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Disassemble products to inspire ideas

I can disassemble products to create a design specification.

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Disassemble products to inspire ideas

I can disassemble products to create a design specification.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Some greetings cards have levers and sliders in them to create movement.
  2. Disassembling greetings cards with moving parts develops knowledge of how they are constructed.
  3. Identifying end users of greetings cards helps create the design specification.
  4. Identifying how levers and sliders work in greetings cards helps create the design specification.

Keywords

  • Greetings card - a card that shares a special message

  • User - who you are designing for

  • Disassemble - taking something apart to see how it works

  • Design specification - describes what a product has to do

Common misconception

A disassembly is the same as an evaluation.

A disassembly focuses on the different parts and workings of the product. The evaluation focuses on views of what people like and dislike.


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Equipment

Range of slider and lever cards to disassemble.

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Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - equipment
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Supervision

Adult supervision required

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Lesson video

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4 Questions

Q1.
What are sliders and levers?
types of bars
Correct answer: types of mechanisms
types of models
Q2.
What is in a lever mechanism but not a slider mechanism?
lever
Correct answer: pivot point
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Q3.
What keeps a slider in place?
Correct Answer: a guide, a bridge
Q4.
Match the mechanism to the movement.
Correct Answer:slider mechanism,side to side or forwards and backwards
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side to side or forwards and backwards

Correct Answer:lever mechanism,in a circular direction
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in a circular direction

4 Questions

Q1.
Match the keywords to the definitions.
Correct Answer:evaluation,to explore views and ideas about a product from others
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to explore views and ideas about a product from others

Correct Answer:disassemble,to take something apart and to see how it works
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to take something apart and to see how it works

Correct Answer:user,the person who will be using the product
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the person who will be using the product

Correct Answer:design specification,describes what a product has to do
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describes what a product has to do

Q2.
Why do we disassemble cards?
to make cards
Correct answer: to know how they work
to send cards
Q3.
What is a user?
the person making the product
the person drawing the producrt
Correct answer: the person using the product
the person designing the product
Q4.
Why do we evaluate existing products?
Correct answer: to get ideas from products that are already out there
to get ideas from products that don't exist yet
to get ideas from products that might be made

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