Biomimicry Espresso Cup Design Project

**Pupils’ love being creative with this hands-on project where they ‘Design a series of contemporary interlocking (or complimenting) espresso cups based on biomimicry’. **

Lessons are differentiated with strong cross-curricular (Literacy, Science) links, whilst requiring very little resources; only paper and desired material (I have used Fimo clay but another material could be used instead, such as cardboard). Also Included are differentiated resources and student/teacher examples.

L1
Students are introduced to biomimicry, ergonomics and the project brief.

Students design; through group tasks, individual tasks and class-discussions. We then cover some basic sketching techniques before leading to them sketching their initial ideas, which they must then justify, through annotation (clear success criteria).

L2
In this second lesson, students recap biomimicry, and learn about the ACCESS FM system in product design and it’s importance in the design process.

Students design; through group tasks, individual tasks and class-discussions. We then cover some basic sketching techniques before leading to them sketching their final idea (isometrically), which they must then justify, through an ACCESS FM specification (clear success criteria).

Lessons consists of
♦ starter
♦ class discussions
♦ main task
♦ peer assessment
♦ plenary
♦ Independent study (homework).

Lesson is a double but could be extended over several lessons.

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L1
Students are introduced to biomimicry, ergonomics and the project brief; ‘Design a series of contemporary interlocking (or complimenting) espresso cups based on biomimicry’.

Students design; through group tasks, individual tasks and class-discussions. We then cover some basic sketching techniques before leading to them sketching their initial ideas, which they must then justify, through annotation (clear success criteria).

L2
In this second lesson, students recap biomimicry, and learn about the ACCESS FM system in product design and it’s importance in the design process.

Students design; through group tasks, individual tasks and class-discussions. We then cover some basic sketching techniques before leading to them sketching their final idea (isometrically), which they must then justify, through an ACCESS FM specification (clear success criteria).

Lessons consists of
♦ starter
♦ class discussions
♦ main task
♦ peer assessment
♦ plenary
♦ Independent study (homework).

Lesson is a double but could be extended over several lessons.

–

If you enjoyed this project/scheme of work. Please visit my shop where there are a range of creative and engaging design and engineering projects.

↠This file may be zipped. Once downloaded right click the file and select ‘extract all’ to open. ↞

✎Please note I am a UK seller and unless otherwise stated the product uses standard English. This should not affect the use of this product in other countries. ✎

♥ After using this product please leave a rating and comment.
♦ If there are any issues with the product please contact me (via the Ask a Question tab) before leaving feedback.

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