Year 13 students at Takapuna Grammar School created replica furniture and fittings to be installed in Fort Takapuna for their clients – the Department of Conservation and the Tamaki Reserve Protection Trust. The unit evolved from a two-student project in 2007 into something most of the class worked on in 2008 and 2009. The 2010 class is also working on the project which has expanded to incorporate students not directly involved in the unit.

Teaching strategies – Level 8

Brief Development

Support students to develop and justify specifications that will allow the evaluation of the outcome and its development to be judged as fit for purpose in the broadest sense.

• Indicator: Students can justify their specifications as based on stakeholder feedback and the nature of the outcome required to address the need or opportunity, consideration of the environment in which the outcome will be situated, and resources available

Outcome Development and Evaluation

Support students to develop drawing and modelling skills to communicate and explore design ideas.

• Indicator: students can develop design ideas for feasible outcomes that are justified with evidence gained through functional modelling that serves to gather evidence from multiple stakeholders and test designs ideas from a range of perspectives

Support students to gain targeted stakeholder feedback and understand the implications of the physical and social environment in which the outcome is to be located.

• Indicator: Students can use stakeholder feedback and an understanding of the physical and social requirements of where the outcome will be situated to support and justify an evaluation of the outcome and development practices as fit for purpose

The Fort Takapuna unit focuses students on ecological sustainability in a project based on participation with, and for, the local community.

The chosen context encourages students to use and further develop their capability in relating to others and in participating and contributing.

New Zealand Conservation Heritage

Engineering Heritage New Zealand

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