Technologies · Year 9 · Design and Technologies: Innovation, Materials and Sustainability · Extension Unit
Emerging Materials and Manufacturing
Students examine how new materials and manufacturing methods, including additive manufacturing, are reshaping product design.
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Students examine how new materials and manufacturing methods, including additive manufacturing, are reshaping product design.
Key Questions
- Which emerging materials are most likely to displace existing ones, and why?
- How does additive manufacturing change what a small designer can produce?
- Where do new manufacturing methods create new sustainability problems?
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