What is the Design Cycle?
What is the IB Design Cycle?
Answer: A process used to solve problems and create solutions.
What is the first stage of the design cycle?
Answer: Inquiring and Analyzing.
What does “prototype” mean?
Answer: A model or example of your solution.
Give an example of a problem you could solve with the design cycle.
Answer: Creating something.
True or False: The design cycle has five stages.
Answer: True.
Why is the design cycle important?
Answer:
It helps us create better solutions to problems.
Which stage involves brainstorming ideas?
Answer: Developing Ideas.
Define “brainstorming.”
Answer: Generating a list of ideas without judging them.
How can the design cycle improve your classroom?
Answer: By developing new ways to organize or enhance learning.
Which stage comes after “developing ideas”?
Answer: Creating the solution.
What is one part of the design cycle
Answer:
Inquiring and Analyzing
Developing Ideas
Creating the Solution
Evaluating
What do you do during the “create” stage?
Answer: Build or implement your solution.
What is “feedback”?
Suggestions or opinions from others about your work.
Name a project that could use the design cycle in your community.
Organizing a school spirit day or new playground
Name a famous inventor who used a design process.
Answer: Thomas Edison or Nikola Tesla
How does the design cycle help us?
Answer: It guides us through a structured process for creating effective solutions.
Name the last stage of the design cycle.
Answer: Evaluating.
What does “research” involve?
Answer: Collecting information to understand a problem better.
What is a common product that was created using the design cycle?
Answer: A new type of app or a toy.
In which fields is the design cycle commonly used?
Answer: Engineering, art, and technology.
Describe a project where you might use the design cycle.
Answer: Designing a school garden or creating a new game.
What happens during the evaluating stage?
Answer: Reflecting on how well the solution worked and what could be improved.
Explain what “repetition” means.
Repeating a process to make improvements.
Describe a situation where the design cycle could help in a science project.
Answer: Designing an experiment to test different materials for insulation.
What percentage of projects involve a design process?
Approximately 70% of projects