Year 11 — Design Technology

Theory preparation lesson once a week relating to subject specific material and homework task.

Mock exam in November.

Secondary research

Collecting data from sources such as the internet, books, magazines and newspapers, anything that has already been published or found by another person.

Target market research

Looking at your chosen client or customer to ensure you can investiture into their backgrounds, needs and wants to have a good understanding of them in order to create a product for them.

Questionnaire

Create a closed questionnaire (answers you have given them) with questions that can be turned in pie charts or diagrams to collect the data from you chosen client.

task analysis

Look at the design challenge and spider diagram ideas that you are thinking about for the product at this stage.

Evaluating decisions

Give an overview of the decisions you have made at the start of this process, why have you made that decision, what has helped you make that decision, where will you go next from this?

Primary research

Collecting research yourself using questionnaire, polls, images of products, shopping etc.

Specification

A written list of wants and needs that your customer has requested from the product covering all of ACCESSFMM and ergonomics. Specific details about your potential product.

Ergonomics

The study of data used to create a product or working environment for a customer based on their overall sizes of their body, hands, legs, head, arm span etc. This is used to help create a product specifically for that person.

• Spiritual
• Moral
• Social
• Cultural

Develop the individual:

Gives students confidence in talking to a client that they may not know personally, developing questions that are relevant to ask them for information they need to help with their NEA. Helps students to develop skills using PC and math skills to assess the data used. Gives students the skills to help understand the wants and needs or other people in different situations to themselves.

Create a supportive community:

Students can reflect on their research and share information and ideas form this research to inform others. They can support ecah other and the wider community as they have a deeper understanding of the wants and needs of others based on the design for a product.

2 hour mock exam November.

NEA is assessed throughout the term with marks and feedback given to students.

Initial Ideas

The first ideas that you have in your imagination or from your research that you design on paper. Variation of design ideas, no design fixation.

Prototype

A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed.

Card modelling

Scale Modeling in Paper. Card Modeling or Paper Modeling is the art of creating scale models with paper. Models are built up from appropriately colored, cut, and folded pieces of paper, usually a stiff cardstock.

CAD modelling

CAD modelling is mainly used for detailed engineering of 3D models or 2D drawings of physical components, such as handles and even the overall end product. Shows rough images of the final design and elements of it. Sketch up, 2D Design, Illustrator etc.

Annotation

Explaining the ideas of the drawings or models using ACCESSFMM, what is happening in them, what is successful what does your customer think? Note form, no need for essays.

• Spiritual
• Moral
• Social
• Cultural

Develop the individual:

Gives students an understanding onto how their product will look, links back to the specification and the customers wants and needs so they are evaluating throughout. Means discussions with the client again and fitting it to their needs not the students.

Create a supportive community:

Students can share skills in their making of prototypes and support other students with construction methods in modeling. Sharing of resources and materials so students can access material they may not have at home. Shows imagination and creativity from students which they can share and hopefully influence others.

Assessment - C/W marked throughout term 3 using AQA mark scheme with feedback given. Students are looking to be completing their NEA in this term to be marked for feedback to be given.

Mock exam in February.

Plan of making

Production planning is the planning of production and manufacturing modules in a company or industry. It utilises the resource allocation of tasks, cost, materials, manufacture methods, time and production capacity, in order to serve different customers.

Manufacture

How the product is made using CAD and CAM techniques as well as practical making processes with had tools and machinery.

health and safety

Regulations and procedures intended to prevent accident or injury in workplaces or public environments.

• Spiritual
• Moral
• Social
• Cultural

Develop the individual:

Gives students an understanding onto how their product will look, links back to the specification and the customers wants and needs so they are evaluating throughout. Means discussions with the client again and fitting it to their needs not the students.

Create a supportive community:

Students can share skills in their making of prototypes and support other students with construction methods in modeling. Sharing of resources and materials so students can access material they may not have at home. Shows imagination and creativity from students which they can share and hopefully influence others.

NEA marked throughout term 4 using AQA mark scheme with feedback given for a final assessment that will be moderated externally.

Sent to exam board for second marking.

Assessment

The wide variety of methods or tools that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, skill acquisition, or educational needs of students.

Moderation

The action or process of moderating examination papers, results, or candidates with other members of staff or schools to ensure consistency in marking.

• Spiritual
• Moral
• Social
• Cultural

Develop the individual:

Students will need to reflect of their experiences within the design context to five self evaluations and feedback from the client, they will need to be critical of themselves and understand how this will support their NEA and marks.

Create a supportive community:

Students can share skills in their making of prototypes and support other students with construction methods in modeling. Sharing of resources and materials so students can access material they may not have at home. Shows imagination and creativity from students which they can share and hopefully influence others. Give evaluation and assessments to each other on their prototypes as feedback approaching the design context of that student.

NEA marked throughout term 5 using AQA mark scheme with feedback given to students then sent off to exam board for moderation.

Go through exam papers and mark them as a class and in groups for practice.

Renewable energy

Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat.

Sustainability

Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The concept of sustainability has 3 areas economic, environmental, and social.

Life cycle of a product

Product life-cycle management is the succession of strategies by business management as a product goes through its life-cycle. The conditions in which a product is sold changes over time and must be managed as it moves through its succession of stages.

Textiles and fabrics

A textile is any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles. A fabric is a material made through weaving, knitting, spreading, crocheting, or bonding that may be used in production of further goods.

Product labelling

Product labelling is a part of the packaging of a product. Labelling is the written information on the packages. These written labels on the package cover important information which needs to be communicated to a customer.

Designers

A person who plans the look or workings of something prior to it being made, by preparing drawings or plans.

6R's

Recycling is one of the 6 Rs of sustainability. The 6 Rs include: rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle. When we apply the 6 Rs to their lives we promote sustainable practices.

• Spiritual
• Moral
• Social
• Cultural

Develop the individual:

Students will gain knowledge of the outside world, manufacturing and businesses as well as sustainability, materials and new technologies. They will be able to reflect on their NEA experience and use knowledge they have learnt from this to transfer into their theory knowledge for the exam. It will improve their overall knowledge, their confidence, their understanding of the world, DT and sciences as well as maths elements and topics covered cross curricular.

Create a supportive community:

Students can share revision resources, reversion cards and PP that they may use at home or in school.these can be shared on line, in wats app groups to support lots of different students out side of school.

2 hour exam in May or June worth 50% of overall GCSE grade, marked by exam board.

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• Moral
• Social
• Cultural

Develop the individual:

Preparation for exams in further education, being prepared for exams with materials as well as knowledge will build their confidence and attitude towards education and the importance of it.

Create a supportive community:

Students should be able to support each other mentally, to cope with stress and pressure, help develop the knowledge of others by almost becoming the teacher to promote learning and sharing of knowledge. Support students in various ways in times of stress, where other students may find it very overwhelming and daunting.