Evaluation and Iteration

Please note: this module follows the 2026 project brief, whose theme was forests. The State Examinations Commission publishes a new brief each year, with its own theme and its own dates. These lessons will be updated once this year's brief is published. Check the current brief on the SEC website before you begin. In this lesson, you will evaluate your final artefact against the project brief, reflecting on its strengths, weaknesses, and effectiveness for forest management. Suggest and justify two to three improvements, then write a 300-word evaluation section. Add it to your report website and update the word count to stay under 2500 words.

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1 Objectives
2 What the Brief Requires for Evaluation
3 Evaluating Your Final Artefact
4 Suggesting Improvements with Justification
5 Writing the Full Evaluation Section
6 Add to Your Report and Check Word Count
7 Checklist Before Final Lesson
Quiz

1 - Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will have:

A complete Evaluation section (approximately 300 words, worth 10 marks)
Evaluated your final artefact against the brief's requirements
Suggested at least two justified improvements or future iterations
Reflected on what worked well and what could be better
Added this section to your report website

Use evidence from your testing, described in your Create section, to support your claims.

2 - What the Brief Requires for Evaluation

From page 10 of the official brief:

“You should evaluate the final artefact that you designed and created. You should suggest, with justification, how your artefact could be improved or iterated upon in the future.”

This section must demonstrate critical reflection on how well the artefact addresses forest management challenges, using specific evidence.

This section is worth 10 marks, for evaluating your artefact and suggesting, with justification, how to improve it.

3 - Evaluating Your Final Artefact

Answer these questions in your evaluation (150–200 words):

To what extent does it meet the brief's basic requirements (e.g., embedded system for data collection/simulation in forest contexts)?
To what extent does it meet the brief's advanced requirements (e.g., model, what-if scenarios, adaptive feedback)?
What strengths does it have (e.g., accurate data, useful predictions)?
What weaknesses or limitations (e.g., sensor accuracy, simple model)?
Overall, how effective is it for your chosen forest theme?

Use evidence like your test results.

4 - Suggesting Improvements with Justification

Suggest 2–3 specific iterations (100–150 words total). For each:

Improvement	Justification
e.g., Add GPS module	To track exact forest locations, improving wildfire response accuracy
e.g., Use machine learning in model	For better predictions from historical data, making it more adaptive to climate change
e.g., Solar power for hardware	To allow long-term deployment in remote forests without batteries

Ensure each justification references a limitation identified in your evaluation or research (e.g., from Section 1).

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