Product analysis: encouraging healthy lifestyles
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Why this why now
Knowledge of product analysis (critiquing products, materials and manufacturing processes) is essential for effective designing. This unit builds upon previous units such as Year 9 'Developments in New Materials', in which pupils' learn about different materials and their categories. Knowledge within this unit progresses to specific examples and how this knowledge can inform design decisions. This lays the foundations for pupils to justify their decisions when creating ideas as part of iterative design, Non-Examined Assessment and later units such as Core Principles.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will be able to identify the material groups.
- Pupils will know the four manufacturing processes, wasting, fabricating, reforming and deforming.
- Pupils will be able to sketch and annotate.
- Pupils will understand that all design and technological practice takes place within contexts which inform outcomes.
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Why this why now
Knowledge of product analysis (critiquing products, materials and manufacturing processes) is essential for effective designing. This unit builds upon previous units such as Year 9 'Developments in New Materials', in which pupils' learn about different materials and their categories. Knowledge within this unit progresses to specific examples and how this knowledge can inform design decisions. This lays the foundations for pupils to justify their decisions when creating ideas as part of iterative design, Non-Examined Assessment and later units such as Core Principles.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will be able to identify the material groups.
- Pupils will know the four manufacturing processes, wasting, fabricating, reforming and deforming.
- Pupils will be able to sketch and annotate.
- Pupils will understand that all design and technological practice takes place within contexts which inform outcomes.
Product analysis: encouraging healthy lifestyles
Pupils will analyse products to identify features in the products. They will also identify the materials, material properties and manufacturing processes used to create the products. They will conduct functional tests to collect and analyse data to inform design decisions.
11 lessons in unit
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