AQA · 8552
Design and Technology GCSE
Core technical principles, specialist technical principles and designing and making principles, assessed by written paper and a non-exam assessment.
Specification points
8
0 with marked evidence
Coverage
0%
Average paper standing
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How it is assessed
- Written paper — 2h, 100 marks (50%): core, specialist and designing and making principles.
- Non-exam assessment — Substantial design and make task, 100 marks (50%).
Taught lessons
Textbook-style lessons written for this course: explanation, a worked model answer, then marked checks.
GCSE design and technology: materials and manufacture
Material properties, working properties, scales of production and processes.
GCSE design and technology: designing and iterating
Design contexts, user-centred design, specifications, iteration and evaluation.
Exam-style practice papers
D&T practice paper: materials, mechanisms and design
Exam-style questions on materials, processes, mechanisms and specification writing.
Not yet attempted.
Sit this paperSpecification content and progress
Written paper
- 3.1.1New and emerging technologiesNot started
Explain how industry, enterprise, sustainability and people are affected by emerging technologies.
- 3.1.2Energy, materials and systemsNot started
Explain energy generation and storage, modern and smart materials, and systems with inputs, processes and outputs.
- 3.1.3Mechanical devicesNot started
Explain levers, linkages, rotary systems and how motion is changed in products.
- 3.2Material properties and selectionNot started
Compare papers and boards, timbers, metals, polymers, textiles and composites and justify selection.
- 3.2Processes and manufactureNot started
Explain shaping, forming, joining, finishing, scales of production and quality control.
NEA
- 3.3.1Investigation and specificationNot started
Investigate needs, analyse a context and write a measurable design specification.
- 3.3.2Iterative design and modellingNot started
Generate, develop, model and refine ideas using drawing, CAD and prototypes.
- 3.3.3Making and evaluatingNot started
Manufacture a prototype safely and accurately, then test and evaluate it against the specification.