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Plan Your CAS Experience: Creativity, Activity & Service Workbook for the IB DP Program

Help Students Turn CAS Ideas into Meaningful Experiences

One of the biggest challenges for IB Diploma students is moving from a simple idea to a well-planned CAS experience. This structured planning sheet guides students through every stage of the planning process, helping them design experiences that are purposeful, challenging, reflective, and aligned with CAS expectations.

Students are prompted to consider their personal interests, challenges, learning outcomes, collaboration opportunities, evidence collection, and reflection strategies before beginning their experience.

This resource is ideal for helping students create stronger CAS proposals while reducing the amount of individual guidance required from teachers and CAS coordinators.

What’s Included?

  • CAS Experience Planning Sheet
  • Guided prompts for meaningful project planning
  • Learning Outcome identification section
  • Reflection planning prompts
  • Evidence collection and documentation section
  • Collaboration and stakeholder considerations
  • Next steps and action planning section

Students Will Learn How To
Develop meaningful CAS experiences
Connect experiences to the CAS Learning Outcomes
Identify personal challenges and areas for growth
Plan evidence collection and documentation
Consider collaboration and community impact
Prepare for successful CAS reflections
Develop stronger organisational and planning skills

Ideal For

  • DP1 CAS Introduction Lessons
  • CAS Coordinator Meetings
  • CAS Proposal Development
  • Tutor Time Activities
  • Student Conferences
  • Independent CAS Planning
  • Reflection and Review Sessions

Learning Objectives
By completing this activity, students will
Understand the key elements of a successful CAS experience
Develop planning and organisational skills
Identify appropriate CAS Learning Outcomes
Consider how to gather evidence throughout an experience
Reflect on challenge, growth, and impact before beginning a project

Why Teachers Love This Resource

  • Ready to print and use
  • Saves time during CAS planning meetings
  • Encourages student independence
  • Supports stronger reflections later in the CAS process
  • Suitable for all Creativity, Activity, and Service experiences
  • Helps students produce more meaningful CAS experiences from the start

Suggested Uses
First CAS planning lesson
CAS induction programme
One-to-one CAS interviews
Project proposal workshops
End-of-year planning sessions
Student-led CAS conferences

Recommended Age Range
IB Diploma Programme (Ages 16–19)

Resource Type
Student Workbook
Planning Template
CAS Worksheet
CAS Coordinator Resource
IB Diploma Programme

A practical and highly effective planning tool that helps students transform CAS ideas into purposeful, well-structured experiences while promoting reflection, organisation, and personal growth.

Please find two versions of the same worksheet - one a printer friendly version and another more colorful.

Get this resource as part of a bundle and save up to 23%

A bundle is a package of resources grouped together to teach a particular topic, or a series of lessons, in one place.

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IB DP CAS Starter Toolkit: everything you need to launch, plan & Reflect on CAS

A comprehensive collection of six ready-to-use CAS resources designed to support IB Diploma students as they begin, plan and reflect on their Creativity, Activity and Service experiences. This bundle brings together presentations, student worksheets, planning materials, reflection support and CAS Learning Outcome activities that can be used at different points throughout DP1 and DP2. It is particularly useful for CAS Coordinators, tutors and IB teachers looking for structured materials that can be adapted to their own school CAS programme. Resources Included 1. CAS Introduction PowerPoint A ready-to-teach introduction covering: What CAS is and why it matters Creativity, Activity and Service CAS expectations The seven CAS Learning Outcomes Evidence and reflection Ideal for DP1 CAS induction. 2. “Is It CAS?” Activity + Teacher Answer Key Students consider different scenarios and decide whether they represent appropriate CAS experiences. Includes: Student activity Discussion prompts Teacher answers Opportunities for justification and class discussion 3. CAS Experience Planning Workbook A structured planning resource helping students develop a CAS idea before beginning an experience. Students consider: Personal interests Goals and challenges CAS strand Learning Outcomes Collaboration Evidence and reflection Community impact Risks and next steps 4. CAS Reflection Guide PowerPoint A presentation supporting students in developing stronger CAS reflections, including: Features of effective reflection Common weaknesses Examples Ways to show learning, development and growth 5. Ultimate CAS Reflection Toolkit Workbook A collection of reflection-support activities including: Reflection Traffic Light self-assessment Writing frames Sentence starters Reflection quality rubric Teacher feedback sheet Reflection prompts linked to the seven Learning Outcomes 20 exemplar reflections Reflection improvement activities 6. CAS Learning Outcomes Workbook & Lesson Pack Activities designed to help students understand and apply the seven CAS Learning Outcomes. Includes: Learning Outcome Detective Sorting activity Evidence evaluation ATL Skills connections Reflection activities Self-assessment CAS proposal task Teacher answer support Students Can Use These Resources To Develop a clearer understanding of CAS Recognise suitable CAS experiences Plan experiences more effectively Connect experiences to CAS Learning Outcomes Improve evidence collection Develop more meaningful reflections Consider challenge, collaboration and impact Strengthen their CAS portfolio Suitable For DP1 CAS induction Tutor or advisory sessions CAS Coordinator meetings Reflection workshops Student conferences CAS planning sessions Learning Outcome lessons Ongoing DP1 and DP2 support Resource Formats The bundle contains a mixture of: PowerPoint presentations Student worksheets and workbooks Planning templates Reflection activities Teacher guidance Answer keys where stated The resources are designed to be practical and classroom-friendly. Some worksheets use a simple printer-friendly format, while other resources include more visual and structured layouts. Recommended Age IB Diploma Programme students, approximately ages 16–19. Why Choose the Bundle? Buying the bundle brings together six complementary CAS resources in one place, allowing teachers to select the materials that best suit different stages of their students’ CAS journey. It provides structured support for introducing CAS, planning experiences, understanding Learning Outcomes and developing stronger reflection, while still allowing schools and CAS Coordinators to adapt the materials to their own programme.

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I'm really disappointed as these resources appear to show really engaging workbooklets with icons and colour and in actual fact are simple word documents with simple tasks/instructions.

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