1. Introduction to PARPA Product Analysis Resource Pack Assignment
Sept 2015

2. Introduction to PARPA
Download the Subject Studies handbook from learngold.
Read the assignment brief for ‘M’ level and for ‘H’ level.
Check out the rules for ‘Extenuating Circumstances’.
Check out the note on ‘Plagiarism’.
Use the ‘Harvard Referencing System’.
Read ‘Hands, Heads Hearts’ and note the references given.
Use these references to begin your ‘Critical Enquiry’.
In school discuss the assignment with your mentor and choose a class to provide the context for your work.
Plan and produce you handling collection with teachers notes and student materials.
Evaluate the collection against your Rationale.

3. Key Stage 3 National Curriculum task
‘Investigate new and emerging technologies’
Brief
A manufacturing company would like new ideas for designing and developing products using Smart Materials whilst also being aware of the environment. They require attractive and imaginative designs that solve problems such as:
-Sustainability
-Consumption
-Waste
-Product life cycle
In pairs identify a range of objects you might include in a handling collection to generate ideas to meet this brief.
Justify why each object is included in your collection.

4. PARPA Task for Thur 1 Oct 2015
Work in pairs to identify a range of objects you might include in a handling collection to generate ideas for the above brief.
Justify why each object is included.
Create a presentation showing each object and your justification/ ‘Rationale’ for including each object in your collection.
Refer to the presentation given by Kay to support your justifications.
Upload your presentations to the Resources Bank on leargold.