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The main aim of this unit to develop pupils' designing skills and to teach them about designing for clients.
In this unit, pupils tackle a design and make assignment (DMA) on the theme 'Personal light source'. They develop a torch that uses a membrane switch and can be easily stored in a personal organiser. Their torch should carry promotional graphics and be of a basic design that can be varied or personalised for particular clients.
Pupils gain the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to carry out the DMA successfully through product evaluation activities and focused practical tasks. They:
- learn about batch production, including how to develop a basic design that can be varied or personalised for particular clients
- use manufacturing aids, eg jigs, tools and templates, to help with volume production
- learn that making identical parts in a batch can be cost effective and ensures accuracy
There are also opportunities for pupils to:
- use ICT to help design and make single items and small batches, when appropriate, and use spreadsheets to help them with costing and scaling up
- justify their decisions about materials and methods of making
- learn about the concepts of marketing, profit and loss
- find out about some of the tensions between production for profit and concerns about human development and welfare
- find out about the conflicting demands faced by designers and makers
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