IB skill practice

Separate CAS from DP course requirements

CAS practice that supports authentic student-owned planning, CAS stages, learning-outcome evidence, sustained engagement, portfolio/interview preparation, service reciprocity, ethical action, and reflection without inventing outcomes or writing final reflections.

CAS portfolio 5 marks Difficulty 2

CAS practice: Separate CAS from DP course requirements

A student wants to count "coordinating a school garden water-saving roster during summer" for CAS, but it overlaps with an ESS fieldwork task on local ecosystems. Choose the route that separates CAS from DP coursework and avoids double-counting a course requirement. Select the course boundary, interest link, growth opportunity, and exclusion check. Then answer this in your own words: why would this route keep the CAS evidence and reflection authentic? AI will analyse your reasoning, evidence, reflection quality, and expression.

Worked practice: build the reflection

Work through the CAS task: purpose focus, specific evidence, the CAS move, then a bounded reflection.