KS3 & KS4 design and technology curriculum

This unit draws together the technical principles knowledge learnt in prior units, including the Year 10 encouraging a healthy lifestyle unit and the Year 10 inclusive design unit. Pupils will consolidate and apply this in-depth understanding of a specialist material area and the processes and considerations associated with it. In this unit, the pupils are taught how to present their technical understanding concisely in the terminal exam.

1. Properties of materials
2. Material sources and stock forms
3. Scales of production in manufacturing
4. Earth considerations
5. Manufacturing systems
6. Wasting processes
7. Deforming processes
8. Reforming processes
9. Fabricating processes
10. Finishing techniques
11. Material design decisions
12. Manufacturing design decisions

• Pupils can identify and discuss materials properties, sources and stock forms.
• Pupils can identify and discuss scales of production.
• Pupils can identify and discuss earth considerations.
• Pupils can identify and discuss manufacturing systems and processes
• Pupils can identify and discuss manufacturing processes.
• Pupils can identify and discuss material finishing techniques.
• Pupils can explain and justify material design decisions.
• Pupils can explain and justify manufacturing design decisions.