Year 11 - Design and technology
Communicate ideas
Iterative Design Principles
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils will reflect and build upon designing and making principles to which they have been introduced previously. this will be assessed in the Non-Examined Assessment
Lesson Summary
You will learn to select the appropriate communication technique when designing and developing.
Key Notes
- Ideas are communicated using different techniques.
- Design decisions are made throughout the iterative journey.
Vocabulary To Learn
- communicate: express, share, or present ideas to others
- iterative: refining and improving
- design requirements: something which is needed or wanted to make a product successful
- design decisions: a deliberate choice to meet a requirement or solve a problem
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Sketching is the only way to iterate design ideas.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Ideas are communicated using different techniques. Design decisions are made throughout the iterative journey.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'communicate'
express, share, or present ideas to others.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Sketching is the only way to iterate design ideas. Correction: Design ideas and iterations can be communicated using various techniques, such as sketching, CAD, prototyping, and AI.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Define a design brief Study Guide
- Define a specification Study Guide
- Design opportunities Study Guide
- Evaluation and modifications Study Guide
- Innovation Study Guide
- Iteration Study Guide
- Manufacture Study Guide
- Manufacturing specification Study Guide
- Planning manufacture Study Guide
- Research techniques Study Guide
- Testing Study Guide
- User needs and wants considerations Study Guide
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