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Design and technology
Polymers and timbers

Starter quiz

  • Match the different aspects of designing to the definition:
    • context exploration
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      where the context is considered and research is conducted ✓
    • design opportunities
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      a gap or a need where a new or improved product would be beneficial ✓
    • design brief
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      a statement explaining what you are going to design and manufacture ✓
    • specification
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      criteria a product must have or do also called product requirements ✓
  • If you don't consider a range of design opportunities you can become ...
    • design fixated  ✓
    • design fashionably
    • design favourably
    • design narrow-mindedness
  • What are the 4Ws?
    • Where  ✓
    • Who  ✓
    • What  ✓
    • Why  ✓
    • When
  • A design brief must be ...
    • open enough to allow scope for creative designs  ✓
    • specific enough to ensure designs address the design opportunity identified  ✓
    • closed to allow for limited designs
  • To help frame our thoughts when writing specifications we use ...
    • titles
    • subheadings  ✓
    • sentences
    • paragraphs
  • Which subheadings would be most suitable to write a specification for this design brief? "I am going to design and manufacture a product to entertain young children inside the house on a rainy day."
    • Ergonomics  ✓
    • Materials
    • Size  ✓
    • Shape
    • Function  ✓
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