Design Task 3: Promotional Display.

Advertising, promotions, entrepreneurs are words that are associated with the world of selling, shops and shopping; designers have to catch the eye of their customers to make them go into a shop by clever marketing ploys.

The manager of a local store has asked you to design a promotional display for the entrance to a store that can be used to promote a product of your choice. The display should attract the customers’ attention with movement, light or sound, or a combination of these. The promotional display should operate when someone enters the store or stands in front of the display.

You have been asked to design and make a working prototype of the display that can be evaluated in the store.

Design Task 4: Electronic Game

Raising funds for charity requires ingenuity; the UK has a long tradition of raising funds for good causes, whether it be for lifeboats, Children in Need or for a local scout hut.

A local primary school has asked you to design an electronic game that can be used at their Summer Fair to raise funds for the school.

The game could be based on chance, or involve skill, but must be fun to play and be suitable for all ages.

Design Task 5 – Money Box

A local bank wishes to encourage young children to save their pocketmoney.

You have been asked to design and make a novelty device which will make it fun for children to use and save their money.

Design Task 8 – Temperature Control

Equally important is a system that can efficiently measure temperatures in different environments where safety considerations are a very important factor.

Design and make a system which will enable temperatures to be taken in different environments; it could be checking the temperature of the bath water before the baby is given a bath, checking the temperature levels of fridges and freezers or even checking temperature levels when sun bathing – there are many other situations where such a system could be used effectively.