Significant Concept:

Unit question:

• Manufactured boards
• Softwood
• Hardwood
• Thermoplastics
• aluminum extrusion
• Aesthetics
• Innovation
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• Up-Cycle

• Evaluate the importance of the problem for life, society and the environment.

• Outline the design brief.

• Formulate and discuss appropriate questions that guide the investigation.

• Identify and acknowledge a range of appropriate sources of information.

• Collect, analyse, select, organize and evaluate information.

• Evaluate the sources of information.

• List the specific requirements that must be met by the product/solution.

• Design tests to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification.

• Explain the problem/design situation in your own words by reading the context and task and conducting some research into up-cycling. (2-3 paragraphs)
• Create a mind-map of possible products you could design. (tables, lamps, book shelf, storage, stools etc, etc)
  
  

Outline Design Brief.

Develop A Design Brief.

• Deconstruct your chair!
• Photograph, examine and record the materials used to make the chair and record your results in table format. Use Google Docs and embed it into your site. (copy this SAMPLE)
• Copy THIS Google.doc and complete the table of material research.
• Use Pinterest to create a 'mood-board' of Up-Cyled solutions. (Screen shot and hyper-linked)
• Conduct a product analysis into similar products. (Google Doc)
• Record the results of practical experiments conducted into sample fabrication techniques.
• Complete a bibliography and comment of the reliability of your information.

Formulate a Design Specification.

• Form
• Function
• Materials

• Generate several feasible designs that meet the design specification

• Evaluate the designs against the design specification

• Select one design and justify its choice.

Exemplar student Design work HERE

• You should create 4-5 design ideas.
• For each design idea, I would like to see how the idea developed. Thumbnail sketches, annotations, photos, various ideas that developed.
• What was your inspiration? Where did the idea come from?
• Evaluate each design using your design specification.
• Select one of your designs and justify/explain why it is the best.

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• Construct a plan to create the product/solution that has a series of logical steps

• Construct a plan to create the product/solution that makes effective use of resources and time

• Evaluate the plan and justify any modifications to the design.

Exemplar PLAN work

• Include tools, equipment, materials and processes needed. Should be clear enough for someone else to follow.

• Create a materials list of every thing you need.

• Create a Gantt Chart to plan your time using the sections created in the above plan of manufacture. Google Spreadsheet embed into your site

• Evaluate your planning looking for; quality control points, try and predict possible problems (what concerns do you have), time allocation etc. This is a paragraph or 2 evaluation.

• Use a range of appropriate techniques and equipment competently.

• Ensure a safe working environment for themselves and others.

• Follow the plan to produce the product/solution.

• Evaluate the plan and justify any changes to the plan (when necessary).

• Create a product/solution of appropriate quality.

Create examples HERE

Create the Product or Solution

Use Appropriate Techniques and Equipment

• Follow your plan! Make a copy of your Gantt chart, upload it to your Create page and update the chart when you complete a task.
• Enter the date, and/or new boxes in different colour when you compete a task.
• When you complete tasks and the time is different to your plan, explain the reasons why.
• Justify any other changes made to your plan.

• Keep a process journal, with photographs, videos and brief explanations while making your speakers. EACH LESSON!
• Explain what went went, what went wrong, what problems you solved and what you need to do next lesson.

Note: If you design object to be 3D printed in Google Sketch-up. Make sure your have THIS plug-in installed to export the file. 3D printing will be done overnight so make sure you give the Sketch-up file and .stl file to Mr Plummer

• Carry out tests to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification

• Evaluate the success of the product/solution in an objective manner based on testing, their own views and the views of the intended user.

• Evaluate the impact of the product/solution on individuals and on society.

• Explain how the product/solution could be improved.

• Suggest ways in which their performance could be improved

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• Evaluate your completed project using the Design Spec as a checklist. (Complete sentences)

  • Test your lamp/light in a practical way.

  • Describe how you could improve your design. (Draw a design improvement sketch)

Evaluate your Use of the Design Cycle.

• Reflect upon your efforts at each stage of the design cycle.

Evaluate example found HERE