DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT DESIGN
GCSE
Students will enjoy this course if they are interested in subjects that are both creative and technical as they are given the opportunity to design and make products. The course places an emphasis on the design and manufacture of quality products, as well as a study of the commercial production of everyday items.
gmeechan@britishschool.sch.ae MR GEORGE MEECHAN Head Of Product Design
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COURSE CONTENT Core Technical Principles
Specialist Technical Principles
Designing & Making Principles
• New and Emerging Technologies • Energy Storage and Generation • Modern and Smart Materials • Systems approach to Designing • Materials and their working Properties
• Forces and stresses • Ecological and social footprint • Scales of production • Sources and origins • Using and working with materials • Stock forms, types and sizes • Specialist techniques • Surface treatments and finishes.
• Investigation, primary and secondary data • Environmental, social and economic challenge • The work of others • Design strategies • Communication of design ideas • Prototype development • Selection of materials and components • Tolerances • Material management • Tools and equipment • Techniques and processes
ASSESSMENT Year 10 Students will complete a series of focused practical ‘Design and Make’ tasks. There will also be an internal end of year exam and complete regular end-of-topic assessments to monitor progress.
