Product Design Year 9
This course involves the students taking on the role of a product designer creating everyday products. Students present their ideas in many different ways, depending upon the product and the stage of the design. They use drawings, photography and computer generated images to explain and produce models to sell their ideas.
Students use graphic techniques and ICT, including computer aided manufacture to develop, model and communicate design proposals. Different societies, age, cultural, environmental and historical issues need to be taken into account in the planning of and designing of these products. Students may use a broad range of materials in the modelling, prototyping or manufacture of their products such as paper/card, timber based materials, metals, plastics, polystyrene, styrofoam and plaster of paris.
Currently the GCSE is run as a three year programme. In Year 9 students develop their communication and creative thinking skills, in preparation for completing 2 modules of their GCSE in Year 10. Students work on a range of Product Design Projects that include:
- A jewellery making project
- Deluxe stereo amplifier and housing
- Pop-up book
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Course Books and Equipment
A4 sketchbook, A3 Folder, planner, coloured pencils, drawing pencils, pens, eraser, metric steel rule, calculator
Key Dates
Students are given assignment deadline dates at the start of each assignment
Course Books and Equipment
A4 sketchbook, A3 Folder, planner, coloured pencils, drawing pencils, pens, eraser, metric steel rule, calculator
Key Dates
Students are given assignment deadline dates at the start of each assignment
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