dESIGN & TECHNOLOGY nATIONAL CURRICULUM

Design

• Use research and exploration, such as the study of different cultures, to identify and understand user needs
• Identify and solve their own design problems and understand how to reformulate problems given to them
• Develop specifications to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that respond to needs in a variety of situations
• Use a variety of approaches [for example, biomimicry and user-centred design], to generate creative ideas and avoid stereotypical responses
• Develop and communicate design ideas using annotated sketches, detailed plans, 3-D and mathematical modelling, oral and digital presentations and computer-based tools

make

• Select from and use specialist tools, techniques, processes, equipment and machinery precisely, including computer-aided manufacture
• Select from and use a wider, more complex range of materials, components and ingredients, taking into account their properties

Evaluate

• Analyse the work of past and present professionals and others to develop and broaden their understanding
• Investigate new and emerging technologies
• Test, evaluate and refine their ideas and products against a specification, taking into account the views of intended users and other interested groups
• Understand developments in design and technology, its impact on individuals, society and the environment, and the responsibilities of designers, engineers and technologists

technical

• Understand and use the properties of materials and the performance of structural elements to achieve functioning solutions

Knowledge

• understand how more advanced mechanical systems used in their products enable changes in movement and force
• Understand how more advanced electrical and electronic systems can be powered and used in their products
• Apply computing and use electronics to embed intelligence in products that respond to inputs [for example, sensors], and control outputs [for example, actuators], using programmable components

Year 7 - Jitterbug

Year 8 - automata

Year 9

KS4