Year 6 - Sticky Knowledge DT

What is product analysis?

• Critiquing the strengths and weaknesses of a product

• Copying all the parts of the products as your own

• Identifying the best parts about a product

• Identifying the bad parts about a product

Series circuits only have...

• ...space for one output to be connected at once.

• ...a small amount of battery power

• ...one path for the electrical current to flow

• ...two paths that flow in the same direction.

A buzzer is a circuit component that...

• ...produces light when electricity passes through it

• ...generates noise when electricity passes through it

• ...creates movement when electricity passes through it

• ...turns the circuit on or off

A LED is a circuit component that...

• ...produces light when electricity passes through it

• ...generates noise when electricity passes through it

• ...creates movement when electricity passes through it

• ..turns the circuit on or off

What do we mean by multifunctional?

• A group of products with one function each

• When a product can run the same program more than once

• Something that can repeat a function

• Something that has more than one function

Who is the client in any design process?

• Aria from Australia

• Someone who sends letters

• The person or company who has requested the design

• Someone who you pay to complete the job

Sensors can be useful in smart products because...

• ...they can function without the need for human input

• ...they charge automatically when the power is low

• ...they can alert someone to a problem using sound

• ...they are not very big

What is a concept?

• A way to manufacture and package a product

• The pitch to the sales team before manufacture

• A visual plan of an invention or idea to share with others.

• A range of different rough sketches with no information

What do we mean by flavour?

• How food and drink tastes

• How hot or cold something is

• How food or drink feels

• How much of something you can consume

In a recipe, what is the method?

• A paragraph about storing the dish so it does not rot

• A checklist of foods that can be turned into compost

• A process or list of ingredients to make a dish

• A list of each ingredient that you will need