2018 - Year 9 Assessment Book

IB MYP YEAR 9 – DIGITAL DESIGN

SEMESTER

STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

CONCEPTS

GLOBAL CONTEXT CONTENT

ASSESSMENT

The development of functional scientific and technical inventions and innovations reflect the desires of our society and

Scientific and Technical Innovation

Development

Introduction to Robotics

Project 1 Criteria A, B, C, D

Students will be introduced to the various ways that robots and automation are used in our society. Ethical concerns related to the use of robots, artificial intelligence and automation of work, will be explored.

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drives its changing markets and trends.

Students will learn the fundamentals of robots and develop robotic prototypes using Lego EV3 Mindstorms.

Humans have a positive impact on their environment through creative inventions that result in evaluated functional solutions to problems

Globalisation and Sustainability

Creativity

Web Development

Project 2 Criteria A, B, C, D

Students will creatively invent a website solution to raise awareness of an issue or problem in their community. We live in a digitally globalized world that has societal problems and inequities that may be improved through the development of a website solution.

TWO

Students will learn the fundamentals of web design and development, including experience in using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and bootstrap.

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