During this term students will be studying material working properties: papers, boards, polymers, textiles, forces and stresses and improving functionality.
Students will develop their understanding of forces and stresses and improving functionality by producing models, carrying out experiments and producing a range of revision resources such as pictorial mind maps. They will complete each chapter by completing worksheets along with homework sheets, which will prepare them for an end of unit assessment.
Students will develop their knowledge of the areas listed below through paired presentations, independent research projects and group work:
• Paper and Boards
• Natural and manufactured timber
• Materials and alloys
• Polymers
• Textiles
Ergonomic
An applied science concerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely —called also biotechnology, human engineering, human factors.
Innovation
A new method, idea, product, etc.
Blue sky thinking
Creative ideas that are not limited by current thinking or beliefs.
Anthropometrics
The study of the human body and its movement, often involving research into measurements relating to people. It also involves collecting statistics or measurements relevant to the human body, called Anthropometric Data.
Manufacture
Make (something) on a large scale using machinery.
Bespoke
Made to order for a specific person or purpose.
Aesthetic
Related to the look and design of something, connected to beauty or specific designer's styles.
Malleable
Easily moulded; pliable.
Corrugated Card
Cardboard, usually made of three different layers, the two outer layers having a smooth surface while the central inner layer is in wave shapes.
Batch Production
Batch production is a technique used in manufacturing, in which the object in question is created stage by stage over a series of workstations, and different batches of products are made.
Develop the individual:
Understand that greenhouse gases and carbon are produced during the manufacture of products. Understand the impact that a consumer society has on natural resources and the environment including deforestation, mining, drilling, farming and product miles. Be aware of the need for social and governmental responsibility to address safe working conditions and pollution.
Create a supportive community:
During this term students will be studying Ecological and Social Footprint; The 6 Rs; Scales of Production.
Then they will move onto Investigation of the following: Primary and Secondary Data; Designers; Companies; Design Strategies.
Unit assessment will be at the end of Scales of Production (Week 10). Autumn 2 assessment to be combined with practical grade from ongoing mini-project.
Marketing
The action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising.
Social
Relating to society (groups of people living together).
Moral
Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour.
Cultural
Relating to the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a society.
Environmental
Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition.
Factors
A circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result.
Patent
A government authority or licence conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.
Copyright
The exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material.
Consumer Law
Consumer protection is a group of laws and organisations designed to ensure the rights of consumers as well as fair trade, competition and accurate information in the marketplace. The laws are designed to prevent businesses that engage in fraud or specifi
Computer aided design
CAD (computer-aided design) software is used by architects, engineers, drafters, artists, and others to create precision drawings or technical illustrations. CAD software can be used to create two-dimensional (2-D) drawings or three-dimensional (3-D) mode
Colour Theory
In the visual arts, colour theory or colour theory is a body of practical guidance to colour mixing and the visual effects of a specific colour combination. There are also definitions (or categories) of colours based on the colour wheel: primary colour, s
Develop the individual:
Understand that greenhouse gases and carbon are produced during the manufacture of products. Understand the impact that a consumer society has on natural resources and the environment including deforestation, mining, drilling, farming and product miles. Be aware of the need for social and governmental responsibility to address safe working conditions and pollution.
Create a supportive community:
In this term students will be studying communication of design ideas followed by a selection of materials and components: Tolerances; Material Management; Tools, equipment, techniques and finishes; surface treatments and finishes.
End of Unit assessment: Wooden frame mitre lap joint
End of Unit Assessment - Making Principles. Including CAD/CAM.
Enhancement Techniques
Actions which improve the function of look of something.
Communication Techniques
Actions that help something or someone talk to something or someone else; ways to share ideas.
Concept Modelling
A conceptual model is a representation of a system, made of the composition of concepts which are used to help people know, understand, or simulate a subject the model represents. Some models are physical objects; for example, a toy model which may be ass
Testing
Finding out how well something works or serves its purpose.
Function
What something does, the action it performs.
Anthropometrics
Relates to the design of furniture and machinery; the study of the human body and its movements.
Breaking Systems
A brake is a mechanical device that inhibits motion by absorbing energy from a moving system. It is used for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, wheel, axle, or to prevent its motion, most often accomplished by means of friction.
Carbon Fibre
A material consisting of thin, strong crystalline filaments of carbon, used as a strengthening material, especially in resins and ceramics.
Cultural Issues
Cultural issues refer to all aspects of society that influence beliefs, opinions, and choices, such as advertising, media, public relations, economic globalisation, religion, and politics.
Precision Manufacturing
Precision manufacturing is defined as the manufacture of individual pieces with extreme accuracy. This type of machining is used to make parts for various machines, including medical, aeronautical, and any other industry that requires identical parts to b
Photochromic Ink
Photochromic Inks change colour when exposed to ultraviolet light, usually from the sun or a black light. The inks are effectively colourless indoors and turn into vibrant color, outdoors.
Develop the individual:
How products improve peoples lives.
How materials are used so as to minimise waste.
Create a supportive community:
Students will study Sources, Origins and Properties: Working with specialist materials; Commercial manufacturing; Surface Treatments and finishes.
They will also study Industry and Enterprise; Sustainability and the Environment; People, Culture and Society.
The following areas regarding Design Principles will also be studied in this term:
• Investigation, primary and secondary data
• The work of others
End of week - 23 Spring 2 assessment to be added to practical grades from Mini-NEA so far at assessment point.
Ellipses
A plane curve, especially conic section whose plane is not parallel to the axis, base, or generatrix of the intersected cone.
Ornamentation
Decorative elements added to something to enhance its appearance.
Tolerance
The capacity to endure continued subjection to something such as environmental conditions without adverse reaction.
Vanishing Points
The point at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to converge.
Technological Obsolescence
Technical obsolescence is when a product is no longer technically superior to other similar products. For example, you may buy the latest iPod, which has the most storage and largest screen of any iPod available.
Three-dimensional Representatio
Three-dimensional model that displays a picture or item in a form that appears to be physically present with a designated structure. Essentially, it allows items that appeared flat to the human eye to be display in a form that allows for various dimension
Sustainability
Sustainability is the ability to continue a defined behaviour indefinitely.
Evaluating
Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.
Inventory
A complete list of items such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building.
Analysis
Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.
Develop the individual:
Students will study new and emerging technologies and how these have changed the way we live, how they are also continuing to shape the modern world. Students will explore how robotics are taking over jobs and the moral, social and cultural impact this has on society.
Create a supportive community:
In this term students will be studying Production techniques and systems; Informing design decisions; Energy generation; Energy Storage; Modern Materials; Smart Materials.
Students will then study the following areas within the Design Principles section:
• Design Strategies
• Communication of design ideas and prototype development
Summer Year 10 Examination
Embolden
Make something bolder (particularly text).
Italics
A typeface that can be used to emphasise particular words or letters.
Milling Machine
A machine tool for rotating a cutter (milling cutter) to produce plane or formed surfaces on a workpiece, usually by moving the work past the cutter.
Inspirational Materials
Something that makes someone want to do something or that gives someone an idea about what to do or create : a force or influence that inspires someone.
Perspective Drawing
Perspective drawing is a set of technique used to draw a 3-dimensional scene onto a 2-dimensional surface.
Planned Obsolescence
A policy of producing consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete and so require replacing, achieved by frequent changes in design, termination of the supply of spare parts, and the use of non-durable materials.
Health and Safety Executive
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the national independent watchdog for work-related health, safety and illness. It acts in the public interest to reduce work-related death and serious injury across Great Britain's workplaces.
Modification
The act of changing something.
Improvements
To make something better.
Primary Research
Primary research is new research, carried out to answer specific issues or questions. It can involve questionnaires, surveys or interviews with individuals or small groups.
Secondary Research
Secondary research makes use of information previously researched for other purposes and publicly available.
Economic
Relating to economics or the economy, justified in terms of profitability.
Develop the individual:
Be aware of the impact that resource comsumption has on the planet. They will also understand how the enviornemnt can be protected by responsible design and manufacture.
Create a supportive community:
Question Level Analysis Feedback to students of Summer Year 10 examination.
Composite materials and technical textiles; Systems approach to designing; Electronic systems processing; Mechanical devices.
This will be followed by the June 1st release of coursework assignments.
Non-exam assessment:
Receive project themes from AQA. These will be analysed and activities to help students select and start their coursework projects.
In this term students will start the project with an investigation into a contextual challenge, defining the needs, wants of the user, and include relevant research to produce a design brief and specification.
Students must ensure they investigate, analyse and evaluate throughout their coursework.
In this term students will start the project with an investigation into a contextual challenge, defining the needs, wants of the user, and include relevant research to produce a design brief and specification. The above sections of the coursework will be assessed using the AQA GCSE assessment criteria.
Ultrasonic Welding
Ultrasonic welding is an industrial technique whereby high-frequency ultrasonic acoustic vibrations are locally applied to workpieces being held together under pressure to create a solid-state weld. It is commonly used for plastics, and especially for joi
Production Log
Can refer to something used when drilling for oil or gas, can also refer to a diary-type text giving ideas, reasons and thinking stages relating to a project.
Oblique Drawing
Oblique projection is a simple type of technical drawing of graphical projection used for producing two-dimensional images of three-dimensional objects.
Trade Marks
A symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.
Tonal Effects
The difference between light and dark areas in a design or drawing.
Tolerance
The capacity to endure continued subjection to something such as environmental conditions without adverse reaction.
Typeface
A typeface is a design for a set of printer or display font s, each for a set of characters, in a number of specific sizes.
Construction Modelling
Building a small scale version of the final item to look at it for strengths and weaknesses and eradicate issues before building the full scale item.
Market Research
The action or activity of gathering information about consumers' needs and preferences.
Tertiary Colours
Tertiary colours are combinations of primary and secondary colours. There are six tertiary colours; red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, and red-violet.
Develop the individual:
Understand changes in job roles due to the emergerence of new ways of working. Be aware of changes in fashion and trends, how these affect designers and manfacturers. Understand how new products can have both a postive and negetive impact on society. Students will look at the social and cultural impact of the emergence of new job roles will have on society.
Create a supportive community: