penshurst west public school stage 2: year 3 this year penshurst west celebrated its 50th...

Penshurst West Public SchoolStage 2: Year 3This year Penshurst West celebrated its 50th Anniversary. All students K-6 have been involved in a variety of activities culminating in the birthday celebrations in Term 3. Each stage was given the task of preparing and running a stall at the Anniversary fete. Our stage decided to create a product that could be sold at this fete. After much discussion it was decided that each class

would be responsible for the production of a specific material or product.

September 2007 Technology education K-8: Design in practice© State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, 2007.

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Syllabus linksDM S2.8: Develops, implements and evaluates ideas using drawings, models and prototypes at

appropriate stages of the design process.A student:• draws and labels a plan to refine ideas for making a paper product• participates in the planning, implementing and evaluation of a fete stall• develops an annotated plan and uses it to construct a paper product.

Foundation statementStudents develop and evaluate design ideas recognising the needs of users or audiences. They implement the

design process and evaluate solutions using functional and aesthetic criteria.

Penshurst West Public SchoolSyllabus linksUT S2.9: Selects and uses a range of equipment, computer-based technology, materials and other

resources with developing skill to enhance investigation and design tasks. A student:• selects appropriate resources and materials to design and make a product • experiments with a range of desktop publishing features, graphics, font and borders to develop an

effective poster or sign.

Foundation statementStudents select and safely use equipment, computer-based technology and other resources throughout the

processes of design and production.


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Penshurst West Public SchoolTeaching and learning sequence


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Penshurst West Public SchoolTeaching strategiesThe main teaching strategies used in this unit were:TS1: Cooperative learning (p.142, Science and Technology syllabus)TS5: Language developmentTS8: Clarifying a design taskTS23:Considering appearance and functionTS25:Selecting and using materialsTS26: Organising tools, equipment and processes.


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Content strand: Products and servicesDM S2.8: Develops, implements and evaluates ideas using drawings, models and prototypes at

appropriate stages of the design process.A student:• draws and labels a plan to refine ideas for making a paper product• participates in the planning, implementing and evaluation of a fete stall• develops an annotated plan and uses it to construct a paper product.

Foundation statementStudents develop and evaluate design ideas recognising the needs of users or audiences. They implement

the design process and evaluate solutions using functional and aesthetic criteria.

Penshurst West Public SchoolDue to the fact that these children had little knowledge of the design process I decided that prior to designing our product we would spend a little time learning what the language of design was all about and how we could implement these concepts into our process. We started from the beginning with the question ‘What is a designer?’


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Before commencing the unit students brainstormed their ideas on ‘What is a designer?’

Following this I introduced the term design brief.

In order to enthuse and excite all students and to make the task a little more meaningful I decided to make use of our supply of 3D construction materials.

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Learning the metalanguage of designStudents were given the brief of designing and making a vehicle for a specific purpose. We then discussed what other criteria would help us evaluate our models when they were completed to see if we had achieved the brief. We also looked at what things would limit us throughout the design process. Students were then introduced to the term design constraints. At the completion of the unit students added to the language chart they had created at the beginning.

Click here to see their initial brainstorm

Click here to see their final brainstorm

Penshurst West Public SchoolLearning to drawOnce the models had been constructed we then looked at how we could put our ideas down on paper. In order to do this I used the support materials on orthogonal drawing from the KDC NRMA Technopush challenge. We examined these drawings and discussed the importance of accurate, well annotated designs to the person who was going to manufacture the product. Students then drew their designs from their finished product.


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Before starting students had discussed what makes a good design.

After making her model of a vehicle the student drew it from a variety of views taking into account that someone else was going to have to take her design and make the model.

Penshurst West Public SchoolLearning to generate ideas and draw designs

Click here to see Irene’s explanation of her model


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Penshurst West Public SchoolLearning to draw orthogonal drawings

Click here to see additional work samples: 1, 2, 3, 4.

When viewing the designs look for the elements of a

good design.


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Penshurst West Public SchoolCreating a variety of viewsStudents were asked if they had enough information and detail to make this model.


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Penshurst West Public SchoolExploring and defining the taskStudents brainstormed products made of paper. From this mind map they then selected 3 or 4 products that could be mass produced for sale at the school fete.

They considered:• varieties that could be made• total number to make• resources and equipment needed• cost of production• time available• profit that could be made.


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Generating and developing ideas Who will buy? Getting to know your audience.

For each identified product students predicted and listed the groups of people that they thought would buy this product.

Penshurst West Public SchoolWorking togetherTaking all constraints into consideration, especially that of time and our birthday commitments it was decided that the whole Stage would work together to produce our products for our stall. Students voted and the decision was made. We would mass produce three products:• recycled paper notepads• paper and envelope sets• gift cards.

Another cross-stage class decided to mass produce lucky dips. One for boys and one for girls. What a team!


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Designing our productsUsing the information from our surveys and after clarifying our task students set about designing their products. In order to use recycled paper they first had to learn how to make it. This was a task on its own and meant there were lots of students involved in creating a workable system for the production of this important material.

Steps in making recycled paper

Penshurst West Public SchoolProducing solutions


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Penshurst West Public SchoolProducing solutionsAll groups set about to collect and prepare materials to either create their products or make the recycled paper needed for the products. Systems were devised to enable the

production to take place in very confined areas.


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Mass producing our booklets


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Penshurst West Public SchoolProduction lineCreating our recycled paper.


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Using our designs to create our products.


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Following our design instructions.


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Creating our products.

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Penshurst West Public SchoolDesigning a product that addresses the criteria

Look for correlation between the design and the finished product.


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Penshurst West Public SchoolStudent 1 work samples

Initial design Modified design explaining modifications


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Penshurst West Public SchoolWorking in teams to create our raw materials

Students were given areas of responsibility such as making paper sheets so others could use these to create products.


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Penshurst West Public SchoolStudent 2 work samplesThis student used a variety of made and found materials to create a sample of a card that could be mass produced for sale at the school fete.


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Student 2 has tried to include the elements of design so that others can use this to mass produce her card.

Justification for modifications

Measurements

materials

What material is the purple star made out of?

We know what colour they are but what are the stars made out of?


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Penshurst West Public SchoolStudent 3 work samples

Student has tried to create a design but has omitted to include labels, materials and measurements.


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Design lacks specifications making it difficult for anyone else to follow.


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Penshurst West Public SchoolStudent reflectionsStudent 1Student 2Student 3Student 4


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Penshurst West Public SchoolTeacher reflection


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penshurst west public school stage 2: year 3 this year penshurst west celebrated its 50th...

Documents

design ideas

design process

processes of design

design tasks

technology education

term design brief

design task ts23

term design constraints