Agenda Week 39/10 – 9/14

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•Agenda 9/10

The Assignment: Furniture Design

Design Brief1. What is it?2. How do I use it?

Rules of Brainstorming & Time to work…

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• You and a partner will:• Design a piece of furniture that is made of no more than 6 pieces.

• It can be ANY kind of furniture item.

• You must specify whether the furniture is for a child or an adult.

• Each person will be required to:• Come up with at least 3 different ideas during the brainstorming session

• (6 total between you and your partner)

Furniture Design•The Assignment

Design Brief• As I go over each part of the design brief, you and your partner will have time to fill in your own design brief pages.

•Design Brief Presentation

•Agenda 9/11

Furniture Design Grading Rubric

Add to NotebookAdd your Design Brief to Engineering Notebook (Cut and Glue)

My expectations today:Design process (each step!) written out in your Engineering notebook as you go. You should get to “Developing Ideas” today.

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Third Brainstorm and Research (get more ideas)How will you make this work?

To Do Today:• Furniture Grading Rubric

• Write out Design Process as you work through it • Begin with adding your design brief as the “Define your

Problem” step

• Brainstorming Rules

• Research• Use IKEA product magazines• Add ideas to your product, get material ideas, shapes, etc.

Brainstorming Session• Rules of Brainstorming in STEM class

• Begin your brainstorming…

•Agenda 9/12Decision MatrixCopy into Notebook (5 mins)

Time to work

My expectations:1. Design process (each step!) written out in your

Engineering notebook as you go. 2. You should get to “Choose Best Idea” today

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If Finished Furniture “Final Drawing” for the wall

•Decision Matrix• Choosing a Best Idea

•Agenda 9/13Work Day!

Begin where you left off…

My expectations:1. Design process written out in your Engineering notebook

as you go. 2. You should finish the furniture design project today

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Ongoing

If Finished 1. List first 5 steps of Design Process explaining what you did at each step

2. Answer conclusion questions3. Create a Prototype drawing for the wall! (Paper on

black table)

If you complete the Decision Matrix today…1. List the first 5 steps of the design process

with an explanation of what you did to complete the step

2. Answer the following questions:1. What was the most difficult part of the design

process and why?2. Why did you and your partner choose the

solution you did?3. What traits do you find in a good partner?

•Agenda 9/14 Friday!• Get notebooks!

Finish Furniture DesignStudy for Assessment

My expectations:1. Quiet2. Working Independently

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Design Process AssessmentSecond

(30 min)

(15 min)

• http://pbskids.org/designsquad/video/episodes/

•DESIGN PROCESSPrototypeTest and EvaluateResearchCommunicate ResultsImprove DesignChoose Best IdeaDevelop IdeasBrainstorm