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Grades 6–10

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Grade 6 · Personal identity poster

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Current summative assessment

Personal identity poster assessment

Bring your research and design decisions together for an A4 personal identity poster. Build on the work you have already completed.

Due Monday, October 19, 2026 at 20:00 China time

Use your research and design worksheets to support the current summative assessment.

Open summative assessment →Open handout (Word)
This project

From your current work to the assessment

The summative is your current task. Use your existing research and design worksheets as supporting evidence.

  1. 1
    Criterion A · 8 points

    Research your poster audience

    Supporting evidence: reuse this completed worksheet; add only missing evidence or brief updates.

    Open →
  2. 2
    Criterion B · 8 points

    Plan your poster layout

    Supporting evidence: reuse this completed worksheet; add only missing evidence or brief updates.

    Open →
  3. 3
    A / 8 + B / 8

    Personal identity poster assessment

    8–19 October · Three class meetings · Final submission 19 October at 20:00 China time.

    Open →
Full project plan, dates & assessment →

Lessons so far

  1. Personal identity poster

    What should my poster say about me?

    Choose what you want your poster to communicate, investigate examples, and write the requirements that will guide your design.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  2. Personal identity poster

    Layout Lab: three poster sketches

    Explore three different arrangements, then explain which layout communicates your identity most clearly.

    Open lesson →
  3. Personal identity poster

    Personal identity poster: Draft 1

    Turn your layout ideas into a first digital poster, then test how clearly it communicates your identity.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  4. Personal identity poster

    Build a clear digital poster

    Choose a thumbnail, build a clear visual hierarchy and save an editable poster draft.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
Earlier guides & later units

Earlier guides and resources for later units. Use the current project plan for the assessed tasks.

Grade 7 · Personal brand system

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Current summative assessment

Personal brand system assessment

Keep your existing logo and chosen business card. Make one coordinated A4 letterhead that uses the same brand style and leaves room for a real letter.

Due Monday, October 19, 2026 at 20:00 China time.

Reuse the two existing worksheets as supporting evidence for the final product.

Open summative assessment →Open handout (Word)
This project

From your current work to the assessment

The summative is your current task. Reuse these two worksheets as supporting evidence for the final product.

  1. 1
    Criterion A · 8 points

    Research your brand audience

    Supporting evidence: reuse this completed worksheet; add only missing evidence or brief updates.

    Open →
  2. 2
    Criterion B · 8 points

    Plan your business card

    Supporting evidence: reuse this completed worksheet; add only missing evidence or brief updates.

    Open →
  3. 3
    A / 8 + B / 8

    Personal brand system assessment

    8–19 October · Three class meetings · Final submission 19 October at 20:00 China time.

    Open →
Full project plan, dates & assessment →

Lessons so far

  1. Personal brand system

    Brand systems

    Investigate how repeated choices in colour, type and imagery create a recognizable brand.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  2. Personal brand system

    From mood board to logo ideas

    Turn your identity words into a brief and three different logo concepts.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  3. Personal brand system

    Digital logo build: make, simplify, change

    Build your chosen logo digitally, develop two meaningful variations, and test which works best.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  4. Personal brand system

    Final logo refinement and mini brand guide

    Refine your strongest logo and record the colours, type and variations that make your brand consistent.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
Earlier guides & later units

Earlier guides and resources for later units. Use the current project plan for the assessed tasks.

Grade 8 · Personal website

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Current summative assessment

Personal website assessment

Improve your existing personal website using the home-page design chosen in Worksheet 2. Make it useful for the audience you researched. Keep the content and files that already work; one HTML page with linked sections is enough.

Due Monday, October 19, 2026 at 20:00 China time.

Reuse the two existing worksheets as supporting evidence for the final product.

Open summative assessment →Open handout (Word)
This project

From your current work to the assessment

The summative is your current task. Reuse these two worksheets as supporting evidence for the final product.

  1. 1
    Criterion A · 8 points

    Research your website audience

    Supporting evidence: reuse this completed worksheet; add only missing evidence or brief updates.

    Open →
  2. 2
    Criterion B · 8 points

    Plan your home page

    Supporting evidence: reuse this completed worksheet; add only missing evidence or brief updates.

    Open →
  3. 3
    A / 8 + B / 8

    Personal website assessment

    8–19 October · Four class meetings · Final submission 19 October at 20:00 China time.

    Open →
Full project plan, dates & assessment →

Lessons so far

  1. Personal website

    My personal website project brief

    Decide why your website exists and what visitors should be able to understand or do. Use those decisions to direct AI.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  2. Personal website

    Build from your brief

    Direct AI to develop your existing website, then test and revise its output against your brief.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  3. Personal website

    Website V2: clean it up

    Make your website consistent, remove unnecessary elements and use a five-second test to guide a revision.

    Open lesson →Handout Word

Grade 9 · Portfolio design

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Current summative assessment

Portfolio design assessment

Build one improved Project Detail page using the design you chose in Worksheet 2. Keep your existing portfolio and navigation. Show one real project clearly; you do not need a new whole website.

Due Monday 19 October 2026 at 20:00 China time

Reuse the two existing worksheets as supporting evidence for the final webpage.

Open summative assessment →Open handout (Word)
This project

From your current work to the assessment

Your current task is the Portfolio design assessment. Reuse these two worksheets as supporting evidence for your final webpage.

  1. 1
    Criterion A · 8 points

    Research your portfolio audience

    Supporting evidence: reuse this completed worksheet; add only missing evidence or brief updates.

    Open →
  2. 2
    Criterion B · 8 points

    Plan your project page

    Supporting evidence: reuse this completed worksheet; add only missing evidence or brief updates.

    Open →
  3. 3
    A / 8 + B / 8

    Portfolio design assessment

    8–19 October · Three class meetings · Final submission 19 October at 20:00 China time.

    Open →
Full project plan, dates & assessment →

Lessons so far

  1. Portfolio design

    Portfolio autopsy

    Analyse an existing portfolio and identify what helps or confuses its users.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  2. Portfolio design

    Research planning and user interviews

    Plan useful research and ask users questions that can inform your portfolio.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  3. Portfolio design

    AI portfolio prototype sprint

    Build a clear journey through your HTML portfolio, test it with another student, and use what you observe to improve it.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  4. Portfolio design

    Portfolio V2: one coherent design

    Refine your portfolio’s design rules, hierarchy and navigation, then test it with a user.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
Earlier guides & later units

Earlier guides and resources for later units. Use the current project plan for the assessed tasks.

Grade 10 · Connected devices

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Current summative assessment

Connected devices assessment

Part B update: four requirements, two possible solutions, and one justified choice. Reuse existing research. No planning drawings are required.

Due Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 20:00 China time

Use your research and design worksheets to support the current summative assessment.

Open summative assessment →Open handout (Word)
This project

From your current work to the assessment

The summative is your current task. Use your existing research and design worksheets as supporting evidence.

  1. 1
    Criterion A · 8 points

    Research your device user

    Supporting evidence: reuse this completed worksheet; add only missing evidence or brief updates.

    Open →
  2. 2
    Criterion B · 8 points

    Plan your status messages

    Supporting evidence: reuse this completed worksheet; add only missing evidence or brief updates.

    Open →
  3. 3
    A / 8 + B / 8

    Connected devices assessment

    8–20 October · Three class meetings · Final submission 20 October at 20:00 China time.

    Open →
Full project plan, dates & assessment →

Lessons so far

  1. Connected devices

    IoT product autopsy: find a real problem

    Investigate connected products, their dependencies and failures, then identify a school problem worth exploring.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  2. Connected devices

    Set up your ESP32 and blink an LED

    Connect the classroom ESP32 to Arduino IDE, prove that it runs your code, and control an external LED.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  3. Connected devices

    LED signals

    Create slow, faster and double-flash signals, explain the delays, and revise a pattern using partner feedback.

    Open lesson →Handout Word
  4. Connected devices

    One LED, three messages

    Turn your working LED into a clear status indicator. Build three signals, test whether a partner can recognize them, and improve one using evidence.

    Open lesson →Handout Word