Making a final prototype

Design and technology

A prototype is practice model of your final idea.

Mark out is when a person identifies a part of their design that they no longer need or want.

Mark out refers to making a mark on a piece of material to indicate where we will cut.

A component is a clear set of instructions.

A component is composed of all the separate elements of a design.

A component refers to key parts that are used to make a product.

Assemble is all the parts of a thing taken together, so that each part is considered only in relation to the whole.

Assemble is the term to explain how component parts will be joined together.

Assemble refers to us all getting together.

What can we do with a prototype to check that it works? (Tick 2 boxes)

A final manufactured product ready to sell.

A model showing how a final idea may function.

What materials might we use to make a prototype?

We are going to follow the plan in todays lesson. Plans can be presented in lots of formats; can you identify from below which image is a flow chart?