MYP year 4

Background information

• Students were asked to create a marketing package for a client. This could be in the form of logos, banners, merchandise, and so on.

• Students were given a group of client proposals for various industries, such as a hot dog cart, a children’s product line and personal trainers.

• The time limit was 30 hours.

• Students were able to choose which type of resources they used to find information.

• Students had prior knowledge of Adobe Photoshop ^® and other basic image editing software.

• This task was age appropriate.

• Students were engaged in relation to their prior knowledge.

• The student work was assessed using MYP year 5 criteria.

MYP year 5

Background information

• Students were required to create an environmentally friendly house based in Bermuda. They were able to create a 3D digital or physical model.

• Students were given the task specific clarification, MYP year 5 assessment criteria, and access to an online Virtual Learning Environment that provided details on the design task and scenario.

• The time limit was 30 hours.

• Students could use Microsoft Word ^® and Excel ^® , Adobe Photoshop ^® , Trimble SketchUp and any other software they had access to.

• The students had completed a 3D digital product design project in MYP year 4 and used model/card building techniques.

• The task was age appropriate.

• The task allowed students to reach the highest levels and appropriate guidance was given where necessary.

MYP year 1

Background information

• This is an MYP year 1 unit with an inquiry into healthy eating pizza.

• Students were given 25 hours for this investigation.

• Students applied the design cycle to a real-life situation with a familiar context (pizza) and a general goal (healthier eating).

• The process included students’ experimentation with, and adaptation of, products to achieve their goal.

• Students reviewed different types of pizzas before starting to experiment with their own ideas; they then tried two designs.

• There were three tasks set by the teacher, which included designing and creating a healthy eating pizza for a chosen client, creating a nutritional label for the chosen pizza and designing a tagline with a health message.

• One of the constraints was that students were only given 45 minutes of class time.