Friday, 14 March 2008

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Product Design Examination

The GCSE Product Design examination is on Thursday 22nd May 2008 AM.
This is before the half term holidays

The exam will be split up into to 2 parts, there will be 2 themes for the exam:

1. Seating for occasional use in a teenagers bedroom.
2. A lightweight folding table suitable for a car boot sale.

You will need to revise the following topics

* job titles, roles and responsibilities
* market research
* choice of materials/ingredients/components
* the development of products over time
* product packaging and labelling
* the manufacturing processes
* tools and equipment
* project planning
* inputs (materials, energy, equipment etc), processes and outputs (waste, scrap etc)
* health and safety issues
* appropriate manufacturing methods (one-off, batch and mass production).

Collect your revision guide from your Design & Technology teacher.

AS/A2 Product Design

AS/A2 Product Design

For further details about AS/A2 Product Design, see Ms Marconi or Miss Loota.

Take a look at this video for some inspiration.