L19
Design Sketching Fundamentals
Main workshop: Sketching Studio
Student material: Design Sketching Practice
Assessment role: B skill foundation
MYP Design Year 1 · Grade 6 · Unit 3
Design Skills Studio: Ideas to Prototype
A practical design studio that builds visual communication, success criteria, material/joining skills, planning, and physical creation through the Protect the Payload challenge.
9lessons
B + Cformally assessed
0required computer lessons
1standardized physical prototype challenge
Protect the Payload
Students design lightweight protective packaging for one teacher-selected safe, fragile classroom payload using a limited paper/card/tape material kit. The package must fit within a 15 × 15 × 15 cm space, allow safe insertion/removal of the payload, and undergo the same teacher-standardized controlled drop test.
B.iL23 · develop a list of success criteria
B.ii–ivL22/L25 · feasible ideas, chosen design, planning drawing
C.iL25 · outline a plan considering resources and time
C.ii–ivL26–27 · technical skills, functioning solution, list changes
How Assessment Works
Individual workshops collect evidence for specific MYP strands. Criterion achievement uses the complete set of evidence across all strands of that criterion, rather than a single strand by itself.
MYP Unit Focus
Key concept: Communication · Related concepts: Form, Function
Global context: Personal and cultural expression · Exploration: artistry, craft, creation and beauty
Statement of inquiry: Designers communicate how form and function work together through sketches, models, and crafted solutions.
ATL focus: communication through sketches and annotation; thinking through generating alternatives; self-management through planning before making.
Lessons
L20
Annotation
Main workshop: Annotation Studio
Student material: Annotation Practice
Assessment role: B skill foundation
L21
Form & Function
Main workshop: Compare & Defend
Student material: Form vs Function
Assessment role: B reasoning practice
L22
Generate Multiple Ideas
Main workshop: Rapid Thumbnail Ideation
Student material: Protect the Payload Ideation
Assessment role: B.ii summative evidence
L23
Success Criteria
Main workshop: Success Criteria Builder
Student material: B.i Success Criteria
Assessment role: B.i summative evidence
L24
Materials, Joining & Safety
Main workshop: Materials & Joining Stations
Student material: Technique + Safety Guide
Assessment role: C.ii preparation
L25
Chosen Design & Creation Plan
Main workshop: Select → Draw → Plan
Student material: B.iii/B.iv/C.i Planning Packet
Assessment role: B.iii/B.iv/C.i summative evidence
L26
Protect the Payload · Build
Main workshop: Build Workshop
Student material: Making Log + Change Record
Assessment role: C.ii–C.iv summative evidence
L27
Finish, Test & Record
Main workshop: Standard Payload Test
Student material: Final Test + C Evidence
Assessment role: C.iii/C.iv completion
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