Penshurst West Public School Stage 2: Year 3 This year Penshurst West celebrated its 50th Anniversary. All students K-6 have been involved in a variety of activities culminating in the birthday celebrations in Term 3. Each stage was given the task of preparing and running a stall at the Anniversary fete. Our stage decided to create a product that could be sold at this fete. After much discussion it was decided that each class would be responsible for the production of a specific material or product. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, Syllabus links DM S2.8: Develops, implements and evaluates ideas using drawings, models and prototypes at appropriate stages of the design process. A student: draws and labels a plan to refine ideas for making a paper product participates in the planning, implementing and evaluation of a fete stall develops an annotated plan and uses it to construct a paper product. Foundation statement Students develop and evaluate design ideas recognising the needs of users or audiences. They implement the design process and evaluate solutions using functional and aesthetic criteria.

Penshurst West Public School Syllabus links UT S2.9: Selects and uses a range of equipment, computer-based technology, materials and other resources with developing skill to enhance investigation and design tasks. A student: selects appropriate resources and materials to design and make a product experiments with a range of desktop publishing features, graphics, font and borders to develop an effective poster or sign. Foundation statement Students select and safely use equipment, computer-based technology and other resources throughout the processes of design and production. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Teaching and learning sequence September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Teaching strategies The main teaching strategies used in this unit were: TS1:Cooperative learning (p.142, Science and Technology syllabus) TS5:Language development TS8:Clarifying a design task TS23:Considering appearance and function TS25:Selecting and using materials TS26: Organising tools, equipment and processes. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, Content strand: Products and services DM S2.8: Develops, implements and evaluates ideas using drawings, models and prototypes at appropriate stages of the design process. A student: draws and labels a plan to refine ideas for making a paper product participates in the planning, implementing and evaluation of a fete stall develops an annotated plan and uses it to construct a paper product. Foundation statement Students develop and evaluate design ideas recognising the needs of users or audiences. They implement the design process and evaluate solutions using functional and aesthetic criteria.

Penshurst West Public School Due to the fact that these children had little knowledge of the design process I decided that prior to designing our product we would spend a little time learning what the language of design was all about and how we could implement these concepts into our process. We started from the beginning with the question What is a designer? September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, Before commencing the unit students brainstormed their ideas on What is a designer? Following this I introduced the term design brief. In order to enthuse and excite all students and to make the task a little more meaningful I decided to make use of our supply of 3D construction materials.

Penshurst West Public School September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, Learning the metalanguage of design Students were given the brief of designing and making a vehicle for a specific purpose. We then discussed what other criteria would help us evaluate our models when they were completed to see if we had achieved the brief. We also looked at what things would limit us throughout the design process. Students were then introduced to the term design constraints. At the completion of the unit students added to the language chart they had created at the beginning. Click here to see their initial brainstorminitial brainstorm Click here to see their final brainstormfinal brainstorm

Penshurst West Public School Learning to draw Once the models had been constructed we then looked at how we could put our ideas down on paper. In order to do this I used the support materials on orthogonal drawing from the KDC NRMA Technopush challenge. We examined these drawings and discussed the importance of accurate, well annotated designs to the person who was going to manufacture the product. Students then drew their designs from their finished product. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, Before starting students had discussed what makes a good design. After making her model of a vehicle the student drew it from a variety of views taking into account that someone else was going to have to take her design and make the model.

Penshurst West Public School Learning to generate ideas and draw designs Click here to see Irenes explanation of her model September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Learning to draw orthogonal drawings Click here to see additional work samples: 1, 2, 3, When viewing the designs look for the elements of a good design. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Creating a variety of views Students were asked if they had enough information and detail to make this model. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Exploring and defining the task Students brainstormed products made of paper. From this mind map they then selected 3 or 4 products that could be mass produced for sale at the school fete. They considered: varieties that could be made total number to make resources and equipment needed cost of production time available profit that could be made. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, Generating and developing ideas Who will buy? Getting to know your audience. For each identified product students predicted and listed the groups of people that they thought would buy this product.

Penshurst West Public School Working together Taking all constraints into consideration, especially that of time and our birthday commitments it was decided that the whole Stage would work together to produce our products for our stall. Students voted and the decision was made. We would mass produce three products: recycled paper notepads paper and envelope sets gift cards. Another cross-stage class decided to mass produce lucky dips. One for boys and one for girls. What a team! September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, Designing our products Using the information from our surveys and after clarifying our task students set about designing their products. In order to use recycled paper they first had to learn how to make it. This was a task on its own and meant there were lots of students involved in creating a workable system for the production of this important material. Steps in making recycled paper

Penshurst West Public School Producing solutions September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Producing solutions All groups set about to collect and prepare materials to either create their products or make the recycled paper needed for the products. Systems were devised to enable the production to take place in very confined areas. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Mass producing our booklets September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Production line Creating our recycled paper. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Using our designs to create our products. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Following our design instructions. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, Creating our products. 19

Penshurst West Public School Designing a product that addresses the criteria Look for correlation between the design and the finished product. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Student 1 work samples Initial designModified design explaining modifications September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Working in teams to create our raw materials Students were given areas of responsibility such as making paper sheets so others could use these to create products. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Student 2 work samples This student used a variety of made and found materials to create a sample of a card that could be mass produced for sale at the school fete. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Student 2 has tried to include the elements of design so that others can use this to mass produce her card. Justification for modifications Measurements materials What material is the purple star made out of? We know what colour they are but what are the stars made out of? September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Student 3 work samples Student has tried to create a design but has omitted to include labels, materials and measurements. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Design lacks specifications making it difficult for anyone else to follow. September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Student reflections Student 1 Student 2 Student 3 Student 4 September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,

Penshurst West Public School Teacher reflection September 2007Technology education K-8: Design in practice © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training,