NEA Skills Packs for AQA AS and A Level: Product Design
Varied and visual worksheets logically cover the structure of a typical design-and-make project – research, design, development, testing and evaluation – so students become familiar with what is expected from AQA’s AS and A Level specifications. Original activities encourage creative design thinking, project planning, comprehensive research and analytical skills. Plus! Group tasks facilitate class collaboration, while extension tasks push the most able.
The pages to help students generate ideas were brilliant... especially to stop design fixation and to encourage creativity
Professionally presented and packed full of stimulating activities, these creative packs can be used year after year to engage all young designers.
Perfect for use before or alongside the NEA, at home or in class, to ensure a thorough understanding of the marking criteria.
Also available for Fashion and Textiles.
What do teachers say about this resource? (9381)
The pages to help students generate ideas were brilliant, especially to stop design fixation and to encourage creativity. There are some great ideas to get the students focused on aspects of the NEA and will support a range of abilities to succeed on this new course.
- contextual challenge
- core technical principles
- design portfolio
- design project
- Design technology
- non-exam assessment
- practical application
- preliminary material
- small-scale design
- specialist knowledge
- design, make and evaluate project
- prototype, evaluate