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Teacher(s)		Vani/ Victor/Serem	Subject group and discipline	Design
Unit title		How Do I Decide?	MYP year	4	Unit duration (hrs)	20
Strands	Economics for Development:  Understand the connections between economic activity and quality of life.

Inquiry: Establishing the purpose of the unit 

Key concept		Related concept(s)	Global context
Development		Form, Function	Globalization and Sustainability; societal decision-making
Statement of inquiry
People have developed tools to organize data in a more efficient manner to answer questions and make decisions.
Inquiry questions
Factual—    - What are the different tools people have created to organize data?                     - Which Excel functions are appropriate in calculating for different situations?  Conceptual— How does spreadsheets improve data organization and management?                       - How does the use of data management software improve development in organisations?  Debatable—  Does technology always enhance performance?
Objectives	Summative assessment:  The student produces an ePortfolio folder (containing spreadsheet showing different Excel functions, formulas, and charts used to manipulate, store and analyse data) that follows the design cycle to develop a solution (or range of solutions), which illustrates data organisation and management.