Key
Stage 4 Design and Technology
Details
of the contents of each
section are listed below.
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Design
and Technology
- Description
of design and technology
- Design
and technology process
- Stages
in design and technology
- Reasons
for creating new designs
- Factors
to consider when designing
products
- Ergonomics
- Designing
for safety
- Designing
for customisation
- Designing
for a production method
- Designing
for assembly, disassembly
and recycling
- Designing
for maintenance
- Invention
- Making
changes to existing
designs: design
development
- Specifications:
specifying details of
designs and product
- Recording
designs
- Parts
drawings and parts lists
- Planning
- Evaluation
- Product
analysis
- Value
analysis
- Animation:
notes and sketches
- Animation:
design development
- Animation:
isometric drawing
- Animation:
oblique drawing
- Animation:1
point perspective drawing
- Animation:
2 point perspective
drawing
- Animation:
parts drawing &
cutting lists
- Rendering
exercises
- Design
exercises
- Design
briefs and specifications
- Problem
solving exercises.
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Design
exercises
- Furniture
- Designs
with wheels
- Kitchen
ware (design analysis
exercises)
- Tools
(design analysis
exercises)
- Lamps
- Toys
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Research
- Product
analysis
- Value
analysis
- Library
search
- Internet
search
- Experiments
- Observation
- Case
study
- Interviews
- Survey
- Role
play
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Quality
- Quality
in design and technology
- Inspection
- Quality
control
- Quality
Assurance
- Total
Quality Management (TQM)
- Quality
exercises
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Safety
- Designer's
safety responsibility
- Risk
assessment
- Safety
rules and defined
procedures
- Hazard
warnings and instructions
- Safe
materials
- Safe
storage of materials
- Tool
safety
- Safety
features on tools
- Safe
working practices
- Safe
working area
- Product
safety
- Workshop
safety rules
- Safety
exercises
- Risk
assessment exercises
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Resistant
Materials
- Classification
of resistant materials
- Components
- Making
metals/processing metal
ores:
- iron
- basic
oxygen steel making
process
- electric
arc furnace
- secondary
steel making
- formation
of slabs, bloom and
billets
- hot
rolling plate mills
- hot
rolling strip mills
- hot
rolling long products
- cold
rolling and drawing
- coating
- aluminium
- aluminium
alloys
- copper
- lead
- zinc
- tin
- manganese
- molybdenum
- strontium
- nickel
- platinum
- silver
- cadmium
- chromium
- titanium
- tungsten
- vanadium
- Recycling
- Timber
and manufactured boards
(animation)
- Trees
as a renewable resource
- Processing
timber logs
- Timber
conversion
- Manufactured
boards
- Plastic
notes and animations
- Thermoplastics
and thermsets
- Thermplastics:
- thermoforming
- line
bending (+ animation)
- vacuum
forming (+ animation)
- plug
and yoke (+ animation)
- expanded
polystyrene (+
animation)
- structural
foam
- rotational
moulding
- injection
moulding (+ animation)
- gas
assisted injection
moulding (+ animation)
- injection
blow moulding (+
animation)
- extrusion
blow moulding (+
animation)
- inserts
in plastic moulding
- blown
film (+ animation)
- Thermosets
- resins
- hand
lay-up of GRP (+
animation)
- spraying
resin and reinforcing
material
- resin
transfer moulding (+
animation)
- pultrusion
process (+ animation)
- injection
moulding
- compression
moulding (DMC) (+
animation)
- compression
moulding (SMC) (+
animation)
- Technology
exercises
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Measuring
and Marking out
- Measuring
and marking out notes
- Marking
out tools and processes
(animation)
- Measuring
tools and processes
(animation)
- Measuring
& marking out test
(interactive)
- Design
exercises
- Technology
exercises
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Materials
Processing
- Hand
tools animation
- Machine
tools animation
- Plastics
notes and animations
- Heat
treatment of metals:
- normalising
steel
- hardening
steel
- tempering
steel
- annealing
- hot
working metals
- cold
working metals
- Casting
metals
- sand
casting
- die
casting
- lost
wax casting
- finishing
castings
- Applying
finishes
- introduction
- plastics
- metals
- painting
steel
- lacquering
metals
- galvanising
and zinc plating
- electroplating
(+ animation)
- electroforming
- anodising
- patination
- bluing
- enamelling
- plastic
coating
- etching
(+animation)
- abrading,
filing and grinding (+
animation)
- planishing
- knurling
- milling
- Wood
finishing processes
- Technology
exercises 1
- Technology
exercises 2
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Assembling
Parts
- Temporary
fixing methods
- Semi
permanent fixing methods
- Permanent
fixing methods
- Silver
soldering &
brazing (+ animation)
- cleaning
after soldering
- pickling
(+ animation)
- soft
soldering
- tinning
the soldering iron
- using
a soldering iron
- using
a blow torch
- tinning
parts to be soldered
- joining
metals by forge
welding
- joining
metals by gas welding
- joining
metals by electric arc
welding
- joining
metals by riveting (+
animation)
- pop
riveting
- joining
wood: gluing wood to
wood
- wood
joints (animation)
- gluing
laminates to sheet
materials
- joining
wood using screws
- joining
materials using
adhesives
- Technology
exercises
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Industrial
Production
- Introduction
- Systems
- Scale
of production
- One-off
production
- Batch
production
- Mass
production &
continuous production
- Customisation
and mass production
- Design
analysis exercises
- Exercise:
using machines to make
products
- Exercise:
batch production of copper
jewellery
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Transporting,
Storing & Displaying
Products
- packaging
- resistant
materials packages
- important
features of a product
package
- packaging
design analysis exercises
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Mechanisms
- Mechanisms
animations
- Technology
exercises
- Design
exercises
- Design
analysis exercises
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Moral,
Cultural, Environmental,
Spiritual
- Moral
issues:
- the
design opportunity
- the
design specification
- the
design
- choice
of manufacturing
material
- recycling
materials
- use
of energy
- the
manufacturing process
- quality
- health
and safety
- transporting
the product
- sales
- after
sales
- Cultural
issues:
- culture
- cultural
evidence
- cultural
diversity
- cultural
change
- cultural
identity
- cultural
tourism
- souvenirs
- Environmental
issues:
- designed
environments
- transport
- industry
- Spiritual
issues
- Exercises
in moral issues
- Exercises
in environmental issues
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Structures
- Structures
notes:
- frame
structures
- shell
structures
- loads
- forces
- struts
and ties
- beams
- steel
structural sections
- Bridge
types animation
- Design
exercises
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Energy
- Energy
notes:
- sources
of energy
- forms
of energy
- consequences
of energy use
- designing
for energy
conservation
- Technology
exercises
- Design
exercises
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Details
of the major animations in
this product
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Graphics
& Design Development
Animations
-
Recording
ideas and designs using
notes and sketches
(animation)
-
Design
development animation
-
Isometric
drawing animation and
exercises
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Oblique
drawing animation
-
1
point perspective drawing
animation and exercises
-
2
point perspective drawing
animation and exercises
-
Parts
drawing and cutting list
animation
-
Rendering
exercises
-
Workshop
safety rules
-
Workshop
safety in detail
-
Risk
assessment exercises
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Wood
Joints Animation
-
The
reason that wood joints
are used
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Butt
joint
-
Lapped
joint
-
Tongue
and grooved joint
-
Finger
joint / comb joint
-
Dovetail
joint
-
Lapped
dovetail joint
-
Housing
joint
-
Corner
bridle joint
-
Through
mortice and tenon joint
-
Stopped
mortice and tenon joint
-
"T"
halving joint
-
Bare
faced tenon joint
-
Dowelled
joint
-
Cross
halving joint
-
"T"
bridle joint
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Measuring
Tools Animations
- steel
rule
- micrometer
- digital
micrometer
- vernier
caliper
- height
gauge
- depth
gauge
- micrometer
depth gauge
- internal
caliper
- external
caliper
- combination
set
- dial
gauge
- screw
pitch gauge
- feeler
gauge
- limit
plug gauges (GO / NOGO
gauges)
- limit
ring gauge
- snap
gauge
- drill
gauge
- radius
gauge
- protractor
- spirit
level
- electronic
devices
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Marking
Out Tools Animations
- pens
and pencils
- scriber
- marking
knife
- engineer's
square
- woodworker's
try square
- dividers
trammel
- odd
leg calipers
- marking
gauge
- cutting
gauge
- mortice
gauge
- centre
punch
- dot
punch
- mitre
square
- centre
square
- sliding
bevel
- bradawl
- surface
gauge
- straight
edge
- vee
block
- angle
plate
- templates
- surface
plate
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Hand
Tools Animations
The
hand
tools animation consists
of:
-
planes:
-
spokeshaves
-
wood
chisels:
-
firmer
chisel
-
bevel
edged chisel
-
mortice
chisel
-
gouge
-
cold
chisel
-
tinsnips
and shears
-
saws
for wood:
-
tenon
saw
-
dovetail
saw
-
cross
cut saw
-
rip
saw
-
coping
saw
-
hacksaw
-
junior
hacksaw
-
abra
file
-
hammers
and mallets:
-
files:
-
description
-
roughness
of cut
-
hand
file
-
flat
file
-
half
round file
-
round
file
-
square
file
-
three
square file
-
knife
file
-
needle
files
-
Swiss
wax files
-
drills:
-
Taps
and dies:
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Machine
Tools Animations
The
machine
tool animations
illustrate:
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Timber
Products
- Hardwoods
and softwoods
- Timber
conversion
- Timber
defects
- Cup
shake
- Heart
shake
- Star
shake
- Splits
and shakes
- Fungal
attack
- Woodworm
(beetle attack)
- Twisting,
checks, bowing, resin
sacks
- Seasoning
- Cutting
veneer
- plywood
- blockboard
- faced
chipboard
- Medium
density fibreboard (MDF)
- Solid
timber boards
- Advantages/disadvantages
of timber and
manufactured boards
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Mechanisms
Animations
-
types
of motion
-
levers:
Class 1, Class 2, Class 3,
bell crank lever
-
linkages
-
pulleys
and belts:
-
used
to transmit motion and
torque
-
change
speed of rotation
-
stepped
cone pulleys
-
pulley
belts used to
transport products
-
pulley
belts used as bandsaws
-
pulleys
used for lifting and
hauling
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chain
and sprocket drive
-
chain
parts
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Gears:
-
spur
gears
-
gear
train
-
bevel
gears
-
worm
gear
-
rack
and pinion
-
cams,
rotary and linear, cam
followers
-
ratchet
and pawl
-
crank
mechanisms
-
crank
and slider
-
application
of screw mechanisms:
-
for
clamping
-
to
control movement
-
for
lifting
-
ball
screws
-
couplings
-
flanged
-
split
-
flexible
-
universal
joint
-
friction
used to oppose motion:
-
brakes
-
clamps
-
grips
/ knurling
-
reducing
friction by the use of
lubricants and bearings
-
lubrication
-
bearings:
-
bush
-
ball
bearing
-
roller
bearing
-
mechanisms
used on a bicycle.
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Plastics
Notes and Animations
-
description
of "plastic"
-
the
main ingredients of most
plastics
-
thermoplastics
-
thermosets
-
thermoforming:
-
line
bending
-
vacuum
forming
-
plug
& yoke
-
expanded
polystyrene (EPS)
-
structural
foam
-
rotational
moulding
-
injection
moulding
-
gas
assisted injection
moulding
-
injection
blow moulding
-
extrusion
blow moulding
-
inserts
in plastic mouldings
-
blown
film
-
thermosets
-
resins
-
hand
lay-up of glass reinforced
plastic (GRP)
-
sprayed
polyester resin and
reinforcing material
-
resin
transfer moulding
-
pultrusion
process
-
injection
moulding
-
compression
moulding:
-
commonly
used abbreviations of the
names of polymers.
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Riveting
- Rivet
types
- Riveting
with countersunk head
rivets
- Riveting
with snap head rivets
- Pop
rivets
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Bridges
- beam
bridges
- continuous
span bridge
- simple
span bridge
- cantilever
span bridge
- cantilever
with suspended span bridge
- Warren
deck truss bridge
- Warren
(through)Truss
- Pratt
Truss (through truss)
- Howe
Truss (through truss)
- Lattice
Truss (through truss)
- Plate
girder bridge
- Deck
beam bridge
- Orthotropic
beam bridge
- Rigid
frame (inclined legs)
- Rigid
Frame (with V- legs)
- Stone
arch bridge
- Open
spandrel deck arch bridge
- Spandrel
braced arch bridge
- Cantilever
through truss bridge
- Trussed
deck arch bridge
- Trussed
through arch bridge
- Ribbed
arch bridge
- Suspension
bridge
- Cable
stayed bridge
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The
Interactive Worksheets and
Exercises package consists of:
-
isometric
drawing exercises
-
1
point perspective drawing
exercises
-
2
point perspective drawing
exercises
-
colouring
and shading (rendering)
exercises
-
measuring
and marking out test
-
marking
out and cutting tenons
exercise
-
drills
and bits exercises
-
file
types and uses exercises
-
hand
tools exercise
-
saws
and their uses exercise
-
screw
cutting tools exercise
-
reading
a vernier caliper exercise
-
choosing
the correct machine tool
exercise
-
use
of the buffer exercise
-
sanders
and grinders exercise
-
machines
exercise
-
wood
machine exercise
-
turning
exercise
-
wood
turning exercise
-
making
cupboard doors in MDF
exercise
-
using
machines to make products
exercise
-
batch
production of copper
jewellery exercise
-
how
plastic bottles are made
exercise
-
manufacturing
children's tableware
exercise
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