Year 9 - Design and technology
Test and evaluate a wearable product
Functional prototypes: wearable technology
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Unit Summary
Pupils will deepen their understanding of systems and control. They will be introduced to engineered fabrics and the associated manufacturing processes. This knowledge and understanding will be applied through the design and manufacture of a wearable technology product.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to test and evaluate a product.
Key Notes
- Observing the user using a product is one method of testing a product.
- Products are evaluated against the design brief.
Vocabulary To Learn
- feedback: comments on a design to help improve or refine it
- analyse: examine something in detail
- modifications: making changes or adjustments to improve or alter a design
- evaluate: to judge how a product meets chosen criteria
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Evaluating is one person's opinion.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Observing the user using a product is one method of testing a product. Products are evaluated against the design brief.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'feedback'
comments on a design to help improve or refine it.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Evaluating is one person's opinion. Correction: Evaluating is most effective if it involves more than one person's opinion and data gathered from testing.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Circuits in Tinkercad Study Guide
- Code and simulate Micro:bits in Tinkercad Study Guide
- Develop and modify code Study Guide
- Integrate a micro:bit into a wearable product Study Guide
- Manufacture a wearable product Study Guide
- Micro:bits in Tinkercad Study Guide
- Sustainable fabrics for wearable technology Study Guide
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