Design & Technology KS3

Design & Technology KS3

Programme of Study – Year 7

Graphic Communication

  • 2D drawing / isometric / perspective / rendering
  • 2D to 3D iterative design communication
  • Corel draw – Computer Aided Designing

Materials

  • Properties and working with polymers.
  • Different communication techniques for designing a polymer desk tidy.
  • Evaluating and the iterative design approach.

Programme of Study – Year 8

  • CAD/CAM  – Gift in a box part 1 / metals casting & finishing
  • CAM – Gift in a box part 2 / laser cut timbers and assemblies
  • Workshop practices – materials preparation / assembly / surface finishing
  • CAD/CAM – plastics / mobile phone holder with corporate identity

Programme of Study – Year 9

Mechanisms

  • Motion, leves and linkages
  • Design and make a prototype ‘puppet’
  • Use of CAD/CAM
  • Test and evaluate ideas against a client and original specification

Contextual challenge

  • Developing a prototype using the iterative design approach
  • Responding to a design context
  • Use of CAD/CAM
  • Modelling using specific materials