Grades 6, 7 and 8
MIS MYP Technology aims to provide the means and the context to help students become skillful problem solvers, who can appreciate the role of technology in everyday life and society and who can respond critically and resourcefully to real‑life challenges.
The MIS MYP technology course aims to:
- challenge all students to apply practical and creative‑thinking skills to solve problems in technology
- encourage students to explore the role of technology in both historical and contemporary contexts
- raise students’ awareness of their responsibilities as world citizens when making decisions and taking action on technology issues.
Students are introduced to and use the Design Process to solve set problems. The Design Cycle, shown below, is central to the MIS MYP Technology course and is used as a course framework, to allow the students to realize a solution from a given design brief.
The course is designed to allow the students to experience problem solving in Graphics, Food, Resilient Materials and Information Technology. To accommodate this each class rotates to provide students with a holistic view of the subject.