Design Technologies

 Design and Build a Zoo Enclosure

Learning Intention

Success Criteria

Lesson One  |  What is an enclosure and how does it meet animals' needs

Learning Intentions

Success Criteria

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


Success Criteria

JUDGING STANDARDS

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.pdf

Research

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.pdf

Wrap Up

Share your findings

What do you think you will need to include in your enclosure?

Lesson Three  | First Design- Cold Task

Learning Intention


Success Criteria

JUDGING STANDARDS

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

Success Criteria

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.

 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.pdf

Bad 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

Success Criteria

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

Watch until 4 minutes 15 seconds.

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

Success 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

Success Criteria

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.pdf

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?

Lesson Eight  | Making improvements | Self assessment

Learning Intention

Success Criteria

Prior Knowledge

What did we do last lesson?

Why is it important to self assess?

Improvements

improvements.pdf

Using 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. 

Lesson Nine  | Final Design

Prior Knowledge

What did we do last lesson?

Why is it important to self assess?

Final Design

second_design.pdf

Create 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.