Teacher Note: Teacher will have Slide 2 of the ppt up on the board as students come into class.
Have a short Class Discussion:
- What are some similarities and differences in the structures of headphones/earphones?
Morphological Matrix Headphones (Slides 3-7)
We are going to explore how different sets of headphones use different structures to accomplish the same function.
Teacher Notes:
- Teachers will lead a Class Discussion about the functions of headphones and earphones.
- Students will list different structures different headphones use to accomplish each function in 1.5.3. Morphological Matrix Ideation–Headphones and Earphones.
- Teachers lead a Class Discussion about the different structures different headphones use to accomplish each function and allow students to fill in the morphological matrix on the board.
Morphological Matrix Ideation Tool (Slides 8-13)
The Morpho Matrix is an ideation tool.
- Teacher Note: Class will work together to analyze existing headphones and figure out which structures were combined from the morpho matrix created in the 1.5.3. worksheet to create a specific headphone.
Sketching Headphone Example (Slides 14-16)
You have to be careful with combining ideas from a Morphological Matrix because sometimes ideas may not go together.
- Practice combining structures by sketching a set of example headphones based on what structures are circled in the morpho matrix.
- Class Discussion:
- What do your headphones look like?
- Do your headphones look strange?
- Would you buy these headphones?
You have to be careful when randomly selecting structures from a morpho matrix and putting them into a solution because it may not produce a viable solution that fulfills all your requirements. Just because your solution has all the functions it needs does not mean it fulfills all of your requirements.