Starter quiz
- What are sliders and levers?
- types of bars
- types of mechanisms ✓
- types of models
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- What is in a lever mechanism but not a slider mechanism?
- lever
- pivot point ✓
- picture
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- What keeps a slider in place?
- 'a guide' ✓
- Match the mechanism to the movement.
- slider mechanism⇔side to side or forwards and backwards ✓
- lever mechanism⇔in a circular direction ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the keywords to the definitions.
- evaluation⇔to explore views and ideas about a product from others ✓
- disassemble⇔to take something apart and to see how it works ✓
- user⇔the person who will be using the product ✓
- design specification⇔describes what a product has to do ✓
- Why do we disassemble cards?
- to make cards
- to know how they work ✓
- to send cards
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- What is a user?
- the person making the product
- the person drawing the producrt
- the person using the product ✓
- the person designing the product
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- Why do we evaluate existing products?
- to get ideas from products that are already out there ✓
- to get ideas from products that don't exist yet
- to get ideas from products that might be made
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Key learning points
- Some greetings cards have levers and sliders in them to create movement.
- Disassembling greetings cards with moving parts develops knowledge of how they are constructed.
- Identifying end users of greetings cards helps create the design specification.
- Identifying how levers and sliders work in greetings cards helps create the design specification.
Common misconception
A disassembly is the same as an evaluation.
A disassembly focuses on the different parts and workings of the product. The evaluation focuses on views of what people like and dislike.
Keywords
Greetings card - a card that shares a special message
User - who you are designing for
Disassemble - taking something apart to see how it works
Design specification - describes what a product has to do
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