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