Time allocation: 3 lessons per week

Examination Board:      AQA

Syllabus & Number:      GCSE Design and Technology: Resistant Materials (4560)

Course content:

A practical subject area merging both Designing and Making which will require the application of knowledge and understanding when developing ideas, planning, producing products and evaluating them.

Year 10 – building up on the core skills work from Key Stage 3

Year 11 – Controlled Assessment task (coursework) and preparation for the written exam

Assessment: Unit 1 (45601) Written Paper – 2 hours – 120 marks – 40%

                   Candidates answer all questions in two sections. Pre-release material issued.

Unit 2 (45602) Controlled Assessment Design and Making Practice - approximately 45 hours – 90 marks – 60%

Consists of a single design and make activity selected from a range of board set tasks undertaken in normal school time.

Course Skills

Candidates will have the opportunity to build upon, and apply the knowledge, skills and understanding gained throughout Key Stage 3 in more detail.

* Participation in and understanding of            * Appraisal, evaluation and testing of

   rapidly changing technology                           ideas

* Project planning and management skills        * Independent work and self reliance

* Experimentation and problem solving           * Innovation – searching for needs, wants

* Industrial Practices                                         and opportunities and responding to

* ICT skills including CAD and CAM                    them by developing a range of ideas and

* Reporting and communication                         making products

*Application of aesthetic and economic           * Graphical communication methods

Principles                                                    * Social, moral and cultural issues

Teign School 6^th Form:

There are no courses currently running.

Careers, Further and Higher Education

This GCSE course could lead into further study to AS/A2 level Design & Technology Product Design.

Possible Careers:    

Product Designer              Construction Trades          Engineering Trades           Forestry work

Engineering Maintenance Technician      Heating Engineer    Surveyor       Hydraulics Engineer

Hospital Maintenance Technician            Engineering Science Technician              Armed Forces

Fire Rescue             Teacher       

The Technology Department:          Mr D McClean         Mrs M Barber    Mrs J Smith

                                                          Mrs J Stainer          Mrs C Lees