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Design Cycle Worksheet

Directions: Use this worksheet for all your projects. Save to your folder so you can use this worksheet as your work on your project. Simply answer the questions in complete sentences and place your response in the box to the right of the question.

Investigate What do you have to create for this project? Response:

What materials will you need to complete this Response: project? List all materials.

Where will you find the information needed for Response: your project?

List all websites that you plan on using? Write the 1. http:// web address starting with http://. Name the author Author: of the website and when the website was created? Date Created: Find a minimum of three websites. 2. http:// Author: Date Created:

3. http:// Author: Date Created:

4. http:// Author: Date Created:

5. http:// Author: Date Created:

Plan #1 What is your first step? Step 1:

What are the other steps you need to complete this Step 2: project? You may add more steps if needed. If not, you don’t have to use all eight steps. Step 3: Step 4:

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Plan #2 In case Plan #1 doesn’t work for you, what other Step 1: steps can you develop to complete this project? Step 2:

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Create Day 1: What did you work on today? What Response: problem(s) did you face? How did you solve the problem(s)? What needs to be completed for next time?

Day 2: What did you work on today? What Response: problem(s) did you face? How did you solve the problem(s)? What needs to be completed for next time?

Day 3: What did you work on today? What Response: problem(s) did you face? How did you solve the problem(s)? What needs to be completed for next time?

Day 4: What did you work on today? What Response: problem(s) did you face? How did you solve the problem(s)? What needs to be completed for next time?

Day 5: What did you work on today? What Response: problem(s) did you face? How did you solve the problem(s)? What needs to be completed for next time?

Day 6: What did you work on today? What Response: problem(s) did you face? How did you solve the problem(s)? What needs to be completed for next time?

Day 7: What did you work on today? What Response: problem(s) did you face? How did you solve the problem(s)? What needs to be completed for next time?

Day 8: What did you work on today? What Response: problem(s) did you face? How did you solve the problem(s)? What needs to be completed for next time?

Day 9: What did you work on today? What Response: problem(s) did you face? How did you solve the problem(s)? What needs to be completed for next time?

Day 10: What did you work on today? What Response: problem(s) did you face? How did you solve the problem(s)? What needs to be completed for next time? Evaluate How could you make your creation even better? Response: What other steps would you need to include?

Using the design cycle rubric on the next page how “Investigate” Grade: would you grade yourself at each level? Why? Explanation:

“Plan” Grade:

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“Create” Grade:

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“Evaluate” Grade:

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“Attitude in Technology” Grade:

Explanation: Criteria 0-1 2-3 4-5 6-7 Investigate The student does not reach a The student states the The student describes the The student explains the standard described by any of problem. The student problem, mentioning its problem, discussing its the descriptors given below. investigates the problem, relevance. The student relevance. The student collecting information from investigates the problem, critically investigates the sources. The student lists selecting and analyzing problem, evaluating some specifications. information from some information from a broad acknowledged sources. The range of appropriate, student describes a test to acknowledged sources. The evaluate the product/solution student describes detailed against the design methods for appropriate specification. testing to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification.

Design The student does not reach a The student generates one The student generate a few The student generates a standard described by any of design, and makes some designs, justifying the range of feasible designs, the descriptors given. attempt to justify this against choice of one design and each evaluated against the the design specification. fully evaluating this against design specification. The the design specification student justifies the chosen design and evaluates it fully and critically against the design specification. The student does not reach a The student produces a plan The student produces a plan The student produces a plan standard described by any of that contains some details of that contains a number of that contains a number of Plan the descriptors given. the steps and/or the logical steps that include detailed, logical steps that resources required. resources and time. The describe the use of resources student makes some attempt and time. The student to evaluate the plan. critically evaluates the plan and justifies any modifications to the design. Create The student does not reach a The student considers at The student uses appropriate The student completely uses standard described by any of least part of a techniques and equipment appropriate techniques and the descriptors given. product/solution. The student follows the plan equipment. The student and mentions any follows the plan and justifies modifications made, any modifications made, resulting in a resulting in a product/solution of good product/solution of quality. appropriate quality using the resources available. Evaluate The student does not reach a The student evaluates the The student evaluates the The student evaluates the standard described by any of product/solution or his or product/solution and his or success of the the descriptors given her own performance. The her own performance and product/solution in an student makes some attempt suggests ways in which objective manner based on to test the product/solution. these could be the results of testing, and the improved. The student tests views of the intended the product/solution to users. The student provides evaluate it against the design an evaluation of his or her specification. own performance at each stage of the design cycle and suggests improvements. The student provides an appropriate evaluation of the impact of the product/solution on life, society and /or the environment.