Project Reference
= Areas covered
by Booklet Education
= Guided by B.E. /Your possible or practical input.
POS Descriptions
1
Developing, Planning &Communicating Ideas
1a
Identifying and using information (Including ICT)
1b
Produce specification to fit brief
1c
Develop design criteria to guide thinking and evaluation
1d
Generate designs to match specification
1e
Consider research, aesthetics, user needs, hygiene safety etc
1f
Suggest/plans for designing & making. Change if necessary
1g
Prioritise actions when planning (consider time, tools & costs)
1h
Use various communication techniques for ideas: ICT, CAD
2
Working with Equipment & Materials to produce Quality Products
2a
Select & use tools & equipment appropriately and safely to shape & finish materials (including CAD CAM).
2b
Consider working properties of a material when making choices
2c
To join materials and components to create a functional result
2d
Use a range of techniques to make single or multiple products accurately (including CAD CAM)
2e
Learn about the characteristics & use of Modern & Smart materials
3
Evaluating Processes & Products
3a
Evaluate designs as they develop according to specification
3b
Test and evaluate product
3c
Evaluate other products (fitness for purpose, user needs, appropriate use of resources and their impact beyond the product purpose)
4
Knowledge & Understanding of Materials & Components
4a
To consider physical & chemical properties & working characteristics of modern materials
4b
That materials are classified according to characteristics
4c
That materials can be combined to create new properties
4d
How multiple copies can be made of the same product
5
Knowledge & Understanding of Systems and Control
5a
Recognise Input, Process & Output on own and other’s products
5b
Recognise sub-systems and how they make up a system
5c
The importance of feedback in control systems
5d
Learn about electronic, mechanical, pneumatic systems and how mechanical systems produce different movements
5e
How different systems can be interconnected to achieve a function
5f
How to use electronics. Microprocessors & computers to control systems including feedback
5g
How to use ICT to design systems & sub-systems
6
Knowledge & Understanding of Structures
6a
To recognise, use and reinforce structures
6b
To test & calculate the effects of loads
6c
That compression, tension, shear & torsion affect structures
7
Breadth of Study
7a
Type of task- to include product analysis
7b
Type of task- FPT or Design & Make
7c
Context e.g. resistant materials, systems and control…..
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