Look at the two drawings your teacher has put on the board. They show the same idea. Which one could a partner build without asking any questions? Hands up for drawing A or drawing B, and be ready to say why.
It is the same reason a flat-pack shelf comes with labelled diagrams: so someone who was not in the room can still build it.
Look back at Drawing A and Drawing B. What three things does Drawing B tell a partner that Drawing A does not?
A neat outline still leaves a partner guessing — they need to know what each part is, what it is made from, and how big it is in centimetres.
We will use those three things on every label today: part name, material, and size in centimetres.
Watch how labels turn a rough outline into a plan a partner can follow. Call out what is still missing, then we invent our own stands.
Design challenge: invent your own simple stand that holds an open reading book upright on a desk so hands stay free for writing. Make it different from the demo — your shape, your sizes.
Constraints:
- Base no bigger than about A5 (15 cm by 21 cm)
- Must stand on a desk by itself
- On your labels, name the junk-modelling materials you would use (card, tape, elastic bands, lolly sticks or similar) — nothing is built or handed out today except paper and a ruler
- Today's product is the sketch, not a finished build
On your Design Brief page, draw one clear annotated sketch. Check every main part against this list:
- part name
- material you would use
- size in centimetres
Swap Design Brief pages with a partner. Do not explain your drawing. Work through these steps:
- Read your partner's sketch in silence for one full minute.
- Say three things you understand from the page alone.
- Ask one question about something the sketch does not make clear.
- If you can, say a three-step build order using only what is written on the page.
This is a spoken test of the sketch only. You are not building yet.
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