- Year 5
Critique 3D eco-houses
I can provide and respond to design critique.
- Year 5
Critique 3D eco-houses
I can provide and respond to design critique.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The aim of design critique is to improve designs.
- The aim of design evaluation is to evaluate an end product against criteria.
- In design critique, think creatively and critically and ask a lot of questions.
- In design critique, think about design suggestions and potential changes.
Keywords
Design critique - feedback to improve designs
Design evaluation - assess against goals or success criteria
Feedback - the advice provided through critique
Common misconception
Design critique and design evaluation are the same.
Design critique evaluates a product to improve it, a design evaluation evaluates an end product against criteria.
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Equipment
Access to Tinkercad on tablet, chromebook or laptop.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is feedback in a design project?
Q2.What can you find in the Tinkercad shape library?
Q3.What might happen if you add too many complex shapes to your Tinkercad design?
Q4.What is an eco-house designed to do?
Q5.Match the tool with what it helps you do in Tinkercad:
makes shapes into one solid object
removes part of a shape
lets you choose 3D shapes to use
Q6.Put the steps for giving peer feedback in the right order:
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What is the main difference between a critique and an evaluation?
Q2.Which of these is not helpful to think about when critiquing a 3D model of an eco-house?
Q3.When giving feedback on a classmate’s design, what should you do?
Q4.Match the term to the definition.
using criteria to assess against goals or success criteria
advice to help improve a design
a building designed to save energy and help the planet
analysing to see what works and what can be improved through feedback