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Create, Experiment, Build, Question and Learn. I am a specialist Product and Graphic Design Teacher, specialising in the Iterative process of designing, prototyping and evaluating. With a particular focus on entrepreneurship and making, rooted in real-world contexts and challenges. My mission is to plan and deliver creative, fun and engaging lessons for KS3, 4 and 5, ages 11-18.

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Create, Experiment, Build, Question and Learn. I am a specialist Product and Graphic Design Teacher, specialising in the Iterative process of designing, prototyping and evaluating. With a particular focus on entrepreneurship and making, rooted in real-world contexts and challenges. My mission is to plan and deliver creative, fun and engaging lessons for KS3, 4 and 5, ages 11-18.
Design Technology All Theory Complete Bundle IB DT
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Design Technology All Theory Complete Bundle IB DT

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This bundle includes all ten topics: SL (standard level) and HL (higher level) content required for the Design Technology IB DP course. In these series of lessons, students gain an understanding of all required topics: 1. Human Factors and Ergonomics 1.1a Anthropometrics 1.1b Psychological factors 1.1c Psychological factors 2. Resource management and sustainable production 2.1 Resources and reserves 2.2 Waste mitigation strategies 2.3 Energy utilization, storage and distribution 2.4 Clean technology 2.5 Green Design 2.6 Eco-design 3. Modelling 3.1 Conceptual Modelling 3.2 Graphical Modelling 3.3 Physical Modelling 3.4 CAD 3.5 Rapid Prototyping 4. Final Production 4.1 Properties of materials 4.2a Metals and metallic alloys 4.2b Timber 4.2c Glass 4.2d Plastics 4.2e Textiles 4.2f Composites 4.3 Scales of production 4.4 Manufacturing processes 4.5 Production systems 4.6 Robots in automated production 5. Innovation and Design 5.1 Invention, IP and patents 5.2 Categories of innovation 5.3 Innovation, Acts of insight 5.3 Strategies for innovation 5.4 Stakeholders for Innovation 5.5 Planned and Perceived Obsolescence 5.5 Product Lifecycle 5.6 Rogers’ Characteristics 5.7 Market Analysis 5.7 Market Competition 5.7 Target Markets 5.7 Writing a design specification 6. Classic Design 6.1 Characteristics of classic design 6.2 Classic design, function and form 7. UCD 7.1 7.2 UCD 7.3 Strategies for user research 7.4 Strategies for user centered design (UCD) 7.5 Beyond usability - designing for pleasure and emotion 8. Sustainability 8.1 Sustainable Development 8.2 Sustainable Consumption 8.3 Sustainable Design 8.4 Sustainable Innovation 9. Innovation and Markets 9.1 Corporate Social Responsibility 9.1 Corporate Strategies 9.2 Market Sectors and Segments 9.3a Marketing mix 4P’s 9.3b Place 9.3c Price 9.4 Consumer reaction 9.4 Market research and strategies 9.5 Branding, Brand Loyalty 9.6 Packaging and brand identity 10. Commercial Production 10.1 Jit and JIC 10.2 Lean production 10.3 Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) 10.4 Quality management 10.5 Economic viability Lessons include objectives, keywords, engaging activities, videos and real-world examples that students can relate to. Lessons culminate in a task where students consolidate and apply the key theory that they have learnt so that they are prepared for any IB DP assessments. Lessons cover the entirety of what students need to learn for the topic and can be taught in any order. If you enjoyed this project/scheme of work. Please visit my shop where there is a range of creative and engaging design and engineering projects.