Design and Technologies / Year 1 and 2 / Processes and production skills / Evaluating

Curriculum content descriptions

evaluate the success of design ideas and solutions based on personal preferences and including sustainability (AC9TDE2P03)

Elaborations
  • reflecting on and recording a judgement about design ideas, for example describing how design ideas meet the needs of those who will use the solution using audio-recording or video-recording software
  • sharing design strengths and weaknesses, for example explaining how the equipment in a playground might be unsuitable for some children to use and suggesting areas for design improvement
  • reflecting on the environmental impacts of the production of a solution and considering alternative approaches that would minimise future negative impacts, for example identifying the negative environmental impacts of different food packaging and how these could be minimised
  • reflecting on the challenges of designing and producing a solution and recording these reflections, for example when growing a food product, designing a structure to take a load or making a nutritious snack
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Self-evaluation,  Environmental sustainability,  Design,  Human impact

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