The Design Process

What is design?
Design is the planning or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of any object or system. 


Lasting or taking a short time. 

Define specifications
A detailed or exact statement

What are resources in design?
 A stock or supply of materials or assets.

What is evaluation? 
Determing the value or significance of something or someone

What are key stages?
Different stages of learning maintained only in special school's.

 
Why is it important to do background research before starting a design project?
This is important because you learn alot about the topic you're researching or finding out about so when you start the project you know alot more plus it will be an easy topic for you on the future.




Define brief

good and bad features of powerpoints

Good

• Room for an image
• Enough bullet points(5) 
• Good font size
• Font colour contrasts the well with background

Bad

• Should not have too much info and a bigger font
• Don't write in paragraphs
• No pictures
• Too many bullet points
• Too big font
• Not enough information
• Different fonts are being used
• Different colours
• Bad colour,not very contrasting
• Same/one colour needs to be used for the text
• The colours are too light and too hard to read, not enough clour contrast
• The image is too small
• The image is too big
• Too many images/ too hard to focus on them
• Pixellated image, can't make out details
• Image is covering the text

http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Perissodactyla/Equus_zebra.html 

          Equus zebra [Linnaeus, 1758].  

Citation: Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:74.

Type locality: South Africa, SW Cape Prov., Paardeburg, near Malmesbury.

Click on the pictures above for a larger view of the photographs

General Characteristics

Body Length: 220 cm / 7.3 ft.
Shoulder Height: 120-130 cm / 4-4.3 ft.
Tail Length: 50 cm / 20 in.
Weight: 260-370 kg / 572-814 lb. The mountain zebra's coat is characterized by its series of black and white stripes.  These vertical lines are thin and relatively close together on the neck and torso, but on the haunches they change into a few wide, horizontal bars.  The striping on the legs is composed of very fine, horizontal bands which may circle the entire limb.  The rear spine and upper tail are marked with a zipper-type grid-iron pattern - the most easily recognizable feature of the mountain zebra.  The undersides are a creamy white, interrupted by a dark stripe which runs the length of the belly.  There is a hanging flap of skin on the upper neck which is reminiscent of an Adam's apple.  The stiff, upright mane on the nape is striped continuously with the neck. The head is relatively short, also striped, but with a dark muzzle, and the ears are long, marked with bold black and white patches.  A long, flowing tassel of white and black hair is found along the lower half of the tail.

Ontogeny and Reproduction

Gestation Period: 12 months.
Young per Birth: 1
Weaning: 10 months.
Sexual Maturity: 2 years.
Life span: At least 25 years. Breeding occurs throughout the year, although there a regional peaks in births

Ecology and Behavior

The mountain zebra is diurnal, with feeding consuming more than half of the daylight hours.  Peaks of activity occur in the early morning and late afternoon.  Dust baths are taken frequently - generally once or twice daily.  The name mountain zebra is very appropriate - these animals are excellent rock climbers and are much more sure-footed on steep or rugged surfaces than their plains relatives.  A distinct hierarchy is maintained within a breeding band, with the dominant adult stallion responsible for defending the herd.  Breeding groups use a home range which varies from 3.1-20 square kilometers in area.  These home ranges overlap among groups, with no evidence of territoriality.  Adult stallions may become aggressive if two bands meet, although these may also join temporarily into a larger group, rarely exceeding 30 animals in size.  Vocalizations consist of a high-pitched alarm call, and a squeal indicating submission. Family group: Small herds led by an adult male and 1-6 females and their young, other males in bachelor herds.
Diet: Grasses, bark, leaves.
Main Predators: Lion, hyena

Distribution

Deserts and semideserts of southwestern Africa.

Range Map (Redrawn from IEA, 1998)

Spreadsheets

1. Make a list of 10 different things that a spreadsheet like Microsoft excel could be used for.

1. Maths calculations
2. graphs
3. collecting data
4. calculating data
5. shopping list
6. contact list
7. counting
8. charts
9. surveys
10. planning

2.  Describe which different subjects in school you might need to use a spreadsheet for, and what you would use it for in that subject.

1. maths-mathematical calculations
2. science-listings
3. english-collecting data
4. technology-survey
5. social studies-graphs

3. Open the powerpoint file called 'SS_Features'
You will find it: T-Drive - Technology - 9iTEc - Spreadsheets

Watch the powerpoint, and explain what each of the following things are on the spreadsheet:

• Letters at the top- used to indicate where you are up to  
• Numbers down the side- used to indicate where you are up to
• Cell reference- what the letter and the number equals e.g.G6  
• Active cell- blank cell
• formula- something used to calculate
• =  What a formula starts with
• +  This is used to add
• -   This is used to subtract
• *  This is used to multiply  
• /   This is used to dived  

4.

1. Pick a topic to survey the class on e.g. favourite takeway, favourite tryp of animal, pets, tutor class, house, favourite TV program, sports played....
2. Survey the class, and write your results on a piece of paper
3. Open Microsoft Excel
4. Make a table of your results in a new excel e.g. see the example below: