TERM 1
Content
Materials
Paper/Card – layout, cartridge, tracing, grid, card, corrugated card, duplex board, solid white board, foam core board.
Timber – pine, mahogany, teak, ash, beech.
Manufactured boards – MDF, plywood, chipboard, blockboard, hardboard
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals – silver, stainless steel, mild steel, cast iron, brass, copper, zinc, aluminium, pewter. Alloys – casting alloys, plated metals.
Plastics – Thermo/Thermo setting – HIPs, expanded polystyrene, acrylic, acetate, HDPE, PVC, PET, GRP, Epoxy resin, UF, MF
Plastic processes – vacuum forming, injection moulding, blow moulding, extrusion.
Stock forms – sheet, rod, powder, granules, foam, bar, tube.
Skills
Exam questions – technique
Identification of materials appropriate for a variety of purposes.
Use different cutting, forming and deforming techniques.
TERM 2
Content
Materials
Ceramics – common clays and related materials such as St thomas’, Porcelain, plaster of Paris, concrete, glass.
Stock forms – slip, body, pigments, oxides.
Textiles – natural and synthetic Fibres – cotton, wool, silk, linen, polyester, polyamide (nylon), Tactel, acrylic, elastane.
Food – Classify food materials – starch sugar, protein, fats, fibre, vitamins, minerals.
Forms – fresh, frozen, dehydrated, liquid, canned
Electronic and control components – power cells, transistors, resistors, capacitors, switches, integrated circuits, buzzers, speaker, solenoids, gears, pulleys, linkages, levers, chain and sprockets, pneumatic cylinders.
Manipulating and combining materials
New materials – PMC, corn starch polymers, thermochromic pigments, shape memory alloys, quantum tunnelling composite (QTC)
Skills
Exam questions – technique
Identification of materials appropriate for a variety of purposes.
Use different cutting, forming and deforming techniques,
Product finishes across all material areas
Links to the real world.
TERM 3
Content
CA
Communication and representation of ideas.
Use a range of graphical techniques such as annotated sketches, formal drawing conventions, CAD to communicate design ideas.
Product development
Respond creatively to briefs, developing their own proposals and producing specifications for products.
Understand graphic techniques
Use a range of graphical techniques such as annotated sketches, formal drawing conventions, CAD.
Design Methodology
Not a linear excercise but iterative.
Use of starting points – natural form, pattern and structure, geometry and mathematics, the work of well know artists, designers, craftsmen and technologists, detailed product analysis, religious and cultural influences.
Sustainability
6R’s – re-use, re-think, reduce, repair, recycle, refuse
Consequences of increased/reduced packaging.
Advantages and disadvantages of recycling.
SMSC
Impacts of products on minority groups, moral and cultural implications of graphic products, ergonomics and anthropometric data, understand symbols and signs which are essential information on packaging.
Sustainability
6R’s – re-use, re-think, reduce, repair, recycle, refuse
Consequences of increased/reduced packaging.
Advantages and disadvantages of recycling.
Skills
CA – Assessment –
Researching – Discrimination shown when selecting and acquiring relevant research that will promote originality in designing
Excellent understanding and analysis of the design context
Detailed analysis of relevant existing products or systems undertaken related to design intentions
Comprehensive analysis of relevant and focused research undertaken
Clear and specific design criteria identified, reflecting the analysis undertaken
Target market identified and the intended consumer/user profiled
Designing – Imaginative and innovative ideas have been developed, demonstrating creativity, flair and originality. Further developments made to take account of ongoing research
A coherent and appropriate design strategy, with clear evidence of a planned approach, adopted throughout
The implications of a wide range of issues including social, moral, environmental and sustainability, are taken into consideration and inform the development of the design proposals
Excellent development work through experimentation with a wide variety of techniques and modelling (including CAD where appropriate) in order to produce a final design solution
Appropriate materials/ingredients and components selected with full regard to their working properties
Fully detailed and justified product/manufacturing specification taking full account of the analysis undertaken
