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Mission:
Mission:
Target Audience: Community
~ # of classes: 20
Concept sketch, illustrate and create a meaningful holiday gift that will help raise awareness and funds to benefit the endangered species at Cúc Phương National Park. Investigate the markets and trends within your peer and parent community to identify products that will not only sell well, but will also do the most to influence a change in the systems within your sphere of influence. Check out these videos to see what Social Entrepreneurship / Marketing has done for the world!
Click on the icons in each section to complete the tasks outlined below.
Standards
Standards
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
In this unit you will learn how to do the following:
- Learn about vectors
- Understand software and create a vector image
- Laser cut vector items
Approaches to Learning
Approaches to Learning
- Researching markets and trends as well as how to use 2D & 3D software programs
- Analysing target audience preferences for WinterFest and creating products that will sell
- Self Management to meet the deadline of WinterFest
Key Concept
Key Concept
Development Students constantly adapt and change their plans when creating the solution, dependent on the thoroughness of their planning and, when evaluating, students develop testing methods to assess the success of the solution.
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
- Innovation: taking a similar product and adapting it for personal needs
- Form: aesthetics of final product matters
Global Context
Global Context
Personal and cultural expression
- artistry, craft, creation, beauty
- our appreciation of the aesthetic
Factual Questions
Remembering facts and topicsFactual Questions
- What techniques do we need to know to operate equipment safely in the workshop?
- What tool skills do we need to work safely in a workshop?
Conceptual Questions
Analysing big ideasConceptual Questions
- How can we set effective and achievable goals?
- How do existing products inspire innovative ideas and products?
Debatable Questions
Evaluating perspectives and developing theoriesDebatable Questions
- What cultural factors lead to aesthetic appreciation?
BACKWARD PLANNING
BACKWARD PLANNING
C1
C1
Construct a detailed and logical plan, which describes the efficient use of time and resources, sufficient for peers to be able to follow to create the solution
Instructions:
Instructions:
Since this unit has an exact point in time where the product must be finished and ready for sale, we can learn about a method used in real-world design projects called Backward Planning. This is a method that is used to think about what needs to be done on a certain date and then carefully plan each step to get there. We will be using a Gantt chart to do this.
Introduction to Backwards Planning:
Introduction to Backwards Planning:
Make a copy of the below template and identify blocks that you might consider moving around to improve your planning.
Resources
Resources
Challenge
Challenge
A: Inquiring & Analysing
A: Inquiring & Analysing
A2
A2
Construct a detailed research plan, which identifies and prioritizes the primary and secondary research needed to develop a solution to the problem independently
Instructions:
Instructions:
Research what content and skills you will need to complete your mission. Here are some examples of questions you might want to consider in your inquiry and how they can be prioritized and categorized into primary and secondary research.
Content Research...
Content Research...
- What holiday gifts might parents want to buy at Winterfest? (Primary because you can ask your own parents!)
- What gifts have sold well in the past? (Primary because you may have personally attended Winterfest in previous years & Secondary because you can find resources online to help get ideas)
- What endangered animal do you want to help and what awareness do you want consumers of your product to come away with and spread to others? (Primary because you will have learned about these animals and why they are endangered during your Grade 6 Trip Week & Secondary because you may want to research more information to provide to your consumers)
Skills Research...
Skills Research...
- What skills do I need to learn? (Primary because your teacher will direct you to tutorials)?
A skill you will learn is how to design a vector shape to be cut or engraved using the laser cutter. These shapes can then be combined to form a 3D object. Use the Skill icon on the side to investigate laser cutting.
Resources
Resources
Skill
Skill
Challenge
Challenge
A3
A3
Analyze a range of existing products that inspire a solution to the problem
Instructions:
Instructions:
Add a link at the top of the template provided and conduct a SWOT analysis of products that you have researched. For the opportunities section, consider how you could change the product into something that has more to do with the endangered animal you have chosen to raise awareness about.
SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis
- Strengths:
- The Panda Bear Earrings are cute and I think my target market would like to buy something similar.
- The two color engraving makes it stand out from other laser cut items.
- Weaknesses
- My target market might not have their ears pierced so this product limits my exposure.
- Opportunities
- I could make it into a keychain to appeal to more of my target market.
- I would do a laser cut of a pangolin to raise awareness.
- Threats
- They could be dangerous for small children.
Resources
Resources
Challenge
Challenge
Instructions:
Instructions:
Summarize what you have learned in your research and answer the questions provided in a Design Brief.
Review the Market Scan from a few years ago below and get some ideas of what types of items will sell well.
How does a Design Brief look?
- present key information concisely
- explain how and why the information is relevant to solving the problem
- evaluate the validity of the data
What a Design Brief does NOT look like
- write large paragraphs of text
- include statements that do not relate to solving the problem
- make statements without evidence from expert opinion or data
- include all of their research within the body of the project
Resources
Resources
Challenge
Challenge
Feedback: Teacher
Feedback: Teacher
Now that you have completed your research, let's make sure you are on the right track to create a successful product or solution.
Instructions:
Instructions:
- Review the comments on Seesaw so far. Is there anything you could do to improve?
- 0 - 3: Comment detailing major issues
- 4 - 6: Comment for small improvements and liked
- 7 - 8: Liked
- Ask the teacher for any clarification and improve your work.
Feedback
Feedback
B: Developing Ideas
B: Developing Ideas
B1
B1
Develop detailed design specifications, which explain the success criteria for the design of a solution based on the analysis of the research
Instructions:
Instructions:
What design specifications will make your end product or solution successful? Write your ideas down in the imperative form (i.e. it must do..., it has to include…)
Mandated Specifications:
Mandated Specifications:
Below are the mandatory specifications for this project. Come up with more if you would like!
Resources
Resources
Challenge
Challenge
B2
B2
Develop a range of feasible design ideas, using an appropriate medium(s) and detailed annotation, which can be correctly interpreted by others
Instructions:
Instructions:
Sketching and brainstorming is an integral part of the design process when making a video. Based on the opportunities you identified during your SWOT analysis of existing products, begin to sketch out at least 4 different ideas and share them with peers.
- Take a piece of A4 paper and fold it into quarters
- Sketch out 4 different ideas for how your holiday gift could be presented.
- Label features of each sketch to make it more clear.
- Upload it to Seesaw
Resources
Resources
Skill
Skill
Challenge
Challenge
D1
D1
Design detailed and relevant testing methods, which generate data, to measure the success of the solution
Instructions:
Instructions:
Go back to the design specifications from B1 and create a survey to help you decide which sketch you would like to create as a vector. Replace the pictures in this survey template with your own and upload the link to Seesaw.
Resources
Resources
Challenge
Challenge
B3
B3
Present the chosen design and justify fully and critically its selection with detailed reference to the design specification
B4
B4
Develop accurate and detailed planning drawings/diagrams and outline the requirements for the creation of the chosen solution.
Instructions:
Instructions:
After surveying your peers and getting the feedback, use the below template to polish up your sketch and present it in a more detailed format (color, annotations, sizes, etc)
Justify why you think this sketch meets the specifications.
Resources
Resources
Challenge
Challenge
Feedback: Self
Feedback: Self
Now that you have completed your design, reflect on your progress with this self assessment.
Instructions:
Instructions:
Complete the questions below using the template provided:
- During this term I was successful at...
- The MYP Design Cycle strands addressed were...
- Strands A1 - A4
- Strands B1 - B4
- One area for improvement could be...
- Three steps I could to take to be more successful are:
- a)
- b)
- c)
- Based on the rubrics and exemplars provided, I would predict the following grades:
- Criterion A:
- Criterion B:
Feedback
Feedback
C: Creating the Solution
C: Creating the Solution
C3
C3
Follow the plan to create the solution, which functions as intended and is presented appropriately
Instructions:
Instructions:
Present your final design and document whether or not you met your key dates or had to change your plans. This can also be a link to your final product or solution.
Resources
Resources
Skill
Skill
Challenge
Challenge
Feedback: Peer
Feedback: Peer
Now that you have completed your product or solution, help out a peer in reviewing their work. Use the template provided to give them constructive feedback.
Instructions:
Instructions:
Complete the questions below using the template provided:
- During this term, (write peer name here) was successful at __________.
- The MYP Design Cycle strands addressed were...
- Strands A1 - A4
- Strands B1 - B4
- Strands C1 - C4
- One area for improvement could be...
- Three steps (write peer name here) could to take to be more successful are:
- a)
- b)
- c)
- Based on the rubrics and exemplars provided, I would predict the following grades:
- Criterion A:
- Criterion B:
- Criterion C:
Feedback
Feedback
D: Evaluating
D: Evaluating
D3
D3
Explain how the solution could be improved
D4
D4
Explain the impact of the solution on the client/target audience
Instructions:
Instructions:
Identify improvements that you believe your product or solution would benefit from to positively impact your target audience. Detail the reason or cause that you believe justify that improvement.
Think about how your product or solution impacted your target audience. Include reasons or causes.
Resources
Resources
Challenge
Challenge
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