# The CAS Strands

## Creativity

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The IB Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) Guide (page 8) provides the following **definition of creativity**:\
'**Exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance.'**
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The IB CAS Guide (pages 18 and 19) suggest the following **approaches to creativity**: 

* Ongoing creativity
* School-based creativity
* Community-based creativity
* Individual creativity

**Examples of creativity** include:

* Acting or supporting a drama performance
* Playing or supporting a music performance
* Participating or supporting a dance performance
* Creating an artwork
* Creating a website

## Activity

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The IB CAS Guide (page 8) provides the following **definition of activity**:\
'**Physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle.'**
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Similar to creativity, the CAS Guide (pages 19 and 20) suggest the following **approaches to activity**:

* Ongoing activity
* School-based activity
* Community-based activity
* Individual activity

**Examples of activity** include:

* Playing on a team
* Completing a training programme
* Undertaking an adventure sport or journey
* Learning a new martial art/yoga/pilates

## Service

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The IB CAS Guide (page 8) provides the following **definition of service**:\
'**Collaborative and reciprocal engagement with the community in response to an authentic need.'** 
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The IB CAS Guide (page 22) suggest the following four types of service:

* Direct Service
* Indirect Service
* Advocacy
* Research

Furthermore, the IB CAS Guide (pages 19 and 20) suggest the following **approaches to service**:

* Ongoing service
* School-based service
* Community-based service
* Immediate need service
* Fundraising
* International Service
* Volunteerism
* Service arising from the curriculum 

**Examples** of service include:

* Raising funds for an orphanage
* Helping at an animal shelter
* Volunteering at a retirement home or youth centre
* Helping in your school (e.g., CAS committee or student council)
* Speaking out about an injustice
* Finding out about the water quality 

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Check out [this phenomenal example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHJrEwJnB3w\&list=PLhJO9Kdm8Pxwkt5SKVukoujfnaKhq-ZSy\&index=7\&t=0s) by Mira Loma High School in the United States that was developed over a number of years. 
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