Starting Points
This site features six starting points that can lead to multiple design responses: playtime, keeping in touch, keeping secure, staying safe, thinking machines, and other worlds. For each starting point there are brainstorms, and lists of open and closed briefs.
Focused Tasks
This site lists a wide range of tasks you can use to support learning in each of the features of progression. You can use them to ensure pupils have the knowledge and skill to respond to the starting points.
Product Evaluation
The products featured on this site are relevant to the starting points. There are eight examples for each starting point plus five different images for each example. Each image has questions to help with evaluating the product.
Features of Progression
This site uses the following features to describe progression: modelling and simulating circuits, systems thinking, programming systems, understanding technical function, using mathematical concepts, using scientific concepts and producing.
