Discovering textile fabrics

Assignment 7

Problem: You are part of a group of mountaineers who plan to climb the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimandjaro. Find out what you could expect the climate to be like. Then plan your clothing for the expedition. Make a drawing of your outfit for the trip. Provide labels to explain what you will be wearing and indicate what material each item of clothing will be made of.

[lo 1.2]

Assignment 8

This represents a label from the collar of a school shirt: Answer the questions about the information on the label.

1. Is the shirt made of a natural or synthetic fabric, or of a mixture?

Label A:

Label B:

Label C:

1. What percentage of each textile fibre is used for the fabric?

Label A:

Label B:

Label C:

1. Can you detect any care symbols that tell you how you should wash, dry or iron the fabric? Draw the symbols that you see:

1. Consult the table and explain what the care symbols mean:

1. Draw the wool mark that appears on labels of clothes made of 100% wool.

Source:

1. Complete the statements by writing down the correct words:

• When you iron synthetic fabrics, the heat setting of the iron should usually be on (cool / very hot).
• Synthetic fabrics crease easily and may therefore go through / not go through the spinning cycle of the washing machine.
• Synthetic fabrics should preferably be washed in (lukewarm / very hot) water.

[LO 1.3]

Asssessment

LO 1

Technological Processes and Skills

The learner will be able to apply technological processes and skills ethically and responsibly using appropriate information and communication technologies.

We know this when the learner:

investigates:

1.2 finds out about existing products relevant to a problem, need or opportunity, and identifies some design aspects (e.g. who it is for, what it looks like, what it is for, what it is made of).

1.3 performs, where appropriate, scientific investigations about concepts relevant to a problem, need or opportunity using science process skills:

• planning investigations;
• conducting investigations;
• processing and interpreting data;
• evaluating and communicating findings.

designs:

1.4 writes or communicates, with assistance, a short and clear statement (design brief) related to a given problem, need or opportunity that demonstrates some understanding of the technological purposes of the solution;

1.5 suggests and records at least two alternative solutions to the problem, need or opportunity that link to the design brief and to given specifications and constraints (e.g. people, purpose, environment);

1.6 chooses one of these solutions, giving reasons for the choice, and develops the idea further.

makes:

1.8 uses suitable tools and materials to make products by measuring out, cutting or separating, shaping or forming, joining or combining, and finishing the chosen material.

evaluates:

1.10 evaluates, with assistance, the product according to the design brief and given spesifications and constraints (e.g. people, purpose, environment), and suggests improvements and modifications id necessary;