Designing, a detailed look at what students need to do and consider when generating and recording ideas

Designing Directory: A detailed look at what students need to do and consider when generating and recording ideas. The table below is from the KS3 Design and Technology package. Each topic is hyperlinked to pages explaining the topic. This section clearly demonstrates how designs may be created in answer to problems and design opportunities. The subsections cover the requirements of the revised Key Stage 3 programme of study and the many factors that should be considered when creating designs. The areas covered are listed below.
Problem Solving	How to solve problems
Things to consider	Considering people's needs and values
	Safety
	Moral issues in design and technology
	Cultural issues in design and technology
	Quality in design and technology
	Quality: technical considerations
	Quality: aesthetic considerations
	Environmental considerations in D&T
	Recycling
	Sustainability
	Designing for disassembly
	Ergonomics and anthropometrics
Principles of good design	Design principles
Seeing something that gives you an idea	Design opportunity
Being told what to design	Design brief open brief closed brief
Specifying what a design must be like	Specifications design specification product specification
Generating ideas	Hazy impression of a design New ideas: designing from natural form Using existing ideas
Developing designs	Design development animation Design development: changing existing designs
Evaluation	Evaluating
Analysis	Analysis Analysing a design brief
Learning from existing designs	Product analysis
Communicating and modelling ideas	Modelling ideas Recording ideas Notes and sketches Isometric drawing 1 point perspective drawing 2 point perspective drawing Oblique drawing Orthographic projection Parts drawing

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Designing Directory: A detailed look at what students need to do and consider when generating and recording ideas.

Designing Directory:
A detailed look at what students need to do and consider when generating and recording ideas.