Unit Planning in Technology: Is Bling still in?
Homework assignment and Focus questions
Homework assignment
- Select a product of your choice. You will need a new product and an older product of the same type.
- Analyse the products in terms of physical and function natures.
- Describe the differences in the products
- Can you explain why they have changed? What happened?
Focus questions
Characteristics of Technology
- Why do we wear Jewellery?
- What was its original purpose?
- Why make jewellery you can't wear?
- What are the main traditional Māori shapes? Why do you think these shapes are used?
- What is offensive to make? Was it always so?
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What special jewellery items do you have in your home?
- What are peoples favourite jewellery items and why?
Characteristics of Technological Outcomes
- What are the physical attributes of this item of jewellery?
- What are the functional attributes of this item of jewellery?
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How do the physical attributes help the item function?
- How does the function of the item influence its physical appearance?
Technological Products
- What materials were used to make the jewellery?
- What properties do these materials have?
- Why were these materials chosen?
- What other materials could you have used to embed in or join to the pewter – relate to the physical properties of each material?
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