Vocabulary is the focus of this week’s homework. This is because we’ve just begun a new Design and Technology topic and with it comes new Design and Technology vocabulary.
Here’s a list of key words that are being learnt and applied as part of our learning. Over the half-term, practise using these words with your child.
Years 1 and 2 Design & Technology vocabulary:
- design process: the steps that need to happen for something to go from an idea to a finished product
- to plan: to think about and decide how you’re going to do something
- to evaluate: to decide, after careful consideration, how good or bad something is
- base: the bottom part of an object; the part on which something rests
- structure: a combination of materials and/or parts to create a 3d shape
- stable: something that is unlikely to fall down or collapse
- freestanding: something that stands up by itself
Years 3 and 4 Design & Technology vocabulary:
- product: something that is designed and made fu
- function: the purpose of something
- design brief: a description of what a new product should do
- design criteria: the precise features a product must have to be successful
- annotated sketch: a detailed sketch labelled with notes (eg dimensions, materials) prototype: an early sample or model of a product used to evaluate a design
- component: a part that combines with other parts to make something (eg a machine or a piece of equipment)
- exploded diagram: a drawing that shows the individual components or parts of a product and how they fit together
- mechanism: a number of parts or comp
Years 5 and 6 Design & Technology vocabulary:
- design criteria: the precise features a product must have in order to be successful
- innovative: an adjective to describe new or original ideas
- sustainable material: a material is sustainable if it comes from renewable sources and it does not damage the environment
- dimension: a measurement of something in a particular direction (eg height, length, width)
- aesthetic: something about the appearance (eg something can be aesthetically pleasing) computer-aided design (CAD): a way of drawing on a computer to visualise designs and simulating them to see how they work
- computer-aided design (CAD): a way of drawing on a computer to visualise designs and simulating them to see how they work
- to reinforce: to strengthen or support
Some of these words have been introduced already but there may be others that are going to be covered in the coming weeks.