13 Impact Project (13IPP)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Nathan Walsh.
13 Impact Project
Are you passionate about working on a project of your choice? Impact Project enables you to use your skills from another subject you study at Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College, to work on a major project. Use your skills from a range of subjects such as Digital Technologies, Art, Sculpture, Fashion, Music, Electronics, Hard materials, or Stagecraft (and many others) to research, design, and create your project. From designing a website for teenagers to creating a musical instrument from recycled materials, you will be supported throughout your project and will have valuable input from your key stakeholders to help you design the best project you can. There is a lot of scope in this course for self-directed learning so you will need to be motivated and be able to work independently. This course will prepare you for further study or a career path in many areas of New Zealand’s innovative community.
Course Components
- Research and design your project
- Undertake brief development and create a conceptual design
- Develop a prototype
- Undertake project management to support your project creation
Course Overview
Term 1
Conduct field trips to look at other projects happening around the city.
Research and design your project.
Undertake brief development to write a clear outline of what your project will be about.
Term 2
Create a conceptual design for your project.
Reflect on how your project will be fit for purpose.
Term 3
Creating your project outcome
Engaging with stakeholders to make your project as effective as possible
Term 4
Reflect on your completed project
There is an optional Achievement Standard to project manage your project which involves using technology to keep your project on track.
Recommended Prior Learning
Open Entry
Assessment Information
Possible CreditsInternal - 16 credits
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Generic Technology 3.1 - Undertake brief development to address an issue within a determined context
NZQA Info
Generic Technology 3.3 - Develop a conceptual design considering fitness for purpose in the broadest sense
NZQA Info
Generic Technology 3.4 - Develop a prototype considering fitness for purpose in the broadest sense
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 16
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.