INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN
A project that I sometimes use with Grade 6/Year 7 to introduce them to Design is the designing and making of a ‘steady hand game' which seems t be somewhat of a classic nowadays. The reason for using this project is the pupils are required to make a wooden mould by hand from which they will then vacuum form a base from and will also have to solder a basic electronic circuit which combined, introduces the students to a number of practical Design and manufacturing skills.
The brief for the project is centred around designing for a museum gift shop and this helps to introduce the students to the idea of working with a client and end user in mind, focussing their design ideas.
