May 30, June 1, June 2

Year 8 - When you finish with your Design, let's move to Create - Criterion D (maximum 6 points)

2 Tasks:

• Create your building
• Write a reflection on the creation process.  Did you make any modifications or changes to your original design? 

Learning Objectives for Create:  The student will: use appropriate techniques and equipment competently; create a product/solution of appropriate quality.

May 23, 25

Year 8, on second thought you NEED a design.  Why?  It will help you define what you want to create before you begin creating.  It will help you stay more focused and keep to your design specification.

Learning objectives - The student will: generate 3 designs that attempt to meet the design specification;, compare the designs against the design specifications and identify the pros and cons of each design; select one design and explain its choice.

May 19 - It's Quiz Time

Before you begin, please take a few minutes to complete the following quiz on the MYP Design Cycle:
 http://www.quia.com/quiz/2950603.html
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2950603.html
This mini-Design Cycle quiz will register all of your answers.  It's fun!  Give it a try!

Now, let's finish our Investigations today and submit them before you leave;-)

Learning objective - The student will: consider the importance of the problem for life, society and/or the environment; collect and select information, organize it logically and, with guidance, begin to analyse it; list, with guidance, the specific requirements that must be met by the product/solution, design, with guidance, tests to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification.

May 16, 18, 19

Year 8, we are back in business!

Before we begin, please check the computer you are sitting at to make sure that Google SketchUp 8 is installed;-)

Now, let's see where we are:

INVESTIGATE - Criterion A:
1)Identify the Problem (write 2 paragraphs; 1 introduction, 1 connecting to AOI)
2)Develop a Design Brief (ask and answer questions to help you solve the problem, collect info, complete tutorial)
3) Formulate a Design Specification (detailed list of characteristics that product must be/adhere to; create test to evaluate product)

May 9

Whether you like Coca Cola or not, you have to applaud their 125th anniversary.

Develop a Design Brief: Answer the following questions. Write in complete sentences. Use in-text referencing.
1.What is Google Sketchup7?
2.What does CAD stand for?
3.What can a CAD program do? Explain and include details.
4.Which professions use CAD programs? (Name at least 3)
5.Decide which building you will contribute, and then research this type of building.
6.Include images of at least 3 different buildings and evaluate each to gather ideas and
information.
7.What is Google Sketchup’s 3-D Warehouse? Explain in your own words and include details.
8.How can you use this tool to help you? Explain in your own words and include details.

When you have finished answering these questions, please start working on the "New to Google Sketchup" tutorials to learn how the programme works. http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/training/videos.html 

Learning Objective - The student will: ask relevant questions at the different stages of the investigation; identify appropriate sources of information and acknowledge these using a recognized convention; consider, with guidance, the value of sources of information.