Curriculum / Electronics Design / Task sheets
Sixteen task sheets, one for each assessed strand, printable as a set on A4 landscape. The content comes from Plans/assessments-g10.md. All sixteen are complete, so nothing here is a placeholder, but the band ladders and tips are written rather than sourced from a rubric and the statement of inquiry is a draft. Sheets are not linked from the unit page yet.
Ai / Criterion A, Inquiring and analysing
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
A photo of your handwritten page to ManageBac, and the paper itself at the end of class 2
“Explains and justifies the need for a solution to a problem for a client/target audience.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Use AI hard in class 1. Ask it to argue against your idea, not just for it.
Tip
Take notes you can write from. In class 2 they are the only thing on your desk.
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Choose a group outside your own grade, then go and ask them. Do not guess what they need.
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Justifying a need means proving it, not asserting it.
Aii / Criterion A, Inquiring and analysing
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
A PDF of your research plan to ManageBac
“Constructs a detailed research plan, which identifies and prioritizes the primary and secondary research needed to develop a solution to the problem independently.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Every row should let you decide something. If it does not, take it off the plan.
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Spend the tokens on the bench test. It's required for a 7-8, and is the only thing that tells you what is physically possible.
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Reading about a sensor is not the same as watching one fail on your desk.
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Write down what you gave up, and what could go wrong because you skipped it.
Aiii / Criterion A, Inquiring and analysing
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
Photos of your four cards and a PDF of the summary to ManageBac
“Analyses a range of existing products that inspire a solution to the problem in detail.”
What separates the bands
Tip
You may share one product with a classmate, no more.
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Do not open anything. Work out what is inside from how it behaves.
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Name real catalog parts in your block diagrams, not just "a sensor".
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The summary is where the marks are. Four cards and no summary stays at 5-6.
Tool
Build the cards in the Black Box Analyzer, then print the whole set as one PDF.
Aiv / Criterion A, Inquiring and analysing
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
A PDF of your brief to ManageBac
“Develops a detailed design brief, which summarizes the analysis of relevant research.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Referencing your research is a requirement, not an option.
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"What the device must do" is the row that carries into Bi. Spend your time there.
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Write about hardware here, not about people. You already did the people in Ai.
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One page. If it runs longer, you are repeating your research instead of summarising it.
Bi / Criterion B, Developing ideas
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
A PDF of your specification to ManageBac
“Develops detailed design specifications, which explain the success criteria for the design of a solution based on the analysis of the research.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Every rule must be testable. If you cannot describe the test, rewrite the rule.
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Put numbers in. "Fast" is not a specification, "within 2 seconds" is.
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Include the rule about the decision your device makes on its own.
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Include the rule about running on its own power with nobody helping it.
Bii / Criterion B, Developing ideas
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
Photos of all six idea sheets to ManageBac
“Develops a range of feasible design ideas, using an appropriate medium(s) and detailed annotation, which can be correctly interpreted by others.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Write far more notes than you think you need. You are explaining the idea to someone who is not you.
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Use a ruler and drawing tools. Neat drawings are easier to annotate.
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Build only the risky part on the breadboard. Twenty minutes is enough to kill a bad idea.
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Six genuinely different ideas, not one idea in six colours.
Biii / Criterion B, Developing ideas
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
A PDF of your checks, table and reasons to ManageBac
“Presents the chosen design and justifies fully and critically its selection with detailed reference to the design specification.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Point at your Bi rules by number. Vague praise scores nothing.
Tip
Write the argument against your own choice. Leaving it out caps you at 5-6.
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Say what you took from the ideas you rejected, and where it went.
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If you want a board other than the SuperMini, make that case here with the three checks.
Biv / Criterion B, Developing ideas
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
A single PDF of the whole pack to ManageBac
“Develops accurate and detailed planning drawings/diagrams and outlines requirements for the creation of the chosen solution.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Someone else has to build from these drawings. Draw for them, not for yourself.
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The state diagram is where most packs are thin. Show every state and what moves between them.
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List real parts with real part numbers, and say when each must be ordered.
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Get signed off before build class 1. An unsigned pack costs you build time.
Ci / Criterion C, Creating the solution
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
A PDF of both versions, before and after the swap test, to ManageBac
“Constructs a detailed and logical plan, which describes the efficient use of time and resources, sufficient for peers to be able to follow to create the solution.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Mark the critical path. It is the chain that decides your finish date.
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Every row needs a finished-when. "Work on the case" is not a task.
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Put an order deadline on anything you have to buy, print or send to a machine.
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Do the swap test honestly. What your partner cannot follow is what you have to fix.
Cii / Criterion C, Creating the solution
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
Your making log to ManageBac, updated at the end of every build class
“Demonstrates excellent technical skills when making the solution.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Three skills in depth beats ten touched lightly.
Tip
Use at least two different areas. Ten classes at the printer is not a build.
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Photograph the work as you go, including the attempts that failed.
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Write the log at the end of every build class, not at the end of the unit.
Ciii / Criterion C, Creating the solution
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
Photos of the finished device and a PDF of your user sheet to ManageBac
“Follows the plan to create the solution, which functions as intended and is presented appropriately.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Test it on its own power, with no laptop attached, before you call it finished.
Tip
Label every button and every light in words your client can read.
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Connectors should unplug, not be cut. You will need to repair it.
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Write the one page user sheet as if you will not be there to explain anything.
Civ / Criterion C, Creating the solution
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
Your change log to ManageBac, updated at the end of every build class
“Fully justifies changes made to the chosen design and plan when making the solution.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Write the entry the day the change happens. Logs written later are obvious.
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Every entry needs a trigger. Something made you change it.
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Name the options you considered, not just the one you picked.
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Say what the change cost you somewhere else. That is what full justification means.
Di / Criterion D, Evaluating
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
A PDF of the plan and every test sheet to ManageBac
“Designs detailed and relevant testing methods, which generate data, to measure the success of the solution.”
What separates the bands
Tip
A question answered yes or no will not tell you much. Ask what happened instead.
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Build the real test sheets now. Naming a method is not designing one.
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Give every rule in your specification a test. A rule with no test cannot be judged.
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Collect numbers and words. You need both to judge a device.
Dii / Criterion D, Evaluating
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
A PDF of your judged specification table to ManageBac
“Critically evaluates the success of the solution against the design specification based on authentic product testing.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Judge every rule, including the ones that failed. Skipping them is obvious.
Tip
A device that works when you use it is not the same as a device that works.
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If you only tested a rule yourself, write that down. Honesty costs nothing here.
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Point at your evidence in every row. A judgement with no evidence is an opinion.
Diii / Criterion D, Evaluating
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
A PDF of your ranked improvements to ManageBac
“Explains how the solution could be improved.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Every improvement points back to something Dii actually found.
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Rank them. Most important first, and say why it is first.
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Include one improvement for something that already passed.
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"Make it better" is not an improvement. Say what you would change and why.
Div / Criterion D, Evaluating
Statement of inquiry
Designers develop new functions by making devices that sense, decide and act for the people who need them.
Where it goes
Your report as a PDF and your 3 minute demo video to ManageBac
“Explains the impact of the product on the client/target audience.”
What separates the bands
Tip
Film your client using it, in the place it would live, doing the real task.
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Their words matter more than yours. Record what they say.
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Quote your own Ai need statement. That is where the report closes.
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You take the device home at the end, so the video is the only record that it was used.