ACCESS FM - for Product Analysis

Learning Objectives

• Identify the range of materials that products are made from
• Identify the range of joining techniques that a product is held together with
• Describe accurately how the parts and components have been put together
• Understand the needs that a product is intended to meet
• Judge how well the product meets those needs

ACCESS FM is a product analysis activity (that also feeds neatly into creating design specifications)

Y7 might take 20-30 minutes to complete an analysis of a product in small teams or individually under the headings of the acronym, developed by Bluefish.

Aesthetics

Cost

Customer

Environment

Safety

Sizes

Function

Materials

(Manufacture)

(Maintenance)