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Idea generation
Learning area:TechnologyLevel: Years 7 and 8
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Task description

Students analyse a design brief to identify the key aspects of the brief. They explain what investigation they have carried out to research aspect/s of the brief and identify what they have learnt from this that will help them with their designs. They generate a series of design ideas and consider which design or aspects of designs best address the brief.

Optional: They develop a production/management plan for making their final idea.

The success criteria for the completed assessment task are:

  • an ability to identify the key aspects of a design brief and develop appropriate criteria for evaluating design ideas
  • an ability to describe the findings of an investigation and explain how it will help to inform design ideas
  • an ability to generate ideas to address the design brief
  • an ability to assess the suitability of the design ideas by applying the appropriate design criteria previously developed
  • ability to select or develop a final design idea and justify selection
  • ability to clearly and effectively communicate design ideas using communication techniques
  • ability to develop a clear, comprehensive and logically sequenced production/management plan (optional aspect of the task).

Task conditions

This task was produced under the following conditions:

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