1. Teacher assessment and feedback:
Colchester Zoo
Technology Homework Project
Situation:
Many animals at Colchester zoo are adopted each year to help raise money for the zoo and maintain the animal enclosures.
Design brief:
Design an adopt an animal information pack, using your visit to the zoo to help you. The pack will be sold in the zoo gift shop.
Information:
You will need to work your way through the homework booklet completing all pages and design tasks (pages 1-10) and then choose at least one final product to make from your designs.
All work needs to be returned to your technology teacher by Thursday 23rd October 2014.
Should you need any help with this project there is a homework club running every Thursday after school in D105.
Teacher assessment and feedback:
Level
www
ebi
Page 1

2. Research: Existing products
Find a picture from a magazine or the internet of an
animal adoption pack that is already being sold. Cut it out
and stick it in the box below. Answer the questions below
in sentences to analyse the product:
Describe the look of the product
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………..
What does the pack contain?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Does the look of the pack make you want to buy it? Why?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
What materials have been used to make it?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Who do you think would buy this product? Why?
……..……………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
How much do you think the pack would cost to buy? Why?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
What does the product do? How would you use it?
……………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………
Page 2

3. Research: Mood board Page 3
Use the space below to create a collage of pictures which will give you inspiration when designing your adoption pack. You can collect images from the internet or magazines.
Page 3

4. Specification
In the space below write a specification for your adopt an animal pack. A specification should be written as a list of points that you have considered about your product e.g. the size, the user, the theme:
The animal for my adoption pack is a: ……….………………………………………………….
because: …………………………………….……………………………………………………
My adoption pack will look: ……..……………………………………………………………………….
because: …………………………………..…………………………………………………….
My adoption pack will be designed for: ..………………………………………………………..
because: …………………………………………………..………………………………………
The size of my adoption pack will be: ………………………………………………………….....
because: ………………………………………………………………………………………..…
 The adoption pack will contain: ……………………………………………………………………….
because: ……………………………………………………………………………………….…
The materials I would use to make it are:……………………………………………………….…
because: …………………………………………………………………………………….…...
The cost of my adoption pack will be: ……………………………………………….…………….
because: ……………………………………………………………
Page 4

5. Designing
Using the template below design the box for your adoption pack. You must add colour to your design.
Page 5

6. Designing
Use the space below to design an animal shaped mask to go in your adoption pack. Label your design to show the materials that you would use to make it.
Page 6

7. Designing
Use the space below to design an animal puzzle/game for your adoption pack. You must add colour to your design. Label your design to show the materials that you would use to make it.
Page 7

8. Designing
Use the space below to design an animal face pin cushion for your adoption pack. You must add colour to your design. Label your design to show the materials that you would use to make it.
Page 8

9. Designing
Use the space below to design an adoption certificate for your adoption pack. You must add colour to your design.
Page 9

10. Designing
Use the space below to design an information card for your adoption pack. You must add colour to your design.
Page 10

11. Remember to use appropriate materials to make your product.
Final Design
and
Making instructions
Now you have completed all your designing, choose at least one from the list below to make:
A mask
A box for your adoption pack
A puzzle
A pin cushion
An adoption certificate and fact card
Remember to use appropriate materials to make your product.
Don’t forget to hand your product, this booklet and your zoo booklet to your technology teacher.
Page 11

12. Page 12 Use of evidence this means that for example it seems likely
Evaluation
On the next page you will evaluate your task.
This means:
Writing about the ideas you had before starting the task.
Writing about what went well in your work.
Writing about what didn’t go so well.
Using the word “I.”
Writing in the past tense to describe what you did.
Writing in the present tense to judge your work.
Writing in the future tense to think about next time.
Top Tips
Stronger writers will organise their writing into paragraphs.
Super-duper writers will use connectives to help it flow.
Many writers may choose to use bullet points at some point.
If you can use any words learnt in technology or Words of the Week then this will be impressive.
You might use words like “might,” “should” and “could” when thinking back over your work.
Great Connectives To Use:
Use of evidence
this means that
for example
it seems likely
this showed that
for instance
possibly
I know this because
It became clear that thus
such as in the case of
Cause and effect
because as
so in order to
depending upon
since as a result of as a result
so that consequently therefore
as long as accordingly eventually
Page 12

13. Evaluation
Page 13

14. Page 14 What did you most enjoy about this project?
Self reflection
What did you most enjoy about this project?
What did you least enjoy about this project?
What would you do differently if you did this project again?
Set three targets on how you could do even better next time 1. 2. 3.
Page 14