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MYP Design Year 1 · Unit 4 · Lesson 30

Material Properties Test

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Portfolio
Name: __________________________
Date: ___________________________

Use the same procedure for each material sample. Record what happens rather than what you expected to happen.

Material
Stiffness
Foldability
Joinability
Surface / other
Sample A
Sample B
Sample C
Sample D
ONE SURPRISING RESULT
MYP Design Year 1 · Unit 4 · Lesson 30

Material Selection

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Portfolio
Name: __________________________
Date: ___________________________
FUNCTION: RIGID BASE

Material choice: __________________

Evidence
FUNCTION: FLEXIBLE / SOFT CONTACT

Material choice: __________________

Evidence
FUNCTION: FOLDED STRUCTURE

Material choice: __________________

Evidence
FUNCTION: STRONG JOINT AREA

Material choice: __________________

Evidence
WHAT DOES “BEST MATERIAL” DEPEND ON?
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