Year 1 - Design and technology
Sketching ideas
Templates in textiles: hand puppets
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Unit Summary
This unit develops pupils' knowledge of the characteristics of non-woven fabrics and their joining techniques. Pupils analyse the techniques used to make fabric products and then apply this knowledge by designing and making a fabric puppet.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use a design specification to design a puppet.
Key Notes
- The design brief requires us to make a puppet to use in a puppet show.
- A range of ideas can be drawn before deciding which one to choose to make.
- Sketching using pencils on paper is a way to presents our ideas.
- Talking about ideas helps designers choose the final design.
Vocabulary To Learn
- design specification: describes what a product has to do
- sketch: a quick drawing based on what you can see
- ideas: a suggestion
- design: planning how a product will look or work
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Design ideas cannot be changed.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
The design brief requires us to make a puppet to use in a puppet show. A range of ideas can be drawn before deciding which one to choose to make.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'design specification'
describes what a product has to do.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Design ideas cannot be changed. Correction: Design ideas can be changed during the final design and the making tasks. Designs might be changed because something does not work, there are other ideas which will work better or testing shows problems with part of a design.
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