Hi everyone, I'm Mrs. Courts, and I'm very excited to join you today for our lesson on Feedback and evaluation about materials and systems. This is part of the Levers and sliders: moving cards unit.

Our lesson outcome for today is: I can test and improve my moving greetings card.

And we've got some new keywords.

Our keywords, I'll say them first and then you can repeat after me.

Feedback.

Feedback are comments about products.

Constructive.

Constructive means to improve something by giving helpful advice.

And the final one, evaluation.

An evaluation is checking on how good something is and how to make it better.

In our lesson outline today, you can see there are two learning cycles, and our first learning cycle is using feedback to improve designs.

It is important for designers to get feedback about their products.

Feedback can help the designer to make any small changes to the greetings card so that it meets the user's expectations, what the user wants.

Let's see if you've been listening.

Our first check for understanding.

Feedback can help designers to, A, make changes; B, meet user expectations; or C, create design specifications.

Pause the video now and have a little think.

Feedback can help designers to make changes and to meet users' expectations.

Well done if you've got both of those.

When we construct something, we are usually building something.

This could be a tower, a bridge, or a project such as a greetings card.

Just like building a wall, constructive feedback helps to build a better product with helpful advice.

When we give feedback, it is important to include positive messages and views.

It is also important to give ideas about how to improve the design in a helpful and a constructive way.

This feedback can be very hard to hear and hard to give, so we need to be helpful, said Andeep, kind, said Jacob, and constructive, said Alex.

Ready for our check for understanding? This is a true or false.

Feedback can be both positive and negative.

Is that true or false? Feedback can be both positive and negative.

True or false? Pause the video and have a little think.

Feedback can be both positive and negative is true.

Well done.

Why do you think it's true? Both positive and negative feedback is important.

It is always a good idea to give constructive suggestions when giving negative feedback.

Feedback might discuss these areas: the greetings card, the mechanism, and envelope; the materials used; constructive likes and dislikes; suggested changes.

Now we're ready for our first task.

Are you sitting nicely? Brilliant.

Number one, share your greetings card with your peers.

Ask for their thoughts about the greetings card, the mechanism, and envelope, the materials used, constructive likes and dislikes, and suggested changes.

Pause the video and start Task A.

You should have completed the first task by now, and these were views about Lucas' work.

Sofia said, "Decorating around the mechanism using different materials is very clever, and it also blends the mechanism in." Laura says, "It meets the design specification.

The mechanism works well, but the lettering could be larger to make it stand out." Number two, part two of the task.

Using the feedback you were given, what would you change about your greetings cards? That's a bit of a hard question, isn't it? You might think about the greetings card, the mechanism, and envelope, the materials used, constructive likes and dislikes, or suggested changes.

Pause the video now and complete the second part of this task.

Welcome back.

You should have completed the second task by now, and Lucas made changes to his design after receiving feedback.

Lucas said, "I used a piece of paper to redesign the lettering and placed it over the smaller lettering.

It looked much better, but meant the mechanism didn't work as well.

I spent time making sure the split pin was in the right place, so it worked again." We are now on to the second learning cycle, evaluating a finished product.

Constructive feedback has helped you to improve your greetings card.

Lucas said, "I listened to the constructive feedback and changed the writing so that lettering was clearer.

It looked much better." Have a think about the parts of your greeting card that you have changed based on feedback.

When the greetings card has been completed, it is time to evaluate it.

Evaluations check how good something is and how to make it better.

We're ready for our check for understanding.

What does an evaluation do? Hmm, I wonder.

Let's see.

Does it A, ignores mistakes? Does it B, stops people from improving? Or C, checks how good something is and how to make it better? Pause the video and have a little think.

So what does an evaluation do? An evaluation checks how good something is and how to make it better.

Well done.

Evaluations can include how well a project has gone, what went wrong or was it difficult, what could be changed next time.

Evaluations are a brilliant way to find out about other people's ideas.

They also allow the designer to share their views too.

Evaluations can help future projects and allow time to think about: the way the item was designed, if it met the user's needs, and any skills which the designer needs to learn for next time.

Ready for our next check for understanding? Good.

Evaluations are a brilliant way to capture other people's ideas, but also the views of the, hmm.

Is it A, user; B, designer; or C, people? Evaluations are a brilliant way to capture other people's ideas, but also the views of the user, designer, or people.

Pause the video and have a little think.

Evaluations are a brilliant way to capture other people's ideas, but also the views of the designer.

Well done.

Does your greetings card meet your design specification? What was your favourite part of making a greetings card? Have a little think.

You might wish to pause the video.

Does your greetings card meet your design specification, Lucas? Lucas said, "Yes, it meets the design specification.

The Year 1 children really liked my greetings card." Lucas, what was your favourite part of making your greetings card? Lucas said, "Decorating around the mechanism so that it blended into my greetings card.

It was a lot of fun." Which part of the greetings card was the hardest to make? And what would you do differently next time? You may wish to pause the video and have little think.

Lucas, which part of your greetings card was the hardest to make? Well, Lucas says, "The mechanism was a little tricky as the lever kept stopping and was quite stiff to turn." Lucas, what would you do differently next time? Hmm.

Lucas said, "I would make something a little more complicated.

I really enjoyed using levers in my work." We are ready for our next check for understanding.

Are you sitting nicely? Brilliant.

True or false? Evaluations help the designer to think about their design and how to make it better for the future products.

Is that true or is that false? Pause the video now and have a little think.

Well done.

Evaluations help the designer to think about their design and how to make it better for future products.

That is true.

Why is it true? Evaluations are a brilliant way to capture other people's ideas, but more importantly, the views of the designer.

We are ready for our next task now.

Are you sitting comfortably? Super.

Number one, complete your own evaluation of the greetings cards.

You will see some faces next to these, and you can show how you feel.

Circle the right ones.

How well did you meet your design specification? Write down how you know.

How would you feel about making more changes? Remember to circle how you feel and then draw or write what you would do differently.

How easy was it to make the greetings card? Remember to circle how you feel and then write or draw the hardest part to make.

And finally, how much did you enjoy making the greetings card? Don't forget to circle how you feel and then write or draw your favourite part.

Pause the video now and complete Task B.

Welcome back.

Right, by now, you should have completed your evaluation.

Your evaluation might look like Lucas'.

How well did you meet your design specification? Oh, Lucas circled, he went between two of them.

He wasn't too sure.

"The mechanism worked, and the user liked the greetings card." How much did you enjoy making the greetings card, Lucas? Oh, he circled big smiley face.

"I really liked making the lever.

It was tricky, but great to see it working at the end." How easy was it to make the greetings card? Oh dear, Lucas circled one of the sadder faces.

"The lettering was really hard to get right, but I kept trying until I was happy with it," he said.

How would you feel about making more changes? Lucas put a big smiley face there, look.

"I'd make the lettering bigger next time and choose different colours." We've reached the end of our lesson today about feedback and evaluation about materials and systems. I wonder if you can show a thumbs up to show how you feel about your learning.

Let's read through the summary.

Feedback from our peers can help us improve our projects.

Constructive feedback is helpful and is used to make something better.

Constructive feedback needs to be fair, kind, and respectful.

And evaluating our work can help us improve future projects.

Thank you very much for listening and for working so hard today in our lesson.

See you next time.