Year 12

Year 12 DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

Coursework Interim Deadline - Friday 14th March 2003
'No Messing' Final Deadline - Friday 2th May 2003

1 Consider the time available and organize a time plan.

2 Task - Begin to build up a scrap book of appropriate information.

3 Have you attempted to initiate any study of your own? If not - why not?

Study Resources

Course Text Book

Although you have to eventually pay for this reource, it is excellent!
First 14 days free, then Ł15 for 6 months, or Ł25 for a year.

Material Selection and Processing

How Stuff Works

Edexcel Syllabus On-Line

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Edexcel Extract

You should copy this chart and enter your own dates, indicating also when you have satisfactorily explored the listed item.

Date Component Activity Done

The range of materials and their potential application -
Woods

Hardwoods and softwoods, eg beech, jelutong, iroko, pine, cedar, deal, etc.
Investigate existing objects made from wood and attempt to identify the wood, and suggest why that wood was chosen.

Manufactured boards and composites, eg plywood, blockboard, MDF.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using 'man made board.

Ceramics

Ceramics, glass and concrete, eg specialist building materials, high-tech materials, etc.

Think about engineering ceramics as well as domestic and artistic.

Working characteristics of materials: physical, chemical and composite

aesthetic properties, eg colourful, smooth, etc
Observe different woods in different situations.

physical and mechanical properties, eg density, toughness, etc Try some personal experiments to test the comparative properties of a range of woods.

resistance to degradation, eg wearing out or decomposition. Observe wood that has been in place in a given situation for a length of time taking note of its condition.

surface coating, eg paints, varnishes. Investigate the range of finishes available in the local DIY store.

preservation of materials, effects of damp and infestation, their consequences on woods
Timber used in building. What are the potentialproblems.

Understand the relationship between finishes, properties and quality.
A compilation of the above.

Graeme Sagar April - 2002

Edexcel Extract
You should copy this chart and enter your own dates, indicating also when you have satisfactorily explored the listed item.
Date	Component	Activity	Done
The range of materials and their potential application - Woods
	Hardwoods and softwoods, eg beech, jelutong, iroko, pine, cedar, deal, etc.	Investigate existing objects made from wood and attempt to identify the wood, and suggest why that wood was chosen.
	Manufactured boards and composites, eg plywood, blockboard, MDF.	What are the advantages and disadvantages of using 'man made board.
Ceramics
	Ceramics, glass and concrete, eg specialist building materials, high-tech materials, etc.	*Think about engineering ceramics as well as domestic and artistic.*
Working characteristics of materials: physical, chemical and composite
	aesthetic properties, eg colourful, smooth, etc	*Observe different woods in different situations.*
	physical and mechanical properties, eg density, toughness, etc	*Try some personal experiments to test the comparative properties of a range of woods.*
	resistance to degradation, eg wearing out or decomposition.	*Observe wood that has been in place in a given situation for a length of time taking note of its condition.*
	surface coating, eg paints, varnishes.	*Investigate the range of finishes available in the local DIY store.*
	preservation of materials, effects of damp and infestation, their consequences on woods	Timber used in building. What are the potentialproblems.
	Understand the relationship between finishes, properties and quality.	A compilation of the above.
Graeme Sagar April - 2002