IB Design Cycle assignment ______________________________

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Name

Stage 1 CRITERION A - Inquiring and

Analyzing
The PROBLEM to be solved is

The reason this problem is IMPORTANT TO SOCIETY is

The METHOD/PROCESS I will use to find the answer to the problem will be to

The PRODUCT I will CREATE to answer the question will be

This product will ANSWER THE QUESTION BY

ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM/RESEARCH NOTES

- WRITE RESEARCH NOTES ON SEPARATE PAPER
- Investigate multiple sources
- Show DEPTH evidence of time and effort!

WORKS CITED Be sure you are using the correct format! (refer to the website or
sheet in the front of your notebook)

You must include at least ONE PRIMARY RESOURCE and THREE SECONDARY
RESOURCES
You can add to this as you continue to work on your product.
Be sure you type and save this. You will need to turn your completed Works Cited page
with your final product.

My PERSONAL GOALS for this project are (be detailed/specific)

I PLAN on achieving those goals by (be detailed/specific)

Stage 2 CRITERION B DEVELOPING IDEAS

You should create AT LEAST two different designs of the SAME product. You are
encouraged to do a third on the back of this page.
They should be as detailed as possible.
They should include all of the design specifications outlined in the directions.
Each design and its evaluation should be done on a separate sheet of paper.

Design #1

Good (be detailed tell why)

Bad (be detailed tell why)

Design #2

Good (be detailed tell why)

Bad (be detailed tell why)

I am choosing design # ____ because

Stage 3 CRITERION C CREATING THE

SOLUTION
STEP BY STEP PLAN (so detailed that someone else can create it and it would
look the same as yours what, where, why, howyou do not need to write
anything obvious, like turn on the computer)
TELL ME HOW TO MAKE IT! You can also draw a picture to help clarify your
description.
I should see all parts of the DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS in your creation steps.
Please feel free to write your plan on separate paper instead of in the limited
space on this sheet.
1.
2.
3.
4.

You can use the back if you need more room!!

The MATERIALS I will use are

*****THIS IS WHERE YOU SHOULD CREATE YOUR PRODUCT*****

What was GOOD about my PLAN (not my product) was

What was BAD about my PLAN (not my product) was

The MODIFICATIONS/CHANGES I made to my plan were

STAGE 4 CRITERION D - EVALUATING

EVIDENCE that your product is APPROPRIATE QUALITY
APPROPRIATE QUALITY is the best it can be considering your ability, the time you had to
complete it and the resources you had available. Your entire project may be appropriate, your
entire project may be inappropriate, or you may have some parts that are appropriate and some
that are inappropriate. Regardless, evaluate its quality and provide

EVIDENCE!

A TESTING METHOD I can use to measure the success of my product

is

(How can I find out if my product solves the problem?)

My product can be IMPROVED by

My product/solution can IMPACT SOCIETY by