Year 8
Designing for others
In this lesson, we will use specifications to design products that are innovative, functional and appealing.
Year 8
Designing for others
In this lesson, we will use specifications to design products that are innovative, functional and appealing.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- work confidently within a range of relevant domestic, local and industrial contexts, such as the home, health, leisure, culture, engineering, manufacturing, construction, food, energy, agriculture and fashion
- use specifications to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that respond to needs in a variety of situations
Equipment
Corrugated cardboard, greyboard, cartonboard, cutting mat, scissors, steel rule, craft knife, small home product / tool, cardboard packaging
Content guidance
- Equipment requiring safe usage.
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What does the word 'function' mean?
How a product is made.
How heavy a product is.
What a product looks like.
Q2.
What does the word 'dimensions' mean?
How long the product takes to make.
The weight of a product.
What the product does.
Q3.
True or false, aesthetics means how a product looks, the colours, textures and style?
False.
Q4.
Which of these words BEST describes someone who buys and uses a product?
The designer.
The manufacturer.
The modelling department.
Q5.
Which of these statements is FALSE?
Designers have to consider safety when creating ideas
Products, by law, have to be safe to be manufactured
Products, by law, have to be safe to use
5 Questions
Q1.
What is a specification?
A specification is a group of sketches.
A specification is a model made from cardboard.
A specification is single statement about what is being designed.
Q2.
True or false, the term function describes what a product does - its purpose?
False.
Q3.
If I was thinking about a product's aesthetics, what specifically would I be looking at?
The products ergonomics, function, safety and material.
The products ergonomics, materials and function.
The products size, safety, ergonomics and function.
Q4.
True or false, a specification is NOT USED during the designing process?
True.
Q5.
Which of these words means 'consumer'?
The person who designs the product.
The person who makes the product.
The person who sells the product.