Schemes of work: Design and technology at key stage 3 Teacher's Guide
APPENDIX 4: PROGRESSION IN DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
STRAND D - USING CONTROL YEAR 7
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| Unit 7D Using control
to control a display |
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| Knowledge,
skills and understanding |
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About the unit
Through this unit,
pupils should be able to:
- model, design
and conduct simple electrical control circuits that include switches
and outputs in parallel and series, protection of LEDs and reversing
control of motors
- classify motion
into four kinds and describe mechanisms that can be used to change one
kind of motion into another
- use CAMs and linkages
to create a particular kind of motion
- design and carry
out fair tests to compare the strength of frame and sheet structures
- design and make
structures that are strong, using their knowledge of structural strength
- consider different
approaches to product marketing.
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Product evaluation
Organise a range
of activities that give pupils an opportunity to:
- examine and evaluate
the working of simple electrically and mechanically controlled products
that could be used for point-of-sale displays
- examine, describe
and evaluate how products are marketed at the point of sale..
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Design and make
assignment
During the DMA, pupils
would be expected to:
- work in a group,
using a range of materials to create their display
- keep a log of
their part in the team's work, like professional designers
- design an attractive,
original, active display for a product or service
- research the
background to the product or service
- select appropriate
images and suitable materials to promote the product or service discuss
how the display will be seen
- suggest different
materials and ways of working
- discuss, draw
and model ideas in 2-D and 3-D
- discuss, as a
group, how to use output devices and sensors in their design
- experiment with
alternative designs, model circuits and mechanisms to establish correct
working before deciding on their final proposal
- prepare an ordered
sequence for managing the task
- combine various
materials into an eye-catching, active display which will attract their
chosen audience.
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DMAs
7D
Point-of-sale display
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