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