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Design and technology at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 09bi: Designing for markets Focus: food
Section 14: Focused practical tasks (FPTs) - 4

QCA

Objectives
Children should learn:
  • about the differences between one-off and high-volume production, and the meaning of continuous and repetitive flow

Activities

Outcomes
Children:
  • Ask a group of pupils to make a batch of identical, ready-designed products, using different methods, eg
    • an individual working with hand-tools
    • an individual using a mixer
    • a group working as a production line
    • a group working as a production cell

    Ask different groups to use different methods and to compare the time taken to make 10 items using each method. The product should include multiple processes, eg a biscuit that is decorated.

  • Discuss with the pupils ways of making a product in high volume, or use case studies to talk about how production could be faster, more cost effective and of a higher quality.
  • give one example of how a manufacturer could produce an item more quickly, more cost effectively or of a higher quality

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1. Design and make assignment (DMA)
2. Product evaluation
3. Product evaluation - 2
4. Product evaluation - 3
5. Product evaluation - 4
6. Product evaluation - 5
7. Product evaluation - 6
8. Product evaluation - 7
9. Product evaluation - 8
10. Product evaluation - 9
11. Focused practical tasks (FPTs)
12. Focused practical tasks (FPTs) - 2
13. Focused practical tasks (FPTs) - 3
14. Focused practical tasks (FPTs) - 4
15. Focused practical tasks (FPTs) - 5
16. Focused practical tasks (FPTs) - 6
17. Focused practical tasks (FPTs) - 7