text: The last reason summer projects should be student-designed is because the students would be more motivated to complete the project. Summer is the only time that students have a long-tern break. They don't think about school or learning too often. The last thing they want to think about is another project that their teacher assigned to them. Their motivation to complete this project is very low. The only way to help motivate students would be to allow the project to be student-designed. It needs to be a project that they will enjoy doing. It can't be just another project that the teacher assigns just because why not. Last year, in chemistry, I was allowed to pick my project for my end of year science research project. I picked a topic that I wanted to see the outcome of. Throughout the entire project, I was motivated to complete it. This is because I chose what I wanted to do. Some people might say that a student can be motivated to complete a project even if it is teacher-designed. The counter to this is that when a student designs a project that they are interested in, the likelihood for that student to complete the project increases greatly. This is because they know what they want to learn about and what is interesting for them. Every little bit of motivation can help a student learn more than they thought.