Year 10 - Design and technology
Design security
Investigate and research: High profile event
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Unit Summary
Pupils will identify a client and investigate the client's needs and wants. They will use and develop different research techniques. They will learn about the economic viability of designs to design a product for a high-profile event.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify the rights and responsibilities of designers and produce your own designs which are compliant with these.
Key Notes
- Designers must not copy others' work.
- Designers must protect their own work.
- There are different ways to keep paper products secure.
Vocabulary To Learn
- plagiarism: copying someone else's work without permission or credit
- copyright: a law that protects a creator's control over their original work
- trademark: a symbol, word, or design that identifies and distinguishes a brand or product
- patent: a law that stops others from copying an inventor or designer's idea or invention
- intellectual property: a legal right that protects creations such as inventions and designs
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Patents and trademarks are the same thing.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Designers must not copy others' work. Designers must protect their own work.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'plagiarism'
copying someone else's work without permission or credit.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Patents and trademarks are the same thing. Correction: Trademarks protect brand names and logos whilst patents protect inventions and new technologies.
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