Major project Outline: Educational Toys

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Major project Outline: Educational Toys

OBJECTIVE 1
 – Identification of a Need.

1. Situation – Educational Toys are used in a variety of situations. You need to identify an area where Educational Toys are used and identify a problem that needs to be solved.

2. Analysis of the problem – Write a list of all the things that you think will be important for you to think about when designing and making your Educational Toy.
You must at this stage, identify your chosen user group. This must not be you are people of your own age group. The product must be marketable.
At this stage you only need to write the questions. You will find out the answers in your Research later.

Example questions a Jigsaw:-

What theme shall I use?
What Jigsaw Puzzles are available?
How do children learn?
Which colours are attractive to children? ETC.

3. Design Brief – Your Design Brief must state WHAT the Educational Toy will be used for, WHERE it will be used, WHY you consider there is a need for it, WHEN it is likely to be used, WHO will use it and some indication of HOW it might achieve its purpose.


OBJECTIVE 2 – Research

1. You need to research from as many different sources of information, e.g., CD-ROM’s, Internet, Intranet, books, shops, companies, photographs etc.
A questionnaire/survey to find out the exact needs of the user. You will need to use your questionnaire/survey to collect information about the colour, size, materials, themes, etc.
Existing Designs – Look at existing products to give you ideas about possible solutions to your Design Brief. Collect photographs and/or sketches of existing designs, and comment about the materials used, colour, suitability of the product, its cost and whether you think it is value for money.

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2. Analysis of the Research – You must comment on all you have found out from your research explaining how useful it has been and how you intend to use it. You may want to present this information in the form of graphs, charts, tables or text.

3. Specification – This should state exactly what you are going to achieve and what you expect your Educational Toy to do. Remember be SPECIFIC, avoid writing statements like:- ‘It must be cheap’ or ‘It must be light’. It is better to say ‘It must cost no more than £3’ or ‘It must ...

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