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Year 6 - Design and technology

Graphic designs

Products and people: inspirational design

Unit Summary

This unit introduces pupils to key individuals and products from the product design and fashion industries that have shaped our world. Pupils will complete design tasks that develop their knowledge and understanding of designers and their products while critiquing the materials and techniques used.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to choose and use communication techniques that are appropriate to showcase a product.

Key Notes

  • Exploded diagrams show how a product can be assembled and how the separate parts fit together.
  • Cross-section diagrams shows the inside of something.
  • Isometric diagrams are usually at 30 degree angles.
  • Bricks can be drawn on isometric paper with a ruler.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • diagram: a simplified drawing showing information
  • cross-section: an inside view of a 3D object when cut across a plane
  • isometric: showing three dimesions, to scale
  • angle: the direction from which you look at something

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • All design drawings are drawn from one angle, usually a front view.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Exploded diagrams show how a product can be assembled and how the separate parts fit together. Cross-section diagrams shows the inside of something.

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

a simplified drawing showing information.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: All design drawings are drawn from one angle, usually a front view. Correction: Isometric drawings show three angles at the same time.

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