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Grade 8 Design Technology Course Outline 2014 2015 Update3
Grade 8 Design Technology Course Outline 2014 2015 Update3
2014-2015
MYP 3
AIS School Mission
AIS Kuwait inspires students to become critical thinkers and contributing world
citizens through rigor and balance in a nurturing educational environment.
I.
Course Description:
The Grade 8 (MYP 3) Design course implements the full Design Cycle to provide students
with the opportunity to inquire and analyze, Develop ideas, Create a solution, evaluate the
learning and the outcome as well as providing hands on projects.
This year we will be offering a number of assignments in Design: our first assignment will
be to create a Blog website, which our students can record all their other assignments on.
The second assignment will be the self sustaining futuristic City assignment as part of this
assignment they will have the opportunity to build it using recycled products or they can
chose create it virtually using a computer program.
Thirdly we will be completing a NXT Rescue Robotic Assignment which will basically be
designing, building and programming a robot that will be able to enter a building and put
out a fire.
To do this assignment our students will be use a Lego Mind Storms for schools. Our
students work with concepts such as prototyping, budgeting and inventory to produce
complete solutions, while robotics skills focus progressively more sharply on purposedesigned programming. All of which will be uploaded onto the Blog website which was
their first assignment.
II. The AIS standards that will be addressed in the course.
Standard 1
Identifies the problem to be solved.
Standard 2
Develops the Design Brief.
Standard 3
Formulates a Design Specification.
Standard
3 possible Designs of the product.
4&5
Standard 6
Uses appropriate techniques and equipment.
Standard 7
Follows the plan.
Standard 8
Creates the product or solution.
Standard 9
Evaluates the product or solution.
Standard 10 Evaluates use of the Design Cycle.
Grade
Summative
Formative
Criterion A
Maximum 8
Multiple times
Multiple times
Criterion B
Developing Ideas
Maximum 8
Multiple times
Multiple times
Criterion C
Maximum 8
Multiple times
Multiple times
Criterion D
Evaluating
Maximum 8
Multiple times
Multiple times
Boundary
0
15
69
10 14
15 18
19 23
24 27
28 - 32
Final
Grade
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
After a summative has been completed, all teachers who have given the summative meet
to moderate, or determine the levels of student achievement based on the rubric provided
for the criteria assessed.
VI. The Units and Timeline
Design Cycle Unit The Blog
Website
Area of Interaction:
Globalization and Sustainability
IB Learner Profile:
Thinkers, Communicators, Reflective
Students will have the chance to create
a Blog Website, where they will need to
show evidence of inquiry & analyst,
developing Ideas, creating a solution
and evaluating their site using the
Design Cycle.
Contact Information:
Mr. Mark Davie
Phone Extension/Room: 401/249
email: mark.davie@ais-kuwait.org