January 17, 18, 19

Year 9 - Now, let's move onto the next step of the Investigation: 2.  Develop a Design Brief

Note:  Design Brief - The student's response to the challenge, showing how they intend to solve the problem they have been presented with.  This will guide their investigation as they work to develop a more detailed design specification.

To get a 5-6 the student: critically investigates the problem, selecting information from a range of appropriate, acknowledged sources.

So, what does that mean?  That means that you will:

• create and answer questions that will help you solve your problem (what is a carbon footprint, how to calculate your carbon footprint, what is excel, how can it be used to solve problems, look at poster layout, color and design)
• evaluate the information you gather (explain how you can use this information)
• select information from several appropriate, acknowledged sources

Learning objective - The student will: ask relevant questions at the different stages of the investigation; identify appropriate sources of information and acknowledge these using a recognized convention; collect and select information, organize it logically and, with guidance, begin to analyse it; consider, with guidance, the value of sources of information.