IB Design Technology (DT) SL Internal Assessment Example

The student identifies a clear, school-specific design opportunity and supports it with measurements, photos, and survey evidence.

The student's brief includes many relevant user, space, maintenance, and safety parameters.

Several requirements are already quantified, which makes the project more concrete and easier to design against.

Some key requirements are still too vague to test properly, especially around durability, waterproofing, and maintenance.

The five-week survival need is not translated into measurable design conditions.

A few claims rely on limited evidence, so the link between research and every requirement is not fully developed.

The student explores more than one idea direction and does not settle too quickly on the first option.

The student's modelling is purposeful and helps reveal real issues such as tilting, lid interference, and stability problems.

The student makes a justified final selection based on observed testing rather than personal preference alone.

The range of early ideas is fairly limited and the alternatives are not developed in great depth.

The student's justification for choosing the final concept does not fully compare all options against the same criteria.

Some trade-offs, such as carry comfort and stability, are identified only after later testing rather than being fully resolved during concept selection.