Lesson Plan

• Identify the key national and international bodies that develop quality standards (e.g., ISO, BSI, IEC, CEN, IET).
• Explain the step‑by‑step process used to create and publish a standard.
• Describe the certification and compliance pathway for organisations seeking ISO accreditation.
• Apply knowledge of quality standards to assess product design requirements and documentation.
• Analyse how quality standards influence supplier selection and continuous improvement in design projects.

• Projector and screen
• Printed handout of the standards table (ISO, BSI, IEC, etc.)
• Worksheet with a short case‑study for group analysis
• Laptop with internet access for quick research
• Whiteboard and markers
• Sticky notes for the certification role‑play

Begin with a brief video clip showing a product recall caused by poor quality standards to hook students. Ask them what they already know about how designers ensure safety and reliability. Explain that today they will discover the organisations behind those standards and how certification works. Success criteria: students will be able to name key bodies, outline the standards‑development process, and apply this knowledge to a design scenario.

1. Do‑now (5 minutes): Quick quiz on product safety terminology to activate prior knowledge.
2. Mini‑lecture (10 minutes): Overview of the main organisations (ISO, BSI, IEC, CEN, IET) and their scopes.
3. Group analysis (15 minutes): Students examine the printed standards table, match each organisation to relevant design sectors, and record findings on the worksheet.
4. Process flow discussion (10 minutes): Using the suggested diagram, walk through the six stages of standard development, checking understanding with brief Q&A.
5. Certification role‑play (15 minutes): In pairs, one student acts as a company conducting a gap analysis, the other as an auditor; use sticky notes to map steps.
6. Plenary (5 minutes): Recap the objectives, collect an exit ticket where each pupil writes one way a quality standard will influence their next design project.

Summarise how quality standards provide a common language for designers, manufacturers and users, and why certification matters for market confidence. Students hand in their exit tickets as a retrieval check and are assigned a short homework task: research a specific ISO standard relevant to a product they are designing and prepare a one‑page brief.