Overview

Design thinking is an essential skill for problem solving. Design thinking is not purely about imagination, but how we can approach problems in a systematic way. Here I have a series of tasks, lessons and resources to help pupils learn about the design process and how to generate ideas. 
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Bicycle helmet design

Understanding the design process can be very tricky. Here I provide some introduction tasks and resources to help pupils think like a designer or engineer. 

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"If you can properly define the problem, then you've already define the solution as well"

Chip Kidd (1964 - )
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business of making cookies

As many of you are aware, I now work in a department that offers Computing Science, Business Management, Administration and Accounting... So we all clubbed together to make this wee BGE project that covers design, making and business in one go. :) 

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"What the visionaries had in common was a particular love  of craft and a desire to play"

Petrula Vrontikis
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Assessment ​

The following materials have been created to assess learning in this unit. These documents are for 'Coffee' supporters of DesignClass only. 

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