L53
Innovation, Invention & Adaptation
Main workshop: Sort + Adapt
Student material: Concept Sort + Adapt a Principle
Assessment role: Concept / B practice
MYP Design Year 1 · Grade 6 · Unit 6
Innovation Challenge
A fast, increasingly independent final challenge that applies the complete design cycle through adaptation, systems thinking, rapid research, prototyping, feedback, and iteration.
8lessons
A→Drapid application across the full cycle
0required programming
1optional computer / hybrid touchpoint
Improve One Small Part of School Life
Students identify one small school-life friction point, gather concise evidence, adapt/combine/improve existing principles, create a testable physical prototype or system representation, use feedback to make one required improvement, and showcase the iteration. Students work with greater independence while continuing to use the familiar Year 1 design-cycle structure.
SystemsL54 · input, process, output, feedback
Rapid A + BL55–57 · need, research, criteria, ideas, choice
Rapid CL58 · planning + testable prototype + changes
Rapid DL59–60 · test, improve, retest, user impact
MYP Unit Focus
Key concept: Systems · Related concepts: Innovation, Adaptation
Global context: Scientific and technical innovation · Exploration: adaptation, ingenuity and progress
Statement of inquiry: Understanding systems helps designers adapt existing ideas and develop innovative improvements for everyday problems.
ATL focus: systems thinking, independent self-management, feedback, and concise communication during a faster design cycle.
Lessons
L54
Designing Systems
Main workshop: System Mapping
Student material: Systems Design + Feedback
Assessment role: Systems concept
L55
Opportunity Sprint
Main workshop: School-Life Observation Sprint
Student material: Innovation Opportunity Finder
Assessment role: Rapid A.i
L56
Rapid Research
Main workshop: 20-Minute Research Sprint
Student material: Innovation Research Sheet
Assessment role: Rapid A.ii–iv
L57
Adapt · Combine · Improve
Main workshop: ACI Design Studio
Student material: Criteria + Three Ideas
Assessment role: Rapid B.i–iii
L58
Prototype Sprint
Main workshop: Rapid Plan + Build
Student material: Plan + Build Log
Assessment role: B.iv + C application
L59
Feedback Loop
Main workshop: Feedback Carousel + Retest
Student material: Test → Improve → Retest
Assessment role: D.i–iii application
L60
Showcase + Reflection
Main workshop: Gallery Walk
Student material: Showcase + Year 1 Portfolio Reflection
Assessment role: D.iv + year reflection
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