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Keeping things simple A design project should not be complicated; the best projects are simple ones. A simple project might consist of two shapes, a cuboid and a wedge shape joined together to make a farmhouse. Another idea is to build a cuboid and a cylinder of similar dimensions and then to compare their volumes practically by filling them with rice. A project like this takes the student through all the stages of the design process from thinking about a problem to manufacturing an object to solve the problem. The aim of such projects is not to produce elaborate 3D models but to take students through the whole design process. Even making a tissue holder from a pentagonal prism requires pupils to think about packaging. They need to discuss their ideas, plan and draw the package, change it, make it, and evaluate it to see how well it serves its purpose.
Project 1 At this level students will be expected to produce a variety of shapes to contain the table tennis balls, including conical shapes, triangular prism and cuboids. The faces of the 3D Shapes can be rendered in tabs with images to complete the package design. Procedure 1. Design a shape that can be manufactured to contain four table tennis balls. 2. Calculate the volume of the four table tennis balls.
Project 2 Design and make a box with a
specific volume to package sweets. 1. A front page with title, cover design and pupil name. 2. A design brief. 3. A specification. 4. Research. Before you can start on the design there are things you will need to find out, such as the size of box that will be needed. 5. Preliminary designs - use aspexTabs-MST to produce several 3D views of designs for the shape of the box. Design images, or use clipart or scanned images to render onto the package. 6. Final design: Print out your final box design in light card and construct it. 7. Evaluation of the project including the software used. |