MYP Design Year 1 · Unit 6 · Lesson 57
Innovation Challenge
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Adapt · Combine · Improve

Use evidence to generate several directions quickly, then choose one that is useful, feasible, and testable.

Student Materials
Rapid Criterion B
C
CRITERIAWhat must the solution achieve?
3
IDEASExplore multiple feasible directions.
✓
CHOOSEPresent one direction to prototype next lesson.
Use ← → / Space to navigate.Lesson 57 · Rapid B
Mini-Lesson
Three idea moves
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ADAPT

Transfer a useful principle from an existing product into this new context.

COMBINE

Bring together two useful principles or components that solve different parts of the problem.

IMPROVE

Keep the core approach but change a weak step, feature, interaction, or system component.

These moves generate structural differences, not color variations.Idea strategy
Success Criteria
Keep the list light but testable
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Function

What core job must work?

User

What should become easier/clearer?

Fit/system

What must connect, fit, sort, move, or interact?

Prototype

What can realistically be built and tested tomorrow?

Develop 4–5 criteria.B.i application
Workshop
ACI Design Studio
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Design Studio

Criteria → three ideas → chosen direction.

08 MIN

Criteria

Write 4–5 testable success criteria.

18 MIN

Ideas

Create Adapt, Combine, and Improve directions with annotations.

08 MIN

Choose

Select and present the direction that best balances evidence and feasibility.

Fast but thoughtful.Main studio
Choose with Evidence
Not just favorite
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ResearchDoes it answer the main findings?
→
CriteriaCan it meet the key expectations?
→
FeasibilityCan it be prototyped and tested in one lesson?
B.iii applicationRapid selection
Prepare L58
Prototype, not polished final
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Your chosen idea needs enough clarity to make a planning drawing and a testable prototype next lesson. It does not need final-product polish.
Keep the scope intentionally small.Rapid cycle
Exit Reflection
One direction moves forward
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Finish one sentence.

“My chosen direction uses adaptation / combination / improvement by _______.”

Next lesson

Students create a rapid planning drawing, outline a short creation plan, and build a testable prototype.

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