This project will develop students' k/u of 3D design processes by
using the Clyde waterfront (bridges, architecture, heritage, boats
etc) as a starting point to create a unique kite design to market
to a manufacturer, school SMT, and local authority ed dept staff
for support to produce for use at the school primary induction
day. The kites have the potential to be marketed to locals as
a new sport for families and marketed to tourists as a souvenir of
the 'Glasgow - the windy city'.
Broad Outcomes of learning
• Subject knowledge of the design process gained and enhanced e.g.
working to the constraints of the design brief (responsibility to
meeting needs of others), intended market
• Develop enterprise and employability skills: application of
knowledge in a real situation by being able to follow a brief, by
being in competition with others and by presenting finished product
to others (selling your product also relates to selling oneself in
an interview situation)
• Learners have developed enterprising skills identified as 4
capacities of CfE
Relevance to curriculum
• Supports CfE Art, students will work with the visual elements:
line, shape, colour and form
• Relevance of how curriculum topic on kite design is relevant to
work and life - everything that you see around has been through the
design process
• How this subject knowledge is put into practice in a real
situation e.g. competing for a bid to produce a product for local
market