GCSE D&T NEA – Lesson 5 Generating Initial Ideas

GCSE Design & Technology NEA lesson focused on generating initial design ideas from client research.
Students learn how to move from research into designing without becoming fixed on their first solution. The lesson encourages quick, purposeful sketching and shows students how client needs, problems, location and moodboard research can inspire genuinely different design possibilities.
Students then complete a timed design sprint before using simple prompts to push their ideas further.
Includes:

• Do Now retrieval task and answers
• What makes a strong initial idea?
• Avoiding design fixation
• Using client research to inspire ideas
• Worked visual examples
• Quick-sketching guidance
• 10-minute design sprint
• Idea-development prompts
• NEA initial ideas exemplar
• Self-assessment/review
• Detailed teacher notes throughout
  Designed for Edexcel GCSE D&T NEA, but suitable for other GCSE Design & Technology specifications.
  The lesson is designed to keep cognitive load low and maximise the amount of time students spend actually designing and sketching.
  Resource: PowerPoint presentation
  Suitable for: Year 11 / GCSE D&T / NEA