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Year 10 - Design and technology

Equipment and machinery: textiles

Textiles

Unit Summary

Pupils learn about biomimicry and innovation. They will learn how to use sources of inspiration to create a range of ideas for a product encouraging children to grow vegetables. The pupils will develop ideas and manufacture a prototype. Variation allows for different material outcomes.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use hand tools and workshop machinery to safely manufacture designs.

Key Notes

  • Hand tools such as fabric scissors and stitching by hand can be used to accurately manufacture
  • Machinery, such as a sewing machine, can be used to fabricate materials

Vocabulary To Learn

  • wasting: removing material
  • accuracy: very precise and exact
  • fabricate: joining materials

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Using machinery results in greater accuracy.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Hand tools such as fabric scissors and stitching by hand can be used to accurately manufacture. Machinery, such as a sewing machine, can be used to fabricate materials.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'wasting'

removing material.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Using machinery results in greater accuracy. Correction: Machinery or hand tools can result in accurate manufacturing. Accuracy is achieved with careful planning and execution with skill.

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