Year 9 Product Design and Technology: Wood

TERTIARY & CAREER PATHWAYS:

Carpenter, Industrial Designer, Jeweller, Toolmaker, Cabinet Maker, Materials Scientist, Panel Beater, Marine Engineer, Blacksmith, Roofing Plumber, Hardware Retailer, Metal Solutions Designer

Do you love designing and creating things? Or, does this idea just excite you and you would love to know more? In this unit, students will identify a design need and produce a solution to solve an issue. Students will develop an introductory knowledge of factors that influence design, develop evaluation criteria for their design and communicate their ideas to a range of audiences

Learning activities: 

• students develop an understanding of factors that influence design.
• identify a need and design and produce a solution.
• create evaluation criteria.

Key Skills: 

• identify opportunities for sustainability
• write a design brief
• problem-solve a design solution
• use tools and techniques to produce a design solution

Assessments :  

Design brief:‍

• working to client needs
• issues of sustainability
• design factors and solutions

Produce a solution:‍

• use tools and techniques to build a suitable solution
• test and evaluate their solution

Safely follow workplace procedures using tools and equipment.

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