Year 10 - Design and technology
Design: Spider boot and Jaipur foot
The circular economy: developing countries
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Unit Summary
This unit develops pupils' knowledge of technology in the world around us. The pupils consider a case study 'The Washing Machine Project' to empathise with issues faced by people in developing countries. Pupils develop knowledge of moral and social issues alongside empathy.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain the role and impact of design in supporting developing countries.
Key Notes
- Design plays a crucial role in shaping the environmental impact of a product across it's entire lifecycle.
- Design can be used to solve design opportunities throughout developing countries.
Vocabulary To Learn
- circular economy: an economic system where products and materials are kept in circulation and do not become waste
- design decisions: a deliberate choice to meet a requirement or solve a problem
- design opportunity: a gap, or a need where a new or improved product would be beneficial
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Sustainability decisions happen after the product has been designed.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Design plays a crucial role in shaping the environmental impact of a product across it's entire lifecycle. Design can be used to solve design opportunities throughout developing countries.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'circular economy'
an economic system where products and materials are kept in circulation and do not become waste.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Sustainability decisions happen after the product has been designed. Correction: At the design stage, designers have a huge responsibility to influence many other stages of a product's life cycle through their design decisions.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Circular economy and LCA Study Guide
- Distribution: Better Shelter and wind-up radio Study Guide
- Investigating contexts Study Guide
- Manufacture and materials processing: Fairtrade Study Guide
- Product in use: S H E uniform and Hippo Roller Study Guide
- Redesign: The Washing Machine Project Study Guide
- Repair, maintenance and recycling: Energee Saw Study Guide
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