MYP 1 Term 3 Criteria A B and D Assessment Task BROOKES MYP1 YEAR 7 GROUP PROJECT OF THE INSTRUMENT THAT CAPTURES SUNLIGHT Unit What makes change happen? Global Context Globalization and sustainability. Global Concept people live now and in the future. Statement of inquiry Through controlling energy we can make change happen that have an impact on the way Key Concept Change Related Concept: Energy ATLS Information literacy skills: access information to be informed and inform others Media literacy skills: demonstrate awareness of media interpretations of events and ideas Critical-thinking skills: ● ● ● ● Formulate factual, topical, conceptual and debatable questions Gather and organize relevant information to formulate an argument Practice observing carefully in order to recognize problems Evaluate evidence and arguments Creative-thinking skills: Use brainstorming and visual diagrams to generate new ideas and inquiries Collaboration skills: ● ● Assessment criterion: Take responsibility for one’s own actions. Writing skill. Criteria A Criterion B Strands II,III AND 1V Criterion D Inquiry:How can we use the sun’s energy to cook? Goal: To develop an instrument that can capture the sun's energy and use it for cooking. Role: You are an environmentalist who wants to encourage people to rely on renewable energy and stop using fossil fuels mostly for cooking. Audience: The whole school community. Situation:You are an environmentalist ecocentric in nature. You realize that members in your community rely so much on fossil fuels like gas and coal as their sources of energy for cooking which produces pollutants like carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses dangerous to the environment. Now you have to sensitize them on how well they can use natural renewable resources like the thermal energy from the sun by developing some simple instruments that can capture and use it for cooking. You must develop a sample of that instrument in groups and use it to present to the whole class how it works, how much it costs, durability, efficiency and how eco-friendly this instrument should be. Product/performance: Functional instrument that can be used to capture sun’s energy to cook and the presentation informs of a report or sensitization message appealing to the public.You also need to explain how you have applied the ATLs during this process. Further guidance and instructions. 1. Begin by researching different types of instruments that capture sunlight, such as solar panels or solar ovens as page 85 MYP1 by concept textbook. 2. Brainstorm ideas for your own instrument. Think about what materials you will need and how you will construct it. 3. Create a design plan that includes a detailed sketch of your instrument and a list of materials needed. 4. Build your instrument using the design plan as a guide. 5. Test your instrument by placing it in direct sunlight and measuring how much sunlight it captures. 6. Evaluate your instrument based on the following criteria: - Efficiency: How much sunlight does your instrument capture compared to other instruments? - Durability: Will your instrument withstand different weather conditions? - Cost: How much did it cost to build your instrument compared to other instruments? - Aesthetics: Does your instrument look visually appealing? A Well written process of developing the instrument and how it is eco friendly, a video of the whole process in developing this instrument is required and must be attached in the presentation as evidence for this project. NB; This project is not strictly a lab report: It can be just a sensitization message however backed up by the instrument developed.
