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Time 4 Design
Pop-Up Book Unit
Pop-Up Book Unit
Design Situation
Students are set a design problem that the HIS Library has asked students to design and make a prototype 6 to-10 page pop-up book. The book must be A4 in size, which will include a spine. The book is aimed at lower elementary children, and must be eye-catching and interesting to capture their imaginations. The story should be based on a children's story from another culture to their own.
It must contain a range of card mechanisms such as rotary, v-fold, internal stand, mouth and slide. The pop-up book will need to be easy to read and be distinctive as well as cheap to produce. The colour scheme will be chosen carefully so that card appears bright and cheerful.
Students will need to consider the images that are used, colours and fonts. Carefull consideration should be given to the front page, using semantic title designs and bold images.
The finished books will be read to Elementary students and displayed in the library during Book Week.
Key Concept: Communities
Related Concepts: Adaptation, form and function
Global Contexts: Identities and relationships
Statement of Inquiry: Adapting the form and function of 2D materials to create 3D mechanisms that allow end-user interaction
ATL Skills: Thinking, Social, Communication, Self Management , Research
MYP Design Cycle criterion
This is a semester long unit covering the complete New MYP Criterion. The maximum awarded for each criterion is 8 marks.
Criterion A: Inquiry and Analysis
Criterion B: Developing ideas
Criterion C: Creating the Solution
Criterion D: Evaluating
Digital and Product Design Skills: 2D/Freehand Sketching, Paper Engineering, Mechanisms,
Storyboarding, Mind Maps, Typography, Fonts, Card Modeling, Folding and Scoring, V-Folds,
Parallel Folds' Secondary Folds, Push-Pull Strips, Flaps, Book Binding, Forces
Pop-Up Book Ideas: Classic Children Story Books, A Newly Created Storybook, A Educational Learning Book - Animals, Numbers etc
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