Year 7 | Design & Technology | Design & Make Project Wooden Toy Car By the end of this project you will have gained lots of new knowledge and learnt lots of new skills. Put a tick next to the skill below when you think you’ve mastered it – if you’re not sure, leave it blank, it’s not a problem if you need extra help on a particular area. I understand the different stages of the Design Cycle I know how I can prevent accidents in the workshop I can identify potential hazards in the workshop I can write a design brief I can write a design specification I can explain the difference between a softwood and a hardwood I can show my ideas clearly through freehand sketches I can draw an isometric drawing of my car I can draw an orthographic drawing I can identify the tools used in this project I can use the pillar drill safely I can use the disc sander safely I can finish my work to a high standard I can make a housing joint I know how to use all the tools in this project safely and accurately I can help others to succeed I can evaluate my work I can reflect on my progress What else do you know and can do? Name: .................................................................................... Uplands Design Technology Wooden Car Project 2 The Design Cycle Put the words at the bottom of the page in the correct place. Evaluate your design Identify a Need/Problem Make Design a range of solutions Write a design Brief Carry out research Write a specification Develop the best idea Identifying a problem or need Tinker Toys Corporation is a small company that makes traditional children’s toys. Instead of using plastic which is the material most toys are made from these days, they prefer to use wood. They are also very concerned with the environment so want their products to be as sustainable as possible. Tinker Toys Corporation have lots of pieces of wood, 40mm x 40mm x 120mm, and want you to design and make a wooden car with these left-over pieces of jelutong wood. The target market will be young children. Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project Keywords Design Brief Target Market Specification Sustainable 3 Design Brief A Design Brief is a short sentence about what you are going to design and make. When you write a Design Brief you need to mention the target market and explain the problem you are going to solve or the need you are going to meet, but you shouldn’t say how you are going to solve the problem. Use the words, I am going to design and make…’ Example: Cat owners often have the problem that their cat scratches the sofa. I am going to design and make something to stop cats scratching the furniture. Writing a Design Brief - Write the design brief for the wooden car project below Homework Task – write a Design Brief for the following problems: Problem One: Many adults spill spaghetti down their clothes when eating. The sauce stains their clothes and can be embarrassing. Problem Two: Many children lose their glasses because they put them down when they are not wearing them and then forget them. Assessment Criteria Level 3 Level 4 You can write a sentence about the problem you are going to solve, but do not mention the target market, or, the problem you are going to solve is unclear You can write clear design briefs that mention the problem you are going to solve and the target market. Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project Checked 4 Research – Natural Timber: Softwoods and Hardwoods Research can involve looking at existing products and analysing them, it can mean asking people questions to find out what they would like. It can also involve researching different materials and manufacturing processes. In this project we are going to carry out some research into different materials. Follow the PowerPoint and complete the table. Then draw a line from each box to the correct tree. Coniferous trees are ___________________, needle-leaved, cone-bearing trees, such as ___________________, ___________________ and __________________. Broadleaf ___________________ trees often loose their leaves in winter, such as ___________________, ___________________ and ___________________. Grow ___________________, usually stop growing in winter and produce expensive ___________________. Grow ___________________ all year and produce cheap ___________________. Often used for high quality furniture, interior woodwork, for example ___________________ _________________ Often used for ___________________ and ___________________. Check yourself 1. Give 3 examples of a softwood 2. Give 3 examples of a hardwood 3. Why do you think hardwoods are usually more expensive than softwoods? 4. Describe the leaves of a softwood tree 5. Describe the leaves of a hardwood tree Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 5 Research - Manufactured Boards One problem with natural timber is that wood from trees only comes in relatively narrow widths. This is because of the sizes of the tree trunks. One solution to this is to use manufactured boards. This type of wood is produced by gluing wood layers or fibres together and often uses waste wood. Manufactured boards can be made in very large sheets and are available in many thicknesses. MDF – made of fibres Plywood - made of layers Check yourself 1. What is a disadvantage of natural timber? 2. What are manufactured boards made from? 3. Give 2 examples of a manufactured board Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 6 Existing Products When designing new products, designers often look at existing products as a source of information. Product analysis is not just about describing them, you should identify the good features of the product and ways it might be improved. Follow the PowerPoint in class and complete the spider diagram. Product Analysis Carry out a product analysis on these products Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 7 Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 8 Design specification The specification is a list of all the needs that the product must meet. The specification is very important as it states what you can and can’t do when you are designing a product. It is also important that you list all the constraints – for example, if you only have wood available, then this is a constraint. In which case it would be wrong to design a product that had to made from wood or plastic. Write a specification for your wooden car. Think about the following points: aesthetics, customer, size (look at the first page of this booklet) function, safety and materials. Freehand Sketching You need to be able to communicate your ideas using sketches. Follow the exercises to practice your freehand sketching. Keywords Freehand Sketching Construction lines Draw a horizontal line about 70 mm long, and then another six lines underneath, each separated by about 10 mm. Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 9 Draw a vertical line about 70 mm long, and then another six lines beside it, separated by about 10 mm. Draw a faint dotted line in a 70 mm square, and then draw diagonal lines inside the square, separated by 10 mm. Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 10 Draw one horizontal and one vertical line in a cross shape. Check the angle in the middle to see if it’s square once you've finished. Draw the above cross again, and then add two diagonal lines. Check the two right angles in the middle are square. Draw a square, with each side about 70 mm long. Check the corners are square when you've finished. Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 11 Draw another square, as above, and then draw a diamond on top. Check all corners are square when you've finished. Draw a cross 100 mm x 100 mm. Mark 50 mm from the centre in all four directions. Then draw four separate arcs, so that they meet up as a circle. Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 12 Draw one horizontal and one vertical line, each 70 mm long, meeting at one end. Then draw five concentric arcs, separated by 10 mm. Draw a faint dotted line 50 mm x 50 mm square. Then draw a series of continuous loops inside the box. Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 13 Design Ideas Design a range of ideas for your wooden car. Remember to include the wheels, draw them with a compass – 50mm diameter. Look back at the design specification and after you have drawn each idea annotate it to explain how the design meets the specification, or how it doesn’t. This work will be assessed, so check out the Assessment Criteria. Keyword Annotate (v) Annotation (n) Assessment Criteria Checked Level 3 You have some ideas which are similar. Level 4 You have a range of ideas that meet the design specification which shows you are thinking about the user Level 5 You have a wide range of ideas. You have made it clear by annotating your designs how each design meets or does not meet the design specification. You use both 2d and isometric drawings Level 6 Highly creative, yet feasible design ideas have been created, clearly communicated, using a range of techniques. Sketches and annotation explain how the design will be made. Design Idea 1: Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 14 Design Idea 2: Design Idea 3: Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 15 Design Idea 4: Design Idea 5: Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 16 Final Design Idea – draw your chosen design again using a set-square. Draw it to scale Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 17 Orthographic Projection Orthographic drawings are also known as working drawings. They communicate the sizes of the product and show the different views so the product can be made. Practise using the examples from the PPP. Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 18 Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 19 Draw your design on this page Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 20 Isometric – this is a drawing technique to show your design in 3D. The lines are at 30° Practise using the example from the PPP Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 21 Isometric – draw your car design here. Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 22 Isometric – Extension Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 23 Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 24 Selecting Tools Complete the table below after you have been shown how to use the tools and machines Tool Name Purpose & Safety Precautions Tool Name Purpose & Safety Precautions Tool Name Purpose & Safety Precautions Tool Name Purpose & Safety Precautions Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 25 Tool Name Purpose & Safety Precautions Tool Name Purpose & Safety Precautions Tool Name Purpose & any Safety Precautions Tool Name Purpose & Safety Precautions Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 26 Tool Name Purpose & Safety Precautions Tool Name Purpose & Safety Precautions Tool Name Purpose & Safety Precautions Tool Name Purpose & Safety Precautions Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 27 Production Plan A production plan is a set of instructions for making a product. The tasks need to be in the right order – some tasks need to be done before others. A flow chart can be used to show the order things are done. Different shapes are used for different things. Use this shape at the start and end Use this shape to check something Use this shape for a task Use this shape when you need certain tools for that task Example – Drilling holes in the middle of the wheels Get Safety Goggles & Apron Start Are you following the correct safety precautions? Machine Vice 4 wheels Clamp 1 wheel in machine vice Is it secure? Line up drill bit with centre of pilot hole and start drilling Has the drill bit gone all the way through? Homework Task Draw a flowchart to explain how to make the housing joint. Make sure you include all the stages – including safety precautions and make sure you use the correct vocabulary (names of the tools) Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project 28 Working with Materials – assessment criteria This is the assessment criteria that will be used to assess how well you have used the tools and processes, and how well you have made your wooden car. Assessment Criteria: Working with Materials Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 You use tools and equipment with some accuracy to cut the jelutong and to put together components such as the wooden wheels. You use tools and equipment with some accuracy to cut the jelutong and to put together components such as the wooden wheels. You have paid attention to the quality of finish. You use tools and equipment with some precision; the housing joint is square and well-cut. You have paid attention to the quality of finish to produce a high-quality product. Checked Evaluation Once you’ve finished making your wooden car, you need to decide how good it is. Take a step-back from your product and look at it critically. Ask yourself the following questions: 1. Does it work? 2. Does it meet the design specification? 3. Could you improve it? Evaluating your progress is serious business, so use the PPP to help you. Your evaluation will be assessed using the criteria below. As well as reading your evaluation, your teacher will also think about how well you worked during the practical lessons. Assessment Criteria: Working with Materials Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 You recognize what you did well as you made your car, and suggest things you could do better in the future. You identify where evaluation of the design and make process of your wooden car has led to improvements. You identify what worked well and what could be improved to overcome technical problems. You reflected on your design as they developed, recognising the significance of knowledge and previous experience. You checked your work as it developed, solved technical problems and showed some evidence of creativity as you modified the way you worked. You have tested and evaluated your wooden car, showing that you understand the situations in which the product will function. Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project Checked 29 -. Uplands Design Technology Wooden Toy Car Project
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