Working through the design process
To help students work through the various stages of designing and making, our KS3 D&T software package is structured so that students can find information, animations and exercises quickly and easily by clicking on hyperlinks on a diagram of the design process. (See below).
A linear model of the design process is used because it is easily understood and it suggests a purposeful activity, getting from a problem to a solution, or a product to a better product.
To get from a problem to a solution, or from an existing product to a new and better product (for a particular set of circumstances) our D&T notes, animations and exercises guide students through a cyclic process of design development involving modelling and evaluating ideas.
Students are encouraged to think of a variety of different ideas and alternatives to each of their ideas when designing.
The diagram below illustrates the mental modelling process of someone engaged in finding a range of ideas and alternatives, that could be developed into a solution to a problem. The notes, animations and exercises in the KS3 / KS4 D&T software bundle explain the process in more detail.
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Choose the KS3 / KS4 D&T software bundle for all our best theory notes, animations and exercises, together with hundreds of other design, design development and technology exercises.
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KS3 Design and Technology |
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Single User Licence - £40 |
School Site Licence - £80 |
KS3 / KS4 D&T software bundle |
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Single User Licence - £50 |
School Site Licence - £100 |
New Software Bundle: Plastics Module + KS3 D&T + KS4 D&T |
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Single User Licence - £60 |
School Site Licence - £120 |
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