Developing, planning and communicating

Working with tools, equipment, materials

and components to make quality

Evaluating processes and products

ideas

products

•  Can they come up with a range of

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Can they explain why their finished

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Do they keep checking that their

ideas after they have collected

product is going to be of good

design is the best it can be?

information?

quality?

•  Do they check whether anything

•  Do they take a user’s view into

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Can they explain how their product

could be improved?

account when designing?

will appeal to the audience?

•  Can they evaluate appearance and

•  Can they produce a detailed step-

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Can they use a range of tools and

function against the original criteria?

by-step plan?

equipment expertly?

•  Can they suggest some alternative

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Do they persevere through different

plans and say what the good points

stages of the making process?

and drawbacks are about each?

Breadth of study

Cooking and nutrition

Textiles

Electrical and

Stiff and flexible sheet

Mouldable materials

•

Can they describe

•  Do they think what

mechanical

materials

•  Are they motivated

what they do to be

the user would want

components

•

Are their

enough to refine

both hygienic and

when choosing

•

Can they

measurements

and further

safe?

textiles?

incorporate a

accurate enough

improve their

•

How have they

•  How have they

switch into their

to ensure that

product using

presented their

made their product

product?

everything is

mouldable

product well?

attractive and

•

Can they refine

precise?

materials?

strong?

their product after

•

How have they

•  Can they make up

testing it?

ensured that their

a prototype first?

•

Can they

product is strong

•  Can they use a

incorporate

and fit for purpose?

range of joining

hydraulics and

techniques?

pneumatics?