Year 12 Product Design – Futuristic Transport
Topic: Futuristic transport project
Year Group: Year 12
Focus: 1. Creativity and big ideas
- Sketching and drawing
- Model making
What we will be learning
- This is the first module that students will complete of the Product Design A level. It is a short module that last about 2-3 weeks.
- Students will research different conceptual ideas for improving transport links in urban suburban and rural areas
- They will generate their own ideas focusing on a particular transport problem that they want to solve
- They will produce a wide variety of sketches and models to solve this problem, before settling on one solution which they present to the class
Why is this important? Where does this link to future/past learning?
- This project is important in broadening the students’ horizons and helping them to think big about the possibilities of this subject. Students who study this subject will be the people designing big, bold solutions to the worlds problems in years to come so it is important that we encourage our students to think big and that is the over riding aim of this module.
- Also, the skills developed here will directly help the students when they begin their NEA coursework around Easter time of year 12 and finish around Christmas time of year 13.
How will this topic be assessed? Formative and summative
- Student’s work will be assessed through comparative judgement and rank order initially
- Once the correct rank order is produced the work is assessed against appropriate parts of the A level NEA mark scheme with clear feedback provided to students around what they need to work on in order to improve so that they can reach their potential when it comes to the NEA.
What make a strong piece of work in this topic, and what can I do to stretch myself in this topic?
- A strong piece of work is creative and innovative. This means that the solution provided is a new idea that actually solves a problem in a novel way
- Communication of ideas through sketching and model making is strong and students analysis shows a depth of thought that surpasses what would be expected at A level
- Strong students are also independent and take ownership over their idea, yet they also ask good questions and seek guidance from the teacher when needed.
- In order to stretch themselves students should become proficient with Onshape in order to present their idea both through sketching, modelling and CAD.
