Starter quiz
- Where can paper and card come from?
- 'trees' ✓
- Match the keyword to the definition.
- properties⇔words to describe what a material is like ✓
- material⇔what an object is made from ✓
- user⇔the person who the object is designed for ✓
- Why is card a good material for making greetings cards?
- not very strong
- strong ✓
- sturdy ✓
- thin
- easy to decorate ✓
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- A design specification is very important. It tells the designer…
- what someone wants
- what the designer wants
- what the user wants ✓
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Exit quiz
- What could we do if the split pin doesn't turn smoothly as the pivot hole is too tight?
- Make the hole bigger by cutting a hole using scissors
- Make the hole bigger by turning the split pin around ✓
- Make the hole bigger by using a larger pencil
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- If something is folded accurately, it is ...
- folded nearly in half
- folded exactly and precisely ✓
- folded with overlapping edges
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- Designers should stop and check products work regularly in the making process?
- True ✓
- False
- Which two of these words tells us the way that the card opens and is folded?
- in half
- portrait ✓
- long
- landscape ✓
- short
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Greetings cards can be folded landscape or portrait.
- Mechanisms need be accurately cut and formed.
- Testing the mechanisms during the making process improves the product.
- Design problems can be solved during the making process.
Common misconception
To help the split pin to turn, create a bigger hole.
If the hole is too big, this will allow the split pin to wobble and cause the mechanism to not work accurately. Use a standard pencil and turn the split pin when it is in place and this will help it the lever to move smoothly.
Keywords
Landscape - something that is horizontal - wider than taller
Portrait - something that is vertical - upright
Produce - to make something
Accurate - something being very precise and exact
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