Year 10 - Design and technology
Systems approach to design
Systems approach to design: Sustainable Futures
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Unit Summary
Pupils will develop knowledge of electronic components and a systems approach to designing. They will learn about different components and use these to build and test circuits for different purposes. They will design a system to control a greenhouse environment, considering the different variables.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify the inputs, processes and outputs in a control system.
Key Notes
- A context is the situation within which something exists and is the starting point for an interactive design process.
- Systems use inputs, processes and outputs, and can also include variables and feedback.
- Systems can be planned using flowcharts.
Vocabulary To Learn
- context: the situation within which something exists or happens
- design brief: a statement that explains what you are going to design and manufacture
- variable: something that can change
- feedback: a signal that is sent back in a loop, depending upon a condition
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Systems are simple with just one input, process and output.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
A context is the situation within which something exists and is the starting point for an interactive design process. Systems use inputs, processes and outputs, and can also include variables and feedback.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'context'
the situation within which something exists or happens.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Systems are simple with just one input, process and output. Correction: Systems can be complex with multiple inputs, processes and outputs, feedback and variables.
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- Assemble, test and refine systems Study Guide
- Assembly modelling in Fusion Study Guide
- Buzzers Study Guide
- Create, modify and constrain 2D sketches in Fusion Study Guide
- Data logging Study Guide
- Design for additive manufacturing with Fusion Study Guide
- Electronic calculations Study Guide
- Fusion fundamentals Study Guide
- Input components Study Guide
- LEDs Study Guide
- Motors Study Guide
- Physical materials and appearances in Fusion Study Guide
- Technical drawings in Fusion Study Guide
- Virtual and physical testing of systems Study Guide
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