal do you set for yourself to keep growing?

egarcia539 — 2025-09-23 14:46:18 UTC

I would like to improve the presentation section to try to make everyone aware of the negative aspects of deforestation. My goal is to have some presentations in front of the entire school.