MYP Design Year 1 · Unit 5 · Lesson 46
Product Development
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Generate Feasible Design Ideas

Now the research becomes visible: create several different ideas that another person can understand.

Student Materials
Criterion B.ii
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SEVERALExplore more than one genuine direction.
F
FEASIBLEIdeas must be possible with the approved materials, tools, and time.
C
CLEARSketches and annotations must be interpretable by others.
Use ← → / Space to navigate.Lesson 46 · B.ii formal
Learning Focus
Present feasible ideas
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Today’s formal task: present feasible design ideas that can be interpreted by others.

PRESENTCommunicate each idea clearly enough that another person can understand how it would work.
B.ii summativeResearch-informed ideation
Mini-Lesson
Start wide, then develop three
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Different organization

Stacked · separated · angled · hanging · modular.

Different support

Base · cradle · frame · slot · folded structure.

Different interaction

Lift · slide · insert · carry · rotate · access from front/top.

GO WIDE FIRST

Generate quick thumbnails before spending time on three developed ideas.

Do not make three color versions of one idea.Idea diversity
Research Must Be Visible
Show why the features exist
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FindingUser needs fast access to three most-used tools.
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FeatureFront row holds the three frequently used tools separately.
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AnnotationExplain the connection on the sketch.
Annotations carry design reasoning.Evidence → feature
Feasibility Filter
Creative + buildable
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Materials

Available and teacher-approved?

Tools

Uses skills taught safely?

Time

Can the product be built in three making lessons?

Test

Can the finished product be authentically tested?

Feasible does not mean simple-looking.B.ii
Workshop
Three-Idea Studio
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Design Studio

Six thumbnails → three developed ideas.

ROUND 01

Thumbnails

Generate six quick structural directions.

ROUND 02

Develop three

Redraw three feasible ideas at a larger scale.

ROUND 03

Annotate

Show function, user interaction, materials, and research links.

Main studioFormal B.ii evidence
Interpretability Check
No verbal rescue
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Partner looks at the page silently.

I understand

what the product is supposed to do.

I can see

the important features and parts.

I can connect

at least one feature to research or success criteria.

Revise unclear drawings/annotations.B.ii quality check
Exit Reflection
Keep three viable directions
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Finish one sentence.

“The idea that responds most strongly to my research is _______ because _______.”

Next lesson

Students compare the three ideas against success criteria, receive peer critique, and present the chosen design.

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