BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL
TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERPRISE - (T&E)
1998
TERM 1 ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE
Photos of some of the completed projects are below.
Issued on 22/2/1998 to all students and members of the
Beaconsfield School Community.
SCENARIO
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You live in a coastal town in W.A. and your family is involved
in the tourism industry.
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Great beaches and good fishing have always attracted visitors
to the area.
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The local Lighthouse has always been a popular landmark clearly
visible from both land and sea.
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A diving wreck has recently been deliberately sunk
off the coast and is drawing thousands of new visitors to the region.
Suddenly, all these people are in town with money to spend
and your folks decide that now is the right time to develop a new range
of products to sell as souvenirs to the tourists.They are asking you for
ideas as to what you think other people like you would buy and take home
as a souvenir or a gift to thank the neighbours for looking after the cat.
TASK
INVESTIGATE:
Who is your target consumer?
Who has money to spend? How much might people spend on
souvenirs?
What sort of souvenirs have you, your family or friends
seen in shops?
What souvenirs have you or your family bought while on
holidays?
DESIGN: one or more ideas that you think
would sell.
MAKE up one of your designs. (This is called
a prototype.)
APPRAISE: Talk to others about your ideas.
Do they think they would be good sellers? Do they have any suggestions
about how to improve your design ideas?
EXTRAS: You don’t have to do
these
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Think about the packaging you might need to protect and display
your product.
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Actually package your souvenir as well if you want to.
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Why not have a go at working out how much it would cost to
make and what you would need to sell it for to make a profit.
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You can even go to the extent of designing your own posters,
advertising jingle, or display stand if you want to!!
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A painted tile.
Maia
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A wooden puzzle in 3 parts. Makoto
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Woven bead bracelet on lino print card.
Freya
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A fish mosaic.
Alice
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A cast pewter pendant.
Tosh
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Paper collage in a
montage frame.
Clara
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Tosh's pendant is adopted by Festival Fremantle, modified
as a brooch, to become the Official Souvenir
for the 1998 Festival Fremantle Opening at the Lighthouse Concert to be
held on the Fremantle Esplanade on Friday, November 7, 1998.
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| A wooden dolphin flat pack frame, designed for easy transport by travellers.
Rachael's family enterprise.
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Click here to find out about the process involved in making the frame. |
