Negotiating design criteria
Negotiate design criteria with others (a group or client), including sustainability, reaching agreement where views differ, and weight or prioritise the agreed criteria with reasons
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“Negotiating design criteria means practising the idea at the table with a simple hands-on check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
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- Scrap paper, tape, and a small load (coin or eraser)
- Pencil for a quick sketch
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Negotiating design criteria means practising the idea at the table with a simple hands-on check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Scrap paper, tape, and a small load (coin or eraser); Pencil for a quick sketch. 1. Say the goal of Negotiating design criteria in plain words once. 2. Adult sketches one design, builds a tiny prototype, and tests once. 3. Child sketches, builds, and tests three tiny designs, noting what failed or held. 4. Fresh check: one fresh redesign after a fail or success. Record and stop. Done: three tested designs with a pass/fail note each. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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Check understanding
- Negotiate a set of design criteria with a group or client, including at least one sustainability criterion, reaching agreement where views differ
- Weight or prioritise the agreed criteria and explain the reasons
- Explain how a disagreement about a criterion was resolved and whether the agreed compromise is fair to the different users
“When your child plans a group project, can they discuss with others what the finished design must do, settle disagreements, and agree which goals matter most?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Scientific Inquiry
- Age range
- Ages 10–12
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