MATERIALS

TECHNOLOGY

Name:

COOL STOOL

School:

Initial Brief
You will be designing and making a stool for a client.
The stool will need to suit the room the client will be using it in & reflect
the clients personality.
The top of the stool will be upholstered during Fabric Technology. The
construction joints must be tight fitting so it durable and will last a long
time. All materials used to make the stool must be knot free because the
knot makes a weak point in the timber and the leg or rail could break
when you sit on it.
The Design will need to be KISS (Keep it Super Simple) by not painting
the whole stool(only the designs), & also not having to many designs to
add.

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Gantt Charts
Formulate a Gantt chart showing the stages you will need to go through to complete this project.

PLANNING STAGE
Lesson
1

Lesson
2

Lesson
3

Lesson
4

Lesson
5

Lesson
6

Lesson
4

Lesson
5

Lesson
6

Planning
Brief
Designing
Model
Making Rails
Making Legs
Sanding
Adding Designs
Assemble
Evaluation
Away/Related Study

ACTUAL STAGE
Lesson
1

Lesson
2

Lesson
3

Planning
Brief
Designing
Model
Making Rails
Making Legs
Sanding
Adding Designs
Assemble
Evaluation
Away/Related Study

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Gantt Chart Evaluation

Lesson 3 Progress Report
Compare the Planned & Actual Gantt charts.
Describe what you see when you compare the two Gantt
Charts.
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I am ahead/behind where I planned to be because
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Over the next couple of lessons I plan to
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Ergonomics
What is ergonomics?

Give an example of something that has been ergonomically modified &

explain how it has been made easier to use.

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Brief 2 Development

Need / Opportunity
1 Identify the need/opportunity from the given issuse, who you will do it for,
why you will do it for them, what you are designing & building, theme for it.

Stakeholder
2 Who is/are the stakeholder/s?

Client Investigation
3 My clients hobbies, interests, culture, favourite things are

Fabric Choice
4 What fabric did you choose for the stool cushion and why?
(theme, texture, colour, durability, & style)

Desirable Attributes (Subjective)

5 Record what features the client would like on the project.
Style

Specification (Objective)
6 List the specification & give reason why they are specification?
Materials
Time

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Flow Chart
Create a flow chart of the production of the stool.

What are the advantages of a production line?

What are the advantages of a tradesman making a solution?

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Design Modification of the Leg Cut out

Use this page to sketch your design modifications.

Use arrows & notes to show your flow of thoughts.
The minimum number of steps is four for each part of the stool.
Write down what you are going to modify on the stool:

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Evaluation
How did your outcome meet
the needs of each
specification & desirable
attribute?
Specification 1:

Specification 2

Specification 3

What changes or
problems did you have
during Making the
solution?

I did / did not enjoy this

unit because

Explain what the most

difficult part of this
unit was:

Specification 4
Explain what the most
enjoyable part of this
unit was:
Desirable Attribute 1

If I did this unit again I

would:
Desirable Attribute 2

Student comment.
I think my unit results
were: ( circle one)

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Very good
Good
Disappointing
Because

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Assessment
Name____________________

The
Student is
able to:

Developing Skills

Meeting Skills

Beyond Skills

Model Quality

The model communicates the

proposed solution.

A good quality model made to

scale that communicates the
proposed solution.

The high quality model commun

the proposed solution for the sto
is made to scale.

Presentation
Skills

The drawings are of an

adequate standard to
communicate ideas.
The writing in my paper work is
tidy.

My Attitude

My level of
effort

Practical
Quality

I have had a reasonable

attitude towards my school
work in Technology.
I have made a reasonable effort
in this class.

The drawings are of a good

standard to communicate ideas.

The quality of drawings is of a hi

standard.

The book is tidy and in good

condition.

The book is presented in excelle

condition.

The writing in the paper work is

tidy.

Extra effort made in the presenta

my paper work.

I have had a very good attitude

towards my school work in
Technology and I want to achieve
well at school.
I have always worked well in this
class.

I have had an excellent attitude

my school work in Technology a
to achieve well at school.

I have always worked to achieve

I can.

The unit made to meet the

needs of the client.

The unit is made to meet the

needs of the client.

All joints are a tight fit. All tool m

to be sanded off the finished so

The joints are of a reasonable

quality.

All joints are a tight fit. All tool

marks are to be sanded off the
finished solution.

Overall it has a very tidy finish.

A high quality finish has been ap

Overall it has a tidy finish.

Evaluation

I have filled in the evaluation

page & given some
explanations on how I have
met some of the requirements
of the key factors.

I have evaluated my final solution

& explained how each key factor
is fulfilled.
I have identified what problems I
had during this unit.
I have identified how I would do it
different next time.

I have evaluated my final solutio

explained how each key factor i
I have analysed what problems
during this unit.
I have reflected how I would do
different next time.

Highlight the box that you think best describes

your work.

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