MYP M20 Design

Subject group and discipline: Design (design, digital design, product design) Unit duration: about 20 hours
Unit title: “You are never too small to make a difference”*

Global context: Globalization and sustainability

Key concept: Communities
Related concept: Markets and trends
Statement of inquiry: Changing consumer behaviour at local community level is key to creating a global sustainable world.
Inquiry questions such as these should be developed by teachers and students:
Factual: What are the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)/Global Goals?
What resources are wasted by my community?
What is the impact of our communities’ waste?
Conceptual: How can an individual’s waste production impact others?
What is my role in achieving SDGs?
Debatable: Is it my responsibility to save the world?

Summative assessment
The student produces an ePortfolio that follows the design cycle to develop a solution (or range of solutions), which targets local/community waste.

Students must select one of the following audiences/clients:

 their school community
 their family
 community organizations: food banks/soup kitchens, community plots/gardens, or community shelters/centres.

Suggested solutions may be, but are not limited to, the following ideas:
 Recipes made from left overs
 App for waste donation
 Multi-media campaign around recycling for local use
 Textile product made from waste
 Prototype smart composting containers
 Electronics made from reclaimed parts
 Products to raise awareness of the destination of our waste
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 Digital gamification solution to encourage reduction of food and water waste

 Edible cutlery/crockery

Please note:
 the working title for this unit is a quote from Greta Thunberg’s speech to the United Nations COP24 Climate Change Conference, 4 December
2018 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFkQSGyeCWg)
 waste donation could include, but is not limited to: unwanted furniture, clothes, broken toys, broken electrical goods.

Objectives: All strands of all objectives (A, B, C and D)

Summative assessment tasks, including assessment criteria: Evidence of summative assessment task strands for eAssessment:
Criterion A Within Criterion A the student selects a target audience/client from the
options above and will analyse and inquire into:
I. Explain and justify the need for a solution to a problem for a
specified client/target audience.  the need for a solution that targets local/community waste
II. Identify and prioritize primary and secondary research needed to  primary and secondary research
develop a solution to the problem.  existing solutions
III. Analyse a range of existing products that inspire a solution to the  a design brief which reflects the analysis of their research with
problem. reference to the global context and statement of inquiry.
IV. Develop a detailed design brief, which summarizes the analysis of
relevant research.

Criterion B Within Criterion B the student provides evidence of:

I. Develop design specifications, which clearly states the success
criteria for the design of a solution.
II. Develop a range of feasible design ideas, which can be correctly
interpreted by others.
III. Present the chosen design and justify its selection.
IV. Develop accurate and detailed planning drawings/diagrams and
outline the requirements for the creation of the chosen solution.
 a detailed design specification
 a range of ideas or designs that consider the specifications
(examples of planning these solutions may include annotated
sketches/storyboards, accurate drawings/diagrams, aesthetic
considerations)
 the design chosen for development, along with justifications for its
selection
 accurate and detailed drawings, diagrams and requirements.
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Criterion C Within Criterion C the student produces evidence of:

I. Construct a logical plan, which describes the efficient use of time  time limitations, resources and details of the necessary skills required
and resources, sufficient for peers to be able to follow to create to create the solution
the solution.  appropriate technical skills*
II. Demonstrate excellent technical skills when making the solution.  development process and presentation of the final product*
III. Follow the plan to create the solution, which functions as  justification of changes made.
intended.
IV. Fully justify changes made to the chosen design and plan when *Please note URLs must not be submitted. Evidence of technical skills and of
making the solution. the development of the solution will be one or more of the following:
 audio
 photographic (including screenshots)
 video (including screencasts)
 written

Criterion D Within Criterion D the student will:

I. Design detailed and relevant testing methods, which generate  design authentic tests for the solution
data, to measure the success of the solution.  use the design specification to critically evaluate the success of the
II. Critically evaluate the success of the solution against the design solution
specification.  explain how they could improve the product
III. Explain how the solution could be improved.  explain the impact the product has made on the selected
IV. Explain the impact of the solution on the client/target audience. client/target audience.

Resources

The following resources based on the global context are suggestions or starting points which may be used during the teaching of the unit. The list is
optional and for information. It is neither prescribed nor exhaustive. Schools should always satisfy themselves that the content of any suggested
resource is suitable for their own context.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals / UN Global Goals

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/
https://www.globalgoals.org/
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7 fashion brands that are designing our waste

https://www.fashionrevolution.org/usa-blog/7-fashion-brands-that-are-designing-out-waste/

Air Ink
http://www.graviky.com/air-inktrade.html

Algae Mobile (tailpipe attachment for filtering and transforming fumes)

https://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/these-14-teenage-inventors-made-a-glove-that-translates-sign-language

Are spotty fruits and vegetables safe to eat? (Elizabeth Brauer)

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/are-spotty-fruits-and-vegetables-safe-to-eat-elizabeth-brauer

Bike Washing Machine: wash your clothes while riding the stationary bike
http://www.tuvie.com/bike-washing-machine-wash-your-clothes-while-riding-the-stationary-bike/

Carrot-top pesto and beetroot-leaf dip: how to waste less in the kitchen this year
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/recipes/less-wasteful-cook-2018/

CIRCULARIS: a holistic and sustainable product-service-system that makes recycling of kitchen waste most comfortable for the user, most economic for
the waste management company.
https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/en-US/2018/project/circularis-reuse-reduce-recycle-rethink/

A collection of sustainable designs

https://www.dezeen.com/tag/sustainable-design/

Comp-A-Tent: a compostable tent designed for a weekend that biodegrades in 120 days, eliminating the 750 000 petrol-based tents that end up in
landfill
https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/en-US/2017/project/comp-a-tent/

Do you even compost bro?

http://www.yankodesign.com/2017/11/08/do-you-even-compost-bro/
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Dutch designers convert algae into bioplastic for 3D printing

https://www.dezeen.com/2017/12/04/dutch-designers-eric-klarenbeek-maartje-dros-convert-algae-biopolymer-3d-printing-good-design-bad-world/

This Dutch start-up is making bricks from industrial waste

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-dutch-startup-making-bricks-from-industrial-waste-180959893/#hw4VA86tdzRcejPy.99

Eco Monsters
https://www.yankodesign.com/2015/02/04/when-monsters-mean-good/

Electronic waste created by outdated cell phones

https://listenwise.com/teach/events/998-electronic-waste-created-by-outdated-cell-phones

The first shoe made from chewing gum

https://gumshoe.amsterdam/

The water we eat is a well-designed website regarding food and water waste
http://thewaterweeat.com/

Flo: a toolkit that supports girls living in poverty to wash, dry and carry reusable sanitary pads
https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/en-US/2015/project/flo-3/

IB Blog on ending world hunger

https://blogs.ibo.org/blog/2017/07/03/ending-world-hunger-one-meal-at-a-time/

Gone: a biodegradable energy gel package for sustained athletic activity and an environmentally sustainable world
https://www.designboom.com/design/lizzie-wright-gone-bioplastic-10-28-2018/

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

Greenpeace: Who is behind the world's plastic crisis?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ykcdt9UFRA
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Indonesia unveils first zero-waste restaurant built with sustainably sourced materials
https://inhabitat.com/indonesia-unveils-first-zero-waste-restaurant-built-with-sustainably-sourced-materials/

Kaffeeform: coffee cup made of coffee grounds

https://www.designboom.com/design/kaffeeform-reusable-coffee-cups-made-old-recyclable-coffee-grounds-07-20-2018/

KNOCK-TROC: a platform that allows anyone to exchange goods and services quickly and conveniently
https://www.red-dot.org/project/knock-troc-27049

Loliware: the first and only biodegr(edible) cups

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ1UDIklPS0

Love food hate waste

https://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/recipes

Our plastic footprint: reuse to take the pressure off recycling

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/28/our-plastic-footprint-reuse-to-take-the-pressure-off-recycling

Panama's plastic bottle village will be constructed from recycled PET bottles
https://www.dogonews.com/2016/5/28/panamas-plastic-bottle-village-will-be-constructed-from-recycled-pet-bottles

Petition launched to recognise Great Pacific Garbage Patch as a country

https://www.dezeen.com/2017/09/13/trash-isles-great-pacific-garbage-patch-dalandmike-ladbible-the-plastic-oceans-foundation/

A plan to recycle the unrecyclable (Ashton Cofer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR9956gDpUY

Potato plastic: a biodegradable material for one-time use-products

https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/en-US/2018/project/potato-plastic/

Precious Plastics: open source machines, tools and infrastructures to fight plastic pollution from the bottom up – for free
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https://preciousplastic.com/

Rareform: repurpose vinyl billboards into one-of-a-kind bags

https://www.rareform.com/pages/how-it-works

Reprintable Paper Becomes a Reality

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/reprintable-paper-becomes-reality-180962339/

ReThink and ReUse Center

https://www.pbs.org/video/kidvision-vpk-rethink-and-reuse-center/

ReUse Network
https://reuse-network.org.uk/

Sustainable cities leading the way

https://www.fastcompany.com/3016816/the-10-cities-that-are-leading-the-way-in-urban-sustainability
https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/five-sustainable-cities-making-difference-planet

Waste is so last season: recycling clothes in the fashion industry

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sustainable-fashion-blog/2015/feb/26/waste-recycling-textiles-fashion-industry

We need a reuse revolution

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/why-we-need-a-reuse-revolution_uk_5a830a69e4b0fbccdaa32387

What really happens to the plastic you throw away (Emma Bryce)
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-really-happens-to-the-plastic-you-throw-away-emma-bryce#digdeeper

Whiz kid from Sierra Leone built own battery, radio transmitter
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/whiz-kid-sierra-leone-built-own-battery-radio-transmitter-f1C7179394

WWF: you have the power to protect our incredible planet

https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/promise-planet
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Your Christmas tree may be turned into mouthwash one day

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-day-your-christmas-tree-may-be-turned-mouthwash-180971133/#ApclDvqwCU9mPgB3.99

Zero Zero: a multi-functional Taiwanese online platform

https://www.red-dot.org/project/zero-zero-25440