Year 9 - Design and technology
Product analysis and quality standards
Developments in new materials: supporting new parents
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils will develop knowledge of smart and modern materials and apply this to designing a product to support new parents. They will develop strategies for generating ideas by investigating a specific context.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify key criteria and quality standards to consider when analysing a product.
Key Notes
- Product analysis helps designers identify which features are successful and which could be improved on products.
- Quality standards are guidelines that ensure products or services meet consistent and accepted levels of excellence.
- They include the British Standards Institution (BSI) and European Standards (CE).
- Designers must ensure their products, meet the correct and current safety and quality standards.
- When analysing products for new parents safety should be a primary focus.
Vocabulary To Learn
- product analysis: examining a product's design, function, and performance
- quality standards: established guidelines that ensure products or services meet consistent and accepted levels of excellence.
- safety: the condition of being protected from harm, danger, or injury.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Product analysis leads to copying of designs.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Product analysis helps designers identify which features are successful and which could be improved on products. Quality standards are guidelines that ensure products or services meet consistent and accepted levels of excellence.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'product analysis'
examining a product's design, function, and performance.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Product analysis leads to copying of designs. Correction: Product analysis identifies successful features and those which can be improved, this can lead to inspiration for new or improved ideas.
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