IB Design Technology (DT) HL Internal Assessment Example

The student clearly identified a real and solvable gardening problem and supported it with relevant research on pests, pot dimensions, and existing products.

The student's brief is focused and detailed, with clear attention to users, environment, safety, and the physical constraints the final product must meet.

The student's specification is broad and largely research-led, showing a strong link between earlier findings and the design direction.

A few requirements are still not fully measurable or product-specific, which makes them harder to test later.

Some useful points, such as price point and success measures, could have been made more explicit in the brief itself.

A small number of specification statements read more like process expectations than design requirements.

The student explores several feasible ideas and does not stay at a superficial level of sketching.

The student's concepts are clearly shaped by the specification, which keeps the development focused on the intended performance of the product.

The student uses modelling and feedback to refine the design in a meaningful way, showing that ideas are being tested and improved rather than simply presented.

Some performance claims are stated too early, before evidence is fully established.

A few concept choices would benefit from more careful justification against practical use conditions, especially attachment and material behavior.

The final selection is strong, but the reasons for combining features from different concepts could be explained even more precisely.