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| Unit 8B Designing
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| Knowledge,
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About the unit
Through this unit,
pupils should be able to:
Food, Resistant
materials and Textiles
- learn about batch
production, including how to develop a basic design that can be varied
or personalised for particular clients
- use manufacturing
aids to help with volume production
- learn that making
identical parts in a batch can be cost effective and ensures accuracy.
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Product evaluation
Organise a range
of activities that give pupils an opportunity to:
- learn how products
are made in different historical and cultural contexts
- understand how
and why products have changed over time
- distinguish between
the quality of the design and the quality of manufacture
- learn to record
thoughts, design ideas and explorations.
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Design and make
assignment
During the DMA, pupils
would be expected to:
- formulate a design
specification, bearing in mind the social, cultural and environmental
contexts and having talked to users
- identify the critical
factors that should be used as design criteria, including those relating
to social and environmental issues
- decide which design
criteria clash and which should take priority
- find out which
materials are available and use technical data to decide on their suitability
for the task
- develop systems
for ensuring quality when planning batch production
- take steps needed
to control identified risks
- discuss with users
the extent to which the product meets the design criteria.
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DMAs
8B(i)
Develop a food product range; 8B(ii)
Personal light source; 8B(iii)
Wallets
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