Pathways Booklet 2012-14 final - Bohunt School

Design & Technology - Resistant MaterialsBohunt SchoolOverviewTopics CoveredResistant Materials covers a wide range of activities based on designing and making products that are manufactured using materials such as wood,metal and plastics. As well as learning hand skills, students will use a range of industrial processes to shape and form materials into functioningproducts. Over the course of two years students will develop a whole range of creative designing and making skills, technical knowledge andunderstanding related to RM and invaluable transferable skills such as problem solving and time management.During year 10 and 11 students will undertake a mixture of short and extended written/design and practical tasks, the aim of which is to increase thestudents’ knowledge of the Design Process, and enable them to produce a range of high quality itemsStudents willAnalyse existing productsDevelop the practical skills learnt in KS3 by producing quality practical workConsider aesthetic, technical, economic, environmental, ethical and social aspectsLearn how to use CAD and CAM equipmentStudy the work of influential designers and their impactDevelop knowledge and understanding of a wide range of materials, processes and industrial practices by producing a range of qualitypractical itemsConsider how to make a quantity of quality productsCarry out Risk Assessments to ensure they are working safelyLearn to plan the correct order in which to produce their individualised workEvaluate their own outcomes and the work of others, and learn from the processAssessmentThe course will be assessed by:One design and make coursework activity, taking about 40 hours. This is worth 60% of the final gradeOne 90 minute, single tier exam, based on Knowledge and Understanding of the subject. This includes multiple choice, short answer andextended writing/design questions.17 | P a g e