Design Technologies
Design and Build a Zoo Enclosure
Learning Intention
Explore design to meet the needs of animals through communication, collaboration and development of ideas using drawing, sequencing and modelling of a zoo enclosure.
Success Criteria
Team work.
Design development.
A model of a zoo enclosure for a given animal which meets their needs.
Lesson One | What is an enclosure and how does it meet animals' needs
Learning Intentions
Understand the needs of animals.
Define what an enclosure is and how it meets animals needs.
Success Criteria
Active participation in class discussion.
Brainstorming through the use of post it notes.
Categorising enclosure requirements.
Vocabulary
Class discussion: What is an enclosure?
Refer to the vocabulary chart for new words students may come across during the project.
Video
While watching the video, think about what is it that make a good zoo enclosure.
What are the animals' needs?
Are the animals' welfare important?
What about their natural habitat?
Teacher: pause during the video to brainstorm ideas to the first question onto your class whiteboard using the heading: animal needs
Class Discussion
Is the animal's welfare important?
What about their natural habitat?
Activity
On your own, on post it notes, write one idea per post it note of what is needed within a zoo enclosure.
As a class come together and categorise ideas onto one large sheet of paper to display in the classroom.
Create headings of what your class thinks are the key requirements of a zoo enclosure.
Review
You have learned so much today!
Tell me what you have learned about.
Lesson Two | Animal Facts and Their Habitat
Learning Intention
Define a wombat's features, their natural habitat and their needs.
Success Criteria
A completed research placemat for a common wombat.
Review
What did we brainstorm which needs to be included in your zoo enclosure?
Tell me what you learnt last lesson.
Animal Habitats and Needs
placemat_wombat.pdfResearch
Click on this link to watch a video about wombats.
You need information about the COMMON WOMBAT
Read the below text about wombats.
Complete your research placement
Wombat.pdfWrap Up
Share your findings
What do you think you will need to include in your enclosure?
Lesson Three | First Design- Cold Task
Learning Intention
Explore design options.
Success Criteria
A design sketch of your first zoo enclosure layout.
Review
What did we brainstorm which needs to be included in your zoo enclosure?
Tell me what you remember.
First Design
Have a go at drawing your first zoo enclosure design.
It must include the following:
Sleeping Area
Feeding Area
Play Area
Viewing Area
Veterinary Area
Alone Zone
Water Area
first_design.pdf
Your design will look like a map.
It's a bird's eye view of your enclosure.
What does it look like from the sky?
Share
Share your design with the class.
Lesson Four | What is design and what does good design look like
Learning Intention
understand what is design.
explain what does a good design look like.
Success Criteria
Active participation in group activity.
Design
Design is a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function
or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.
or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.
It is about creating solutions.
Think | Pair | Share
What solution are we trying to create with our zoo enclosure?
Can you think of the problems we may encounter?
How are we going to do resolve these problems?
bad_design.pdfBad Design
In 6 different groups discuss the objects and write down the answers to the following questions.
What is wrong with the design?
Why is it wrong?
How can the design be improved?
You have 3 minutes per question.
Be ready to share.
Come back as a class to discuss your answers.
Review
What is design?
What is good design?
Lesson Five | What is a good enclosure design?
Learning Intention
define what is a good enclosure design.
define what a good enclosure design must include.
Success Criteria
Active participation in group activity.
Completion of an Exit Ticket.
Activate Prior Knowledge
What solution are we trying to create with our zoo enclosure?
Can you think of the problems we may encounter?
How are we going to resolve these problems?
Let's Learn
Think | Pair | Share
Can we add anything to the previous questions?
Website
Visit this website and read up to paragraph 3.
What are the three groups that need to be a part of the design solution?
Exit Ticket
Complete the exit ticket.
If you have time, mark it as a class.
Lesson Six | What is design criteria?
Learning Intention
Understand what is design criteria.
Success Criteria
Active participation in group discussion.
Examples of design criteria.
Learn
Design criteria are the goals that a
project must achieve in order for it to be successful.
For example: a checklist, a to do list
Prior Knowledge
Can you remember what are the three groups that
need to be a part of the design solution?
Visit this website again to see if you're right!
Defining Design Criteria
Group Discussion
In your groups with the use of your placemats, discuss what you think are the details you must include for your given area of an enclosure. Be ready to share.
SLEEPING AREA | FEEDING AREA | PLAY AREA | VIEWING AREA | VETERINARY/KEEPER AREA | WATER AREA | ALONE ZONE
How big should the area be? Why?
What would be inside it? Why?
Where should it be? Why?
Anything else? Why?
Review
Do you think listing these design criteria will help you design a better enclosure?
Why?
Lesson Seven | Create your design criteria
Learning Intention
Create design criteria for areas of the zoo enclosure.
Success Criteria
Design criteria for three different areas of the zoo enclosure.
Prior Knowledge
Design criteria are the goals that a
project must achieve in order for it to be successful.
For example: a checklist, a to do list
Can you remember what are the three groups that
need to be a part of the design solution?
Defining Design Criteria
design_criteria.pdfSLEEPING AREA | FEEDING AREA | PLAY AREA | VIEWING AREA | VETERINARY/KEEPER AREA | WATER AREA | ALONE ZONE
How big should the area be? Why?
What would be inside it? Why?
Where should it be? Why?
Anything else? Why?
Lesson Eight | Making improvements | Self assessment
Learning Intention
self assess to improve the original design.
Success Criteria
Improvements written for three different areas of the zoo enclosure.
Prior Knowledge
What did we do last lesson?
Why is it important to self assess?
Improvements
improvements.pdfUsing the three areas from last week's task, write down what is it your going to change from your original design to make it better.
Don't forget about the three different groups you need to consider.
Animals
Visitors
Zoo keepers
Lesson Nine | Final Design
Prior Knowledge
What did we do last lesson?
Why is it important to self assess?
Final Design
second_design.pdfCreate your final design including the improvements you wrote last lesson.
Once completed, fill out the self assessment on the back.
Write down how you have considered each group in your design.