This post is Part 2 of our complete Engineering Design Process Example for STEM classrooms. If you haven’t completed Part 1, start there! It covers defining the problem and developing ideas using the GRASPS model. C – Create a Prototype Let the fun begin! In this third step of the engineering design cycle, students create their aluminum watercraft prototype to …
MYP Design Cycle Template
An MYP Design Cycle Template helps students and teachers navigate the four criteria of the design cycle: Inquiring and Analyzing, Developing Ideas, Creating the Solution, and Evaluating. This straightforward resource simplifies the process for new teachers and students by providing essential tools for success in MYP Design projects. Unlike the official IB unit planner, which focuses on curriculum and teacher …
MYP Design Project Ideas from Science
Get started with MYP Design! If you have a science or STEAM background and are new to MYP Design, this post should help you understand how to develop MYP design project ideas from science. The information targets upper elementary and middle school teachers, but higher grade levels can benefit as well. Many teachers who teach MYP Design for the first …
Paper Helicopter Experiment
A paper helicopter experiment is a fantastic hands-on, and low-budget way for students to explore cause and effect relationships in experimental design. These models offer teachers easy STEM activities with paper and generate authentic data in the classroom. In fact, there are so many paper helicopter materials, lessons, and instructions online, it’s hard to know where to start! Simple quantifiable …
MYP Design Criterion D – Evaluating
Welcome to the last Criterion in the MYP Design Cycle, Criterion D – Evaluating. If you’ve been following my posts about the MYP Design criteria, I have been focusing on my teaching and learning experiences with Year 1 (grade 6) students in the IB’s MYP Design Program. What is Criterion D in MYP Design? After completing MYP Design Criterion C …
Engineering Design Process Example
The goal of this blog post is to provide educators with a step-by-step engineering design process (EDP) example with a STEM focus. STEM is an acronym for the academic areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. These lesson resources support both virtual and traditional brick-and-mortar learning. The target student group ranges from about fourth grade to seventh. This example lesson …
MYP Design Criterion C – Creating the Solution
The MYP Design Cycle’s Criterion C In MYP Design Criterion C – Creating the Solution, students make their design to solve the problem defined in Criterion A. Criterion C is usually the favorite part because students actually make their designs. Their ideas and creativity come to life. The research in Criterion A and the idea development in Criterion B have …
MYP Design Criterion B – Developing Ideas
Introduction to MYP Design Criterion B The focus of this post targets Year 1 (grade 6) designers. The MYP Design Criterion B information below can be applied to other grades as well. Year 1 students are those new to MYP Design. They start the school year as 11-year olds and finish as 12-year olds. If you’re here and didn’t come …
MYP Design Criterion A – Inquiring and Analyzing
MYP Design Criterion A – Introduction Before we take a look at MYP Design Criterion A (the first phase), a review of the most official perspective on MYP Design might be helpful. The Middle Years Programme Design Guide from the International Baccalaureate® (IB) Program is the resource for MYP Design teachers. For a slightly different perspective of MYP Design (with …
5 Short and Helpful Design Thinking Videos for Students
Getting started in MYP Design? Need a few short and helpful videos to support or direct your students’ human-centered, problem-solving thinking? You may be beginning a project-based STEAM lesson and need to prime your students into design thinking mode. Actually, there are more than five videos about design and the design process. Enjoy! Why Use Short Videos? Human learning theory …