Design a recycling unit

This idea will develop k/u of design issues - analysis, research, select and justify design issues according to market requirements. Pupils will analyse a brief, and through researching the product and market, select and justify several design issues based on the client’s ethos to write a detailed design specification for a new ‘Clyde community’ recycling unit which will compliment the new architecture and encourage use.

Outcomes of learning

This idea will develop k/u of design issues - analysis, research, select and justify design issues according to market requirements. Pupils will analyse a brief, and through researching the product and market, select and justify several design issues based on the client’s ethos to write a detailed design specification for a new ‘Clyde community’ recycling unit which will compliment the new architecture and encourage use.

Relevance to curriculum

• Subject knowledge gained and enhanced
• Employability skills enhanced – application of knowledge in a real situation by writing a detailed specification based on the analysis of a clients design brief
• Enhance enterprising skills through communication, taking responsibility for organisation and time management, ownership of learning and task achieving
• Confidence of working independently from teacher-led lessons demonstrated by leadership, showing initiative in research etc
• Pupils take responsibility for their learning through making decisions about what design issues are important ant areas they choose to research
• Pupils have developed enterprising skills identified as 4 capacities of ACfE