Sample assessment outline Materials Design and Technology – Preliminary Unit 4 Assessment task Notional due date Unit outcome: identify and name different materials and their different basic properties and uses Unit outcome: discuss design choices and factors affecting design choices Unit outcome: apply design fundamentals and skills to develop a product Unit outcome: develop and practise safe production skills to make a product Task 6: Nature and properties of materials Identify and name the materials by their appearance Look at a range of different common materials and identify some of the differences of the materials’ properties Week 2 Task 7: Design fundamentals and skills Explore existing products, within context based on needs and wants. Personal likes and preferences based on design fundamentals and factors affecting design Week 3 Task 8: Methods of communicating design ideas Students use simple drawing and annotation techniques to develop a product, making changes by design choices within the design process, to develop an individual design solution Week 7 Task 9: Manufacture the product Manipulation of materials to produce the product, as applicable to context Safety: correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE) where applicable Production management as directed by teacher Week 15 Task 10: Presentation of completed product Students present the finished product, and discuss the likes and uses of the product Week 16
SAMPLE PLANNING CHECKLIST Materials Design and Technology Preliminary Unit 4 ( = Unit content covered) Task 6 Nature and properties of materials Task 7 Design skills Task 8 Communicate design ideas Task 9 Manufacture the product Task 10 Presentation of product Design fundamentals and skills Discuss: design needs and wants – existing products – design fundamentals – factors affecting design Devise: using communication techniques sketches of personal product ideas with development of images to a final solution design choices based on design fundamentals presentation of final design Use guided and/or highly scaffolded design plans as the idea/choice/plan for an eventual product Evaluate when discussing and devising design ideas Nature and properties of materials Identify, by appearance and name, within the chosen context: metals – ferrous, non-ferrous textiles – natural fibres, manufactured fibres wood – softwoods, hardwoods, and different manufactured boards Identify basic aesthetic properties or characteristics, such as: colour – appearance – patterned, plain texture – soft, hard, smooth, rough – density – heavy, light Materials in context Identify, within a chosen context, common materials and describe their uses Name some products or objects made from common materials Use of technology – design skills and techniques Use a guided design method to develop own solution Develop graphic skills, such as desktop publishing and/or hand sketching with simple annotation Use of technology – skills and techniques – safety – production management Use tools and basic machinery Manipulate materials by cutting, shaping, joining and finishing Use appropriate correct basic terminology and conventions Safety Correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE) where applicable Production management Use simple tools and machines Use teacher-directed design, production plans and processes Communicate and describe the production process Design fundamentals and skills Evaluate finished product against initial design