Posters covering ACCESSFM, to aid pupils when evaluating designs.

A Powerpoint presentation that explains the matters that effect design. ACCESSFM is really good and easy to remember

Help sheet that explains the different parts of the ACCESSFM acronym with a number of questions. The sheet can be printed one sided for high ability students but it also has an another side which can be printed 2 sided to differentiate for lower ability students in the group. this side gives more information and what they should be looking for and commenting on.

ACCESSFM display with definitions of each term. 9A3 pages.

ACCESSFM display poster with definitions for each term. DT classroom resource.

I use this all the time to get my students to consider aesthetic, cost, customer, environment, size, safety, function and materials. Really handy for product analysis, making sure they have labelled everything in design work, and also for covering these key points when writing their design specifications.

A visual aid to help learners develop an understanding of A.C.C.E.S.S.F.M whilst designing a mobile phone product. I have found them to be a great tool for differentiation and catered to suit all abilities. They contain visual imagery as well as questions to aid thinking . I have laminated sets in the class and I have them permanently displayed on the whiteboard. I have found these are useful for both KS3 & KS4.

ACCESSFM helpsheet I made for KS3 and KS4 to aid students when doing specifications of evaluations. Perfect for differentiation and whole class understanding. Enjoy!

A great tool to help students conduct a product analysis. The sheet helps students to organise the analysis and guides them to address each of the analysis points.

This pack comes with two ACCESSFM sheets to use. One is on Lamps a common product made in D&T and the other is blank so you are able to put your own product on there. The questions on this side are still relevant and are on the theme of target audience.

An updated resource that aids delivery of Product Analysis lessons. These are a set of double sided A5 learning cards that help learners develop an understanding of the ACCESSFM acronym. One side contains images and key words and the other includes a description, Sentence starters and product analysis questions. These cards enable differentiation and help learners with ALN develop their knowledge. Literacy is also developed through the use of sentence starters.

Beyond ACCESSFM! This is a version more suitable for ks4. Set up to write a specification but can be turned to brief analysis, evaluation or labeling pretty easily. Presented in a placemat setup to link with the regular ACCESSFM one.

This is a quick and effective resource for performing a product analysis using ACCESSFM, or a method to learn and revise the key ACCESSFM terms. Simply print on to A3 (double sided) and cut along the lines between each key word. Fold the tabs over so they cover the boxes. Pupils are give an amount of time (I suggest five minutes per box) to write write a sentence or paragraph about the product in each box. There is also room on the back for pupils to include a picture of the product being analysed and to annotate it with key information.

A revision clock is a innovative method of getting pupils to split their time up in a lesson or at home when revising and to break larger topics down into manageable chunks. Pupils have a limited time to write down facts about a given topic. In this case the hour is split into the eight sections of ACCESS FM. Pupils would start at Aesthetics and would have 7.5 minutes to fill that section before moving on. This resource can be used to revise ACCESS FM or can be used to perform a quick yet effective product analysis. Use this tool to help ensure you have a quick paced lesson. ACCESS FM is useful product analysis tool can be used for a variety of technology based subjects including Design Technology & Engineering. Is is useful at all Key Stages. There are two file types available and can be easily edited to ensure that it is suitable for your subject/specification.

I've made this as a resource for my GCSE students. This has the acronyms 'ACCESSFM' and 'MUMSFACES' on it with explanations about each one: eg: M = Materials. What materials will your product be made out of? What are their properties etc. For use with product analysis and designing.

Introduce your new Year 7’s to the core principles of Design Technology including ACCESS FM, drawing skills, presentation techniques and environmental issues. This premium resource incudes the lesson powerpoint and student work booklet and is in line with the NEW D&T curriculum assessment criteria (see My Shop for KS3 Assessment Map). In my dept we spent 2x 2 hour lessons to complete this booklet and then used an internal moderation to set pupils into ability groups for the year based on their completed booklet but it could be adapted to a variety of delivery methods. You could also use this unit of work as an introduction to drawing skills for a Graphics unit in KS3. Hope you find it useful please leave a review :)

Students will use the acronym ACCESSFM to help them to formulate a basic specification for their product. They will look at each aspect of a product and outline their intention for the product that they are going to design and make.

Two DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY / PRODUCT DESIGN resources here! KS3 - Toolkit/worksheet to support students generating their own design specification through using ACCESSFM. GCSE and ALevel students to support the generation of a design specification. Worksheets provides questions and prompts to enable individual thinking. Toolkit graphics are available as seperate transparent .png for use in supporting documents and presentaions.

This activity could be used to support a product analysis tasks or a start helping pupils to learn about ACCESS FM. All you need to do is cut out the front and back of the cards, stick them together and laminate! If you would like a pre-printed and laminated version of this resource, visit my ebay shop! pxaengi_58

This activity could be used to support a product analysis tasks or a start helping pupils to learn about ACCESS FM. All you need to do is cut out the front and back of the cards, stick them together and laminate! If you would like a pre-printed and laminated version of this resource, visit my ebay shop! pxaengi_58

This resource is a helpsheet designed to assist KS4 & KS5 students when they produce their own Design Specifications as part of their own NEA (controlled assessment) coursework portfolios. This covers in depth a range of prompts, questions and examples to help students to write their own reasoned and justified specification points that cover ACCESSFM - Aesthetics, customer, cost, ergonomics, environment, safety, size, function, materials and manufacture.