Stage 2 Furniture Construction (Material Solutions)

Subject Overview

In Design, Technology, and Engineering students use design and realisation process to engineer solutions for the development of products or systems.

The subject provides a flexible framework that encourages students to be creative, innovative, and enterprising in their chosen context. They apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills and incorporate technologies to address design problems and challenges.

Topics may include:

• Traditional construction methods
• Contempory construction methods (CNC machining)
• Computer Aided Design
• Application of furniture constructions skills
• Project design and construction

Assessment:

Specialised Skills Task
Students develop knowledge and skills through creating a product from a working drawing and producing a Specialised Skills Task using Basic Static Machines

Design Process and Solution

Part 1 – Design development: Students show evidence of key design phases of investigation and analysis, design development, and planning when creating a folio of their choice.

Part 2 – Solution realisation: Students create and evaluate the choice product of furniture from Part 1. The student provides evidence of the solution in the form of images or a video recording and evaluates the completed solution.

Resource Study

Part 1: Students investigate and analyse the functional characteristics and properties of two or more materials or components that they are considering for use in the creation of their solution.

Part 2: Students investigate and analyse ethical, legal, economic, and/or sustainability issues related to their solution.