1. Grade 7 IB Design Spreadsheets Unit – Balanced Lifestyles Name - Teacher – Mr Gill

2. Delete this box when you are done!
Make a start slide here.
Give the slide a title
Add images about:
Spreadsheets
Being Healthy
Delete this box when you are done!

3. Part 1 - Inquiring and Analyzing

4. Identifying the Problem
What is a balanced lifestyle?
Why is it important to lead a balanced life?
What will happen if we have unbalanced lives?

5. Where did you find the information? (Web address)
Research
Fill in the table below. Choose 2 activities you do everyday (example - studying). I have chosen the first one for you.
Use the internet to find the recommended time we should spend on each activity
Copy and paste a link to the information. DO NOT use a Baidu link. I want to see the real website where you found your information (example –
Activity Name
How much time per day?
Where did you find the information? (Web address)
Exercise

6. What do you like/dislike about the design?
Research
Fill in the table below. Find 3 examples of apps or websites that help you lead a balanced life (example – running app on your phone).
Explain why you like the design of the app (example – its easy to use because it has large buttons).
DO NOT use music apps. I want to see only apps that help you lead a balanced life.
What kind of app is it?
Where did you find it?
Image of your research
What do you like/dislike about the design?

7. Part B - Developing ideas

8. Design Brief What are you going to make for this project?
What will your spreadsheet do?
Who is the spreadsheet for?
What design features will you include to make sure people like using your spreadsheet?

9. Success Criteria – How I will make sure my spreadsheet is successful
Design Specification
Write a design specification for your spreadsheet. Use the 3 sections in the table below
Function – What are the goals of your spreadsheet? What is its purpose?
Production – What will your spreadsheet look like? What design features will it include?
Testing – How will you test your spreadsheet to see if it is successful and meets the needs of your target audience?
Success Criteria – How I will make sure my spreadsheet is successful
Function:
Production:
Testing:

10. Designing the Spreadsheet
Before we make anything in Excel you must design on paper
Sketch 3 designs for your spreadsheet. Your designs must show:
The questions you will ask
The colors you will use
The images your will include
Use a ruler when drawing your design!

11. My First Design

12. My Second Design

13. My Third Design

14. Choosing my Final Design
Will you choose this design? Yes or no?
Why did you choose/reject this design?
What features of the design matched your design specification?

15. Part C - Creating the Solution

16. Reason the time changed
Project Plan
Fill in the table below. Make a list of things you will do to create your poster
Write how long you THINK each step will take to complete
When you finish making your product write how long each step ACTUALLY took to finish and why
Step
Planned time
Actual time
Reason the time changed

17. Design Journal Make your spreadsheet using Excel
Screenshot your progress - For each step of your spreadsheet take a screenshot showing how it you made it
Add a title for each step
Type a sentence explaining what you did underneath your screenshots
Add one slide for each step

18. Put a screenshot of your finished spreadsheet here.
My Finished Product
Put a screenshot of your finished spreadsheet here.

19. My Design vs My Final Product
Paper Design
Finished Excel Spreadsheet
What did you change? Why?

20. Part D - Evaluation

21. Testing
My Questionnaire
Create a questionnaire to collect feedback about your spreadsheet.
Ask 5 (minimum) questions about your spreadsheet.
Give it to your friends and find out what they think.
Paste your questionnaire into this page when you have finished. Don’t forget to delete the teachers writing!

22. Feedback – What did they say about your spreadsheet?
Testing
Questionnaire Feedback
Name of interviewee
Feedback – What did they say about your spreadsheet?

23. What did you learn from your questionnaire?
Testing
What did you learn from your questionnaire?
Choose 2 questions from your questionnaire
Use the information you gathered to create a chart showing the responses from your chosen questions
Add a sentence for each one explaining what data is being shown

24. Thinking About Improvements
Look at the feedback from your questionnaire
Think about what you like and don’t like about your spreadsheet
Explain what changes you would like to make if you had more time
You need at least 3 suggestions for a good grade.
Changes I would like to make to my spreadsheet
Reason for change

25. Conclusion – Impact on the Audience
Testing
Conclusion – Impact on the Audience
Do you think your spreadsheet was successful? Why?
What do you think will happen after people have seen your spreadsheet?