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| Unit 7E Designing
and making for yourself |
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| Knowledge,
skills and understanding |
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About the unit
Through this unit,
pupils should be able to:
Food
- use simple prototypes
and modelling to evaluate design ideas
- use a range of
cutting, shaping and mixing processes
- use a variety
of techniques to prepare and process foods
- consider the safety
and hygiene factors when handling food.
Resistant materials
- use simple prototypes,
models and mock-ups to evaluate design ideas
- use a range of
cutting, shaping and forming processes
- use specified
hand-tools to cut and form materials safely.
Textiles
- use simple prototypes,
models and mock-ups to evaluate design ideas
- use a range of
manufacturing techniques
- use specified
hand-tools and sewing machines to cut and join materials safely.
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Product evaluation
Organise a range
of activities that give pupils an opportunity to:
- understand the
need for a product and judge how well it meets that need
- understand how
marketing techniques, changing fashions and social conformity help to
create 'need'
- suggest what
criteria might have been used when designing and making particular product
- consider how users
interact with the product.
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Design and make
assignment
During the DMA, pupils
would be expected to:
- identify the particular
requirements of the task and the design criteria to be met, and take
these into account when putting together a design brief
- draw upon their
understanding of familiar products
- discuss design
ideas with potential users
- develop a prototype
and use it as the basis for drawing up a manufacturing specification
present ideas as dimensioned plans and patterns
- suggest alternative
approaches if first attempts fail
- use CAD/CAM to
ensure consistency and accuracy, where appropriate
- be aware of the
types of things they can do to control risk
- evaluate their
products against the criteria and suggest design improvements.
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DMAs
7B(i)
Snacks; 7B(ii) Puzzle in a
box; 7B(iii) Fashion wear
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