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Year Group: 7

Term: Spring Term

Unit Duration: 12 Weeks

Number of Lessons: 12

Unit Title: Light (Plastics)

Unit Assessment: Design and create a practical mood light using polymers plastic

Fertile Question: How can lighting be used for developing nations?

Key Skills / Concepts / Prior Knowledge that students should have when starting this unit:

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Suggested materials teachers could / should use:

• Bitesize Website

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Home Learning Tasks students should complete:

• Product Design Journal 3
• Product Design Journal 4

• Basic drawing skills through prior exploration
• Experience controlling tools and equipment appropriate to the material being used.
• Basic ability to discuss and reflect on design ideas verbally and in writing
• Basic understanding of the manufacturing processes when using wood.

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Key Skills / Concepts / Prior Knowledge that students should cover:

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• Understand the properties and applications of different types of polymers
• Learn about manufacturing processes for polymers (Injection molding, extrusion, and thermoforming
• Explore the environmental considerations related to the use of polymers
• Analyse the ethical implications of polymer production and consumption
• Generate a range of initial design ideas for a product made from polymers
• Consider functionality, aesthetics, sustainability, and target audience when generating ideas
• Evaluate and refine initial ideas based on feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and manufacturing constraints
• Review the basics of two-point perspective drawing
• Learn how to create a more complex two-point perspective drawing of your design
• Understand the properties and limitations of polymers as a prototyping material
• Develop a plan for constructing an initial model of your design using Polymers
• Test the functionality and usability of your initial model

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Stretch: Key Skills / Concepts / Prior Knowledge that students should cover:

• Be able to use research in order to create ideas that incorporate an understanding of Polymers
• Develop design ideas with annotation and discussion
• Development of CAD skill