This is for for new Edexcel GCSE spec on the topic of Mechanical devices used to produce movement. It includes the whole unit in a PowerPoint presentation form and worksheets that can be used alongside it.
Within Chapter 3 - Implications of wider issues, this PPT looks specifically at the impacts of new and emerging technologies when developing design solutions on the environment covering:
Planned Obsolescence
Sustainability
The 6R’s
Circular economy
Cradle to Cradle
Consumer Impact
This is a full PPT of 3.1.10 Protecting designs and intellectual property covering the following topics:
• copyright and design rights
• patents
• registered designs
• trademarks
• logos.
A step by step guide that can be given to pupils to experiment with making a Dovetail joint, or remove the text and it can become a worksheet. This can be used with GCSE groups studying Timber as their specialist subject, or edited and given to KS3 pupils as part of a project.
AQA A-Level Paper 1, full powerpoint covering performance characteristics of polymer based sheet at film.
• foam board
• fluted polypropylene
• translucent polypropylene sheets
• styrofoam
• low density polyethylene sheet
• plastazote foam
• cellulose acetate
• polyactide sheet and film
A complete table of Wood Joints within the EDEXCEL GCSE Timber specialist chapter listing the advantages and disadvantages of the following joints:
Butt
Dowel
Lap
Housing
Mitre
Mortise & Tenon
Dovetail
A step by step guide that can be given to pupils to experiment with making a lap joint, or remove the text and it can become a worksheet. This can be used with GCSE groups studying Timber as their specialist subject, or edited and given to KS3 pupils as part of a project.
Mini mock exam out of 50 marks. Questions around the following topics:
Catagorisation of natural and synthetic fibre
Catagorisation of timbers
Catagorisation of polymers
Maths in DT
A step by step guide that can be given to pupils to experiment with making a lap joint, or remove the text and it can become a worksheet. This can be used with GCSE groups studying Timber as their specialist subject, or edited and given to KS3 pupils as part of a project.