IB Design Technology 2027: Theme C Unit Assessments

Eight complete end-of-unit assessments with full markschemes covering every Theme C topic of the new IB Design Technology syllabus (first assessment May 2027), written by a practising IB DT teacher. 240 marks of original assessment material, with all three higher level topics included.

What’s inside:

C1.1 Responsibility of the Designer: obsolescence, safety and the triple bottom line
C1.2 Inclusive Design: structured questions built on a city playground redesign context
C1.3 Beyond Usability (HL): the four-pleasure framework and the ACT model
C2.1 Design for Sustainability: structured questions built on a grocery delivery packaging context with an options table
C2.2 Design for a Circular Economy: loops, product-as-a-service and barriers to adoption
C3.1 Product Analysis and Evaluation: structured questions built on a product data table, using ACCESS FM and SWOT
C3.2 Life-Cycle Analysis (HL): structured questions built on an LCA data table with break-even analysis
C4.1 Design for Manufacture (HL): DFM, DFA, design for disassembly and process constraints
Eight markschemes giving the mark allocation for every point, marking notes and stated maximums

Every paper is 30 marks, 60 minutes, print-ready with answer lines, candidate box and extra workspace. Completes the set with the Theme A and Theme B Unit Assessments.

This resource is independent of and not endorsed by the International Baccalaureate Organization. It contains no IB-copyrighted material; all questions, contexts and markschemes are original.