Enduring Understanding

Creating a prototype, getting feedback on areas for improvement, and then refining your work to create a new prototype is a powerful process for developing an effective end product.

Success Criteria

To exceed expectations in this task, regardless of which culminating task product you choose to build, your work must meet all of the following criteria:

• Thinking
  • a plan made on paper, with clear evidence of revision based on peer and/or teacher feedback, is made
• Knowledge
  • you are able to navigate the tools required to build your product and can independently resolve problems that you may encounter
• Application
  • as demonstrated through screen recordings of progress made after each class, your end-product was developed over time, improved based on feedback, and is free from obvious problems, such as inefficient use of physical materials and/or processor time
• Communication
  • in an end-of-year 10-minute interview, you can confidently describe how you either applied abstraction using code or made use of software features in 3D modeling software to efficiently create your end product

Select Your Area of Focus

You will choose one of the following two tasks to complete.

Option 1 – Focus on Programming

In this course, you have learned to plan and code by generating graphical output, such as T-shirt designs, gig posters, and line art drawings.

Excellent evidence of mastery is the ability to transfer and apply familiar skills in a new context.

If you choose to focus on programming, your culminating task will be the creation of a tessellation of polygons.

These designs will then be made into a physical piece of art by using either a plotter or a laser cutter.

The following images are simply examples – you will design and implement one or more custom tessellations.

Option 2 – Focus on 3D Modelling