3.1.1 New and emerging Technologies:

• Industry 

• Enterprise

• Sustainability

• People

• Culture

• Society

• Environment

• Production Techniques and Systems

• Critical evaluation of new and emerging technologies

 

3.1.2 Energy Generation and Storage

• Fossil Fuels

• Nuclear Power

• Renewable Energy

• Energy Storage systems, including batteries

 

3.1.3 Development in new materials:

• Modern Materials

• Smart materials

• Composite Materials

• Technical Textiles

 

3.1.4 Systems approach to designing:

• Inputs

• Processes

• Outputs

 

3.1.5 Mechanical Devices

• Different types of Movement

• Changing magnitude and direction of force

 

3.1.6 Materials and their working properties

• Papers and boards

• Natural and manufactured timbers

• Metal and alloys

• Polymers

• Textiles

3.1.62

• Material properties

 

3.2.1 Specialist technical principles

• Selection of materials or components

 

3.2.2 Forces and stresses:

 

• Materials and objects can be manipulated to resist and work with forces and stresses

• Materials can be enhanced to resist and work with forces and stresses to improve functionality

 

3.2.3 Ecological and social footprint

 

• Ecological issues in the design and manufacture of products

• The six R’s

• Social issues in the design and manufacture of products

 

3.2.4 Sources and origins

• Primary sources

 

3.2.5 Using and working with materials

• Properties of materials

• Modification of properties for specific purposes

• How to shape and form using cutting, abrasion and addition

 

3.2.6 Stock forms and types/sizes

• Timber based materials

 

3.2.7  Scales of production

 

3.2.8  Specialist techniques and processes

• The use of production aids

• tools , equipment and processes

• How materials are cut shaped and formed to a tolerance

• Commercial processes

• The application and use of quality control to include measurable and quantitative systems used during manufacture

 

3.2.9 Surface treatments and finishes

 

3.3 Designing and making principles

 

3.3.1 Investigation, primary and secondary data

• Use primary and secondary data to understand client/user needs

• How to write a design brief and produce a design and manufacturing specification

• Carry out investigation in order to identify problems and needs

 

3.3.2 Environmental, social and economic challenge

 

3.3.3 The work of others

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3.3.4 Design Strategies

• Generate imaginative and creative ideas using a range of different design strategies

• Explore and develop their own ideas

 

3.3.5 Communication of design ideas

 

3.3.6 Prototype Development

 

3.3.7 Selection of materials and components

 

3.3.8 Tolerances

 

3.3.9 Material Management

• Cut materials efficiently and minimise waste

• Use appropriate marking out methods, data points and coordinates

 

3.3.10 Specialist tools and equipment

 

3.3.11 Specialist techniques and processes

• Surface treatments and finishes