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Covid-19: DESIGN CHALLENGE

16/3/2020

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I've seen a lot of MYP Design teachers stressing out online and wondering how their students will work at home. For our Grade 8s we are postponing our animation unit, and instead doing a unit all about the current Coronavirus. In this unit students have to identify a problem with being locked in - this could be anything from not getting enough exercise, to running out of fresh food. Students will have to use the resources available to them to make their solution.

This is a very real design situation and problem, and I am excited to see what they come up with.

Some additional things: Students will be encouraged to use their family as their target audience, but could also text/email/call of other people locked in (their friends). At the end they will be encouraged to take action by sharing their ideas/plans online.
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Some things to note:
  • We are doing this with Grade 8s. There is already some anxiety about the current situation, so I've put in light-hearted suggested for problems, including: 
    • Finding it difficult to do physical activity in a small apartment
    • Getting easily annoyed with the family I am stuck indoors with this
    • Struggling to find a quiet place to do online learning.
  • With older students, or students who have already been on lockdown, you could get them to think about bigger problems, or problems which might happen if this situation escalates.
  • The presentation is quite bland - mostly just text. My students are familiar with the design cycle, so this just guides them through each step.
  • This activity will go through every strand in the MYP Design Cycle.
  • We will be doing a lot of face to face online learning, so my students will be chatting with me on Microsoft Teams, and will use this to share their ideas with peers. They will also use Jamboard and Padlet, and we will do little fun, warm-up activities too.
  • I created a worksheet for my lovely Grade 8s, but don't worry I made some available for you too, regardless of if you are teaching this to 11 year olds or 16 year olds
    • Worksheet for MYP 1 / Grade 6
    • Worksheet for MYP 2-3 / Grade 7-8
    • Worksheet for MYP 4-5 / Grade 9-10
Here's a link to the presentation too.
How wonderful would it be if our young designers used this global problem to really innovate and come up with solutions? I would love for other schools to also run this project - then we can maybe one place where we can share examples of student ideas? Let me know if this is something you might use!
26 Comments
Sujata Patnaik
16/3/2020 03:54:07 pm

This is a wonderful way to connect the kids with the crisis which has become pandemic. I must appreciate for sharing the details which is presented in a very detailed manner.
Thank you for being open minded and sharing.

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Yogeeta link
16/3/2020 04:16:48 pm

V innovative, meaningful , positive learning activity. Thanks for sharing valuable lesson.

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Julie Tam link
16/3/2020 05:23:00 pm

This is a great idea!!! Thank you so much for sharing this great idea and the related doc/slides for this unit.

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Kaivalya Menon
16/3/2020 05:27:02 pm

I would love my students use it. I am going to give a try.

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Lenny Dutton
10/4/2020 08:07:40 pm

Awesome! Let me know what they come up with!

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Juanita Samudre
24/4/2020 01:30:53 pm

Thank you very much.You have displayed the IB profile of Open-mindedness to be able to share your ideas and resource.
Thank you.

Enes Yildiz
16/3/2020 05:50:18 pm

I love the unit! Appreciate it! Can I use this as a helpful source for my middle schoolers ?
Thank you again for staying proactive in this hard time.

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Lenny Dutton
10/4/2020 08:07:18 pm

Sorry for the slow reply - you can use anything on my blog :D

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lisa shrider
17/3/2020 07:21:11 pm

Absolutely love this unit... shared it with my design teachers. As usual, you come up with creative stuff!
Thanks for sharing :-)

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Rose Powell
18/3/2020 06:18:39 am

This is brilliant. Thank you

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Ezgi Booth
18/3/2020 03:20:36 pm

Great resource, thank you for sharing!

Just posted the following article through Gogle Class for my students, asked them to identify the steps of the design process, the problem, criteria and constraints etc. Finally, had them think about what they would design with a 3-D printer to address a current need in our community. "https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/covid-19-3d-printed-valve-for-reanimation-device/"

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Jaya Bhavnani link
20/3/2020 12:02:01 am

Great unit Lenny! Can I share it with the MYP Team, especially Design. Thanks!

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Lenny Dutton
22/3/2020 08:42:58 am

Of course :) Everything on my blog is free to use/share

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Adam Pfeiffer
25/3/2020 06:08:49 am

Thank you Lenny! My MYP team are looking at creating an offsite IDU with inspiration from your fantastic Design Unit.

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Lenny Dutton
10/4/2020 08:06:39 pm

Awesome! Let me know what they come up with!
This could be a nice little Design/Math IDU? https://nrich.maths.org/8342

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Samuel Landete link
30/3/2020 03:56:32 am

Lenny, thanks for sharing this. Using it with my students in MYP 1 and 2 - already looking forward to what they will come up with!

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Lenny Dutton
10/4/2020 08:05:17 pm

Awesome! Please show me what they come up with :D

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Gouri
30/3/2020 02:02:03 pm

A truly well designed unit. Thanks for sharing, Lenny.

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Lenny Dutton
10/4/2020 08:04:56 pm

Thanks! If you use it, let me know what your students come up with!

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Alexandra Bochmann
31/3/2020 10:13:02 am

Thank you so much, this is fantastic!
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I would love to share ideas with other schools. I am also CAS and SA coordinator for both DP and MYP, and collaboration between students across schools is something we want to look into, so this could spur on other collaborative ideas.

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Lenny Dutton
10/4/2020 08:04:27 pm

You can share anything and everything on my blog :D

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Manjula M G
10/4/2020 07:57:57 pm

Lenny thank you so much for sharing these meticulously done resources with all of us.

Just last week , for grade 6 I had asked them to Imagine themselves as the dreaded virus , invade their wardrobes at home and dress up like one , to pics and send the same with a punch line. They just enjoyed the activity to the core.The outcome was indeed wonderful.

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Lenny Dutton
10/4/2020 08:04:01 pm

That is literally the coolest activity I have heard come out of this whole pandemic!!! I bet they looked so cool! This actually made me laugh out loud!!!

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Jesse
21/4/2020 03:53:48 pm

Thank you so so much for sharing this detailed and relevant unit! I am going to introduce a scaled down version with my MYP year 4/5 students.

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Michele
17/7/2020 10:12:26 pm

Thank you for sharing this Lenny! I just shared this with my design teacher who truly seems interested in doing something similar. Your resources are always so amazing!

My design teacher did ask if you had the unit/GRASPS task that you would be willing to share.

Thanks for all you do and share on your blog!

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Lisajanti
15/1/2021 03:33:14 pm

Lenny, I used your worksheet for my class and signed them up for covid 19 movie festival and won second place. Thank You.

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