Investigate Brief

Area of Interaction: Community and Service , Approaches to Learning & Human Ingenuity

Significant Concept: Design Cycle can be used to solve problems

Unit Question: How can my learning help my community? How do I make Sound Choices?

INVESTIGATE: (Write in complete sentences) Identify the Problem

1. What is the problem you need to solve? Explain to a 6^th grader what the design cycle is all about by creating a presentation. (3d, PPT, movie, game, poster)

2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? In the real world, it can help us solve situations as well as creating anything we need.

3. How will this project serve my community? This will help the 6^th graders understand the design cycle.

4. How can my learning help my community? My community will be benefitted because the knowledge I know, will be shared.

5. How do we live in relation to each other? Here at idea public schools, we have elementary, middle school, and high school on one campus.

6. How does this help others? We as high school students can be seen as examples or role models for the younger kids.

7. What are the requirements for this assignment? We are required to follow the steps of the design cycle.

8. What is the Design Cycle? The design cycle is the group of steps we use to create something.

REFLECT on your learning.

Day 2

9. Spend one day experimenting with DESIGN CYCLE your presentation. List five things your learned about the Design Cycle.