Developments in new materials: supporting new parents
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Why this why now
Pupils will develop their design thinking to consider an increasingly complex range of problems. This unit focuses on user centred design and materials knowledge and understanding. Building on the Year 8 unit 'Materials testing, ' pupils will learn about smart and modern materials and how these can be incorporated into a product. Pupils will develop their research knowledge from the Year 8 'Ergonomic design: accessible controllers' unit. This unit leads to interative design units such as the Year 10 'Product analysis: Encouraging healthy lifestyles' unit and the Non-Examined Assessment.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can emapthise when designing
- Pupils can identify users needs and wants
- Pupils can use different research techniques
- Pupils can identify the desireable material properties for a design
Threads
Why this why now
Pupils will develop their design thinking to consider an increasingly complex range of problems. This unit focuses on user centred design and materials knowledge and understanding. Building on the Year 8 unit 'Materials testing, ' pupils will learn about smart and modern materials and how these can be incorporated into a product. Pupils will develop their research knowledge from the Year 8 'Ergonomic design: accessible controllers' unit. This unit leads to interative design units such as the Year 10 'Product analysis: Encouraging healthy lifestyles' unit and the Non-Examined Assessment.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils can emapthise when designing
- Pupils can identify users needs and wants
- Pupils can use different research techniques
- Pupils can identify the desireable material properties for a design
Developments in new materials: supporting new parents
In this unit, pupils will develop knowledge of smart and modern materials and apply this to designing a product to support new parents. They will develop strategies for generating ideas by investigating a specific context.
8 lessons in unit
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