True cost of fashion - what fabrics do we have in the home?

In this lesson, we will look at different fabrics that are used to make products in the home. Do we live a disposable fashion lifestyle?

True cost of fashion - what fabrics do we have in the home?

In this lesson, we will look at different fabrics that are used to make products in the home. Do we live a disposable fashion lifestyle?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. the positive and negative impact that products can have in the wider world
  2. work confidently within a range of relevant domestic, local and industrial contexts, such as the home, health, leisure, culture, engineering, manufacturing, construction, food, energy, agriculture and fashion

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4 Questions

Q1.
What two families can we divide fabrics into?
Alloys, Ferrous and Non Ferrous
Hardwood and softwood
Correct answer: Natural and synthetic
Q2.
What does the word synthetic mean when we are talking about materials?
The material contains metal
The material is a heavy material
The material is from a natural source
Correct answer: The material is manmade
Q3.
True or false - Cotton is grown in large fields.
False
Correct answer: True
Q4.
Which of these answers contain ALL NATURAL fabrics?
Correct answer: Cotton, Silk, Wool
Polyester, Cotton, Silk
Polyester, Lycra, Nylon
Wool, Lycra, Polyester

5 Questions

Q1.
Polyester is a natural fabric
Correct answer: False
True
Q2.
Which of these correctly describes fast fashion
Fast fashion is the creation of high cost high fashion products.
Correct answer: Fast fashion is the creation of low cost high fashion products.
Fast fashion is the creation of products only made from natural fabrics
Fast fashion is the creation of products only made from synthetic fabrics
Q3.
Which of these fabrics are synthetic? (Tick 2 boxes)
Cotton
Correct answer: Elastane (Lycra)
Correct answer: Polyester
Silk
Wool
Q4.
Wool is a very absorbent fabric
False
Correct answer: True
Q5.
A property of a material ...
describes how you should wash materials
Correct answer: describes the characteristic of a material
describes the source of a material
describes which family it belongs to (natural or synthetic)

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UnitDesign and technology / Textiles technology and sustainability

Design and technology