1.1 Design Process
Students are able to explain their design process and how this was influenced by the indigenous community context of the project.
Judging Criteria
- Students to explain how their design criteria were developed to suit the specific needs of the Kooma Nation. (E.g. unacceptable to have any negative impact on the Nebine river)
- Each team to compare design options against their design criteria and determine a preferred option.
Resources - Resource Outline 1.1
Lecture Material - Simple Designs that could save millions
Online Resources - Uluru Children's Home Sustainable Energy Report
1.2 Problem Solving
Students understand how their approach to problem solving should consider principles for indigenous community development. Their community development problem solving approach needs to have a clear process explained and a description of the final solution and how it meets the communities needs.
Judging Criteria- Design criteria to include consideration of how the indigenous community will respond to the design proposal.
1.3 Prototype Testing
Where construction of the prototype is undertaken, students recognise the benefits of a working prototype over a theoretical design and the benefits of utilising locally available resources.
Judging Criteria- Where constructed, demonstration of an operational prototype that has been tested to meet the needs of the community. The device should be tested under the situations it will encounter in the community.
- Where constructed, demonstration that amount of material obtained from locally available resources has been maximised.
1.4 Implementation of Knowledge
Students understand how they can apply basic engineering and science to overcome some of the challenges of working in indigenous communities.
Judging Criteria- Students demonstrate how they have utilised their scientific and engineering knowledge to create new, innovative and crerative solutions to the design problems encountered.
Online Resources - Design Thinking
The video below is a great introduction the design thinking. Amory talks about building design for the first 6:20 minutes and then discusses oppoertunities within the transport sector.
Integrative Design: Amory Lovins at Autodesk University