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Design a questionnaire to gather information.                                                 

Write a commercial to sell a new product.                                

Make flow chart to show the critical stages.                                                  

Construct a graph to illustrate selected information.                                             

Make a family tree showing relationships, or other relational infographic.

Devise a play about the study area.                                          

Write a biography of a person studied.                                     

Prepare a summary report about the area of study.

Carry out a disassembly

Carry out a product analysis

Carry out a Lifecycle Analysis (LCA)

Complete a PIES analysis

Analyse the user’s needs and wants

Find and select information which informs and clarifies thinking about the task.

Identify design possibilities by discussing needs and opportunities presented by the task.

Use existing, familiar products and systems to inform your design thinking.

Explore needs, wants and opportunities in the context of designing for yourself (or others).

Develop design criteria to satisfy the design brief .

Make alternative design proposals based on the choice of materials. 

Explain the choices and decisions made in designed and manufactured products, processes and system, then identify alternative possibilities.

Analyse how existing products are designed and made in order to provide a range of strategies and factual information to use when designing your own products.