Identify environmental impact
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can investigate a context, identify design opportunities and assess the environmental impact.
Key learning points
- Designers use mind maps to explore a context.
- Designers identify a wide range of design opportunities to avoid design fixation.
- Designers consider the environmental impact of design opportunities.
Keywords
Nature - everything in the world not made by humans
Design opportunities - a gap or a need where a new or improved product would be beneficial
Design fixation - considering only one possibility
Sustainability - using resources wisely so future generations can also meet their needs
Common misconception
Envionmental impact can only be assessed after a product has been manufactured.
Environmental impact can be assessed at every and all stages of the iterative design process.
Teacher tip
This lesson is a great opportunity to share examples of design fixation and examples of design opportunities. Adding some of your own examples would be a great addition.
Licence
except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).Lesson video
Loading...
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a context?
Q2.To explore a context, we could use ...
Q3.What is iterative design?
Q4.What do biomimicry and biomorphism take inspiration from?
Q5.What is a common source of inspiration for creativity?
Q6.What aspects of designing can be influenced and inspired by nature?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Contexts can be explored using different methods including: mood boards, user journeys and ...
Q2.Nature refers to anything which is naturally occurring and not ...
Q3.Order the stages of exploring a context using a mind map.
Q4.A design opportunity is a gap or a where a new or improved product would be beneficial.
Q5.What is design fixation?
Q6. considerations might affect the design of the product before, during or after use.
To help you plan your 10 design and technology lesson on: Identify environmental impact, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 10 design and technology lesson on: Identify environmental impact, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 4 design and technology lessons from the Papers and boards unit, dive into the full secondary design and technology curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.