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Leaf Blower Project

tstewarttstewart Posts: 2
in Tools and techniques
Hello everyone,
I am currently in year eleven, and completing my Iterative Design Process project, worth fifty percent of my Design and Technology GCSE, in which we have to design and produce a product, in our chosen context, mine being The Countryside, focusing on gardening tools, and I have opted to create a mechanical leaf blower that emits no pollution, unlike the common leafblowers available on the market.

For part of our project, we have to gather stakeholder information for our product, one of my stakeholders being gardeners, and their community, and it would be a tremendous help if you could take time very little time out of your day to complete the survey linked below, so I can use the information as criteria that my product needs to meet. It should take only two minutes to complete, and no personal information will be gathered from you or your account.

Thank you so much,
T Stewart

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/7XJFKRD

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  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    Done - you may wish to change the American terminology of gas-powered blower to petrol driven blower.
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • TenNTenN Posts: 184
    I'm a teacher and this gets a thumbs up for resourcefulness.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Done. Some of the biggest users of leaf-blowers are local authority parks and gardens departments, also people who look after sports grounds etc;  have you you thought of canvassing their opinions?
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Done. Best of luck with your GCSEs.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • tstewarttstewart Posts: 2
    tstewart said:
    Hello everyone,
    I am currently in year eleven, and completing my Iterative Design Process project, worth fifty percent of my Design and Technology GCSE, in which we have to design and produce a product, in our chosen context, mine being The Countryside, focusing on gardening tools, and I have opted to create a mechanical leaf blower that emits no pollution, unlike the common leafblowers available on the market.

    For part of our project, we have to gather stakeholder information for our product, one of my stakeholders being gardeners, and their community, and it would be a tremendous help if you could take time very little time out of your day to complete the survey linked below, so I can use the information as criteria that my product needs to meet. It should take only two minutes to complete, and no personal information will be gathered from you or your account.

    Thank you so much,
    T Stewart

    https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/7XJFKRD

    I apologise for the use of American terminology (gas/oil powered) in my survey, as most of the research I have done has had to be predominately with American resources, and it foolishly did not occur to me to thoroughly research and 'translate' unknown terminology, thinking I had grasped the meaning from the context. Thank you for bringing this to my attention, as well as the comparison of leaf blower pollution output to petrol pollution output, which will also be more thoroughly researched as response to the constructive criticisms left on my survey.

    T Stewart
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