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S3 Design & Manufacture
S3 Design & Manufacture
The Course provides a broad practical introduction to design, materials and manufacturing processes. It provides opportunities for learners to gain skills in both designing and in communicating design proposals. It allows learners to explore the properties and uses of materials and to make models and prototypes of products.
Topics
Topics
Flat Frame Project (Design and Make)
Famous Designers (Research and Presentation)
Tea Light Holders (Design and Make)
Multimedia Holder (Research, Design and Make)
Storage Unit (Full N4/5 Style Design and Make Project)
Course Skills
Course Skills
Design Skills
Initiate, create and develop Design Proposals
Come up with solutions to Design Problems
Design and Manufacture solutions to design problems
Practical Skills
Develop hand manufacturing techniques and processes
Develop skills in using machinery
Other Skills
Creativity, flexibility and adaptability
Independence and Resilience
Critical Thinking
Confidence
Responsibility and Reliability
Flat Frame Project
Flat Frame Project
As an initial challenge to pupils this is primarily a manufacturing project. The Flat frame is built before any design takes place and is then used as an aspect of design where students make something that includes the frame.
Tea Light Holder
Tea Light Holder
Students focus on idea generation techniques and creating creative and diverse ideas. During this project students must fight off the urge to copy ideas from the internet in an attempt to spark their own personal creativity.
Famous Designer
Famous Designer
This is a formal presentation that students will do in front of their fellow pupils about a famous engineer or designer. They are to research key facts about the person of their choice and present clearly to their peers.
Multimedia Holder
Multimedia Holder
This project focuses on effective research. This is their first time working on a function over form project and students will learn what makes research effective.
Store and Display
Store and Display
Students take on a National level design folio, they are to Research, Design and Make a product that sores and displays an item(s) of their choice.
Assessment
Assessment
Assessment will take place throughout each project as well as at the end of each topic.
Leads On To
Leads On To
This course will prepare pupils to undertake the following courses
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