Proportions and scale: polymers and timbers

Design and technology

Pupils learn about biomimicry and innovation.  They will learn how to use sources of inspiration to create a range of ideas for a product encouraging children to grow vegetables. The pupils will develop ideas and manufacture a prototype.  Variation allows for different material outcomes.

Iterative design: Nature

A design specification can be used to help {{}} design decisions.

Does this image show a handle that is or is not in proportion?

What unit of measurement is most often used when working out dimensions?

the designer prefers working with smaller models

Why might a prototype not be made to full scale?

the simulation of human intelligence in machines

the physical components of a computer that process data

a programming language used to build software applications

{{}} is a tendency to favour or judge something unfairly based on personal beliefs or preferences.

Which of the below would be an example of a stereotype?

by helping spark creativity when a designer has design fixation

by helping to iterate ideas by changing details such as materials

by replacing all human designers entirely

a designer could iterate further ideas having been inspired by this one

a designer could copy this design and claim it as their own idea

a designer could generate this as their only design idea but explain it is AI

How could a designer use this AI generated image in their own design work?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Proportions and scale: polymers and timbers

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.