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Resistant Materials

Course Title: GCSE Resistant materials

Examination Board: OCR

Entry Requirements (if appropriate): Not Applicable

Contact: Miss Mowatt

Course Aims:

Students will be given the opportunity to acquire and apply knowledge, skills and understanding through:

Course Description:

This GCSE focuses on designing and making products using a range of resistant materials and equipment. The course willextend the skill levels of the students using both hand tools and the CNC milling machinery. A folder of design work leading to a finished product will account for 60% of the final grade.

How will I learn:

Interpret information from different sources, carry out calculations, interpret results and present findings, take part in discussions, read and obtain Information, find, explore and  develop information, confirm what needs to be done and who is to do it, plan work and confirm working arrangements, plan and try out ways of solving problems, evaluate all work.

Possible Career Pathways:

Joinery, manufacturing, all aspects of engineering. If you are considering a career with any practical applications, this course will be suitable.

Subject summary:

During this year students will have worked in a couple of areas within Design:

Students have been taught a range of basic skills which are common to all the areas as well as specialist knowledge, understanding and techniques from the individual subjects.

Subject summary:

During this year students will have worked in three areas within Design:

Students have been taught a range of basic skills which are common to all the areas as well as specialist knowledge, understanding and techniques from the individual subjects.

Subject summary:

Throughout Key Stage 3 the students will follow a balanced Engineering and Technology curriculum from the following areas:

Students have been taught a range of basic skills which are common to all the areas as well as specialist knowledge, understanding and techniques from the individual subjects.

This report has been written after consultation with all the department staff