To introduce your Year 9 design project and identify what you have to do to be successful' You will

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To introduce your Year 9 design project and
identify what you have to do to be successful.
You will be able to describe what a design brief
is and how it is used.
By understanding your teachers expectations you
will be able to work to the best of your ability
and fulfil your potential. A design brief is the
starting point of our project so it is important
that we understand exactly what is required for
this project brief.
If you have identified your teachers expectations
and written them into a spider diagram. You will
be able to describe what a design brief is and
how it fits into the design process.
Find 4 photographs of board games that are
suitable for young people aged 9 yrs. How much
do they cost and where can they be purchased
from? Present your work on a sheet provided.
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Key Terms (Write into your planners)
To introduce your Year 9 design project and
identify what you have to do to be successful.
You will be able to describe what a design brief
is and how it is used.
Design Situation The problem that needs to be
solved. Design Brief A design brief is a
statement of intent or what I am going to do.
Students will produce a high quality expectations
spider diagram.
Students will produce a detailed design brief.
Students will start producing a themes spider
diagram.
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Our Expectations
To introduce your Year 9 design project and
identify what you have to do to be successful.
You will be able to describe what a design brief
is and how it is used.
What Does Mr French Expect of Me? (5 Mins to
discuss)
What do I expect of Mr French? (5 Mins to discuss)
Students will produce a high quality expectations
spider diagram.
Students will produce a detailed design brief.
Students will start producing a themes spider
diagram.
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The Design Situation
Introducing The Board Game Project
To introduce your Year 9 design project and
identify what you have to do to be successful.
You will be able to describe what a design brief
is and how it is used.
Board games have been played for many centuries.
Some like chess and draughts rely purely on
mental skill. Others rely entirely on skill or
luck Scrabble for example.

• Whatever the game, normally it will have some or
  all of the following elements
• a board, a set of rules, ways of generating a
  score or
• moves (e.g. Dice), means of representing each
  player
• penalty or advantage possibilities

Students will produce a high quality expectations
spider diagram.
Students will produce a detailed design brief.
Students will start producing a themes spider
diagram.
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The Design Situation
Many traditional games no longer appeal to young
people and your challenge will be to create and
produce an educational, environmental issue
based, travel board game that will appeal to
young people.
To introduce your Year 9 design project and
identify what you have to do to be successful.
You will be able to describe what a design brief
is and how it is used.
Students will produce a high quality expectations
spider diagram.
Which other traditional board games can you think
of?
Students will produce a detailed design brief.
How does a player win the game?
Students will start producing a themes spider
diagram.
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The Design Brief
To introduce your Year 9 design project and
identify what you have to do to be successful.
You will be able to describe what a design brief
is and how it is used.
What is a design brief and what is its purpose?
A Statement of intent or
What I am going to do.
Students will produce a high quality expectations
spider diagram.
Working in a new Microsoft Word document, write
your project design brief. The brief should start
with the following phrase - I intend to design
and make to prototype stage .
Students will produce a detailed design brief.
Students will start producing a themes spider
diagram.
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Generating a theme for our game
Producing a high level themes spider diagram
To introduce your Year 9 design project and
identify what you have to do to be successful.
You will be able to describe what a design brief
is and how it is used.
PRIMARY
Themes
Students will produce a high quality expectations
spider diagram.
SECONDARY
Car
Students will produce a detailed design brief.
10 X Primary and 20 X Secondary Themes
Students will start producing a themes spider
diagram.
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Name ___________________ Date of Homework
________ Hand in on ________
1. Name of game
2. Name of game
Stick picture here
Stick picture here
Available from _____________ For _________ Age
_______
Available from _____________ For _________ Age
_______
3. Name of game
4. Name of game
Stick picture here
Stick picture here
Available from _____________ For _________ Age
_______
Available from _____________ For _________ Age
_______
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Reflect Review
To introduce your Year 9 design project and
identify what you have to do to be successful.
You will be able to describe what a design brief
is and how it is used.
What is a design brief and what is its purpose?
A Statement of intent or
What I am going to do.
Students will produce a high quality expectations
spider diagram.
Students will produce a detailed design brief.
How far have you progressed towards achieving
your goal for this lesson? What could you do to
improve for next time?
Students will start producing a themes spider
diagram.