GCSE Design & Technology - Revision

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Level	Board	Subject	Paper	Assessment Type	Length	% of Course
GCSE	OCR	Design and Technology (1-9)	Unit 01 - Principles of Design and Technology	Written Paper	2 hours	50%
			Units 02/03 - Iterative Design Challenge	Non-Exam Assessment	Approx. 40 hours	50%

Specific strategies

• Spaced learning (little and often).
• Flash cards with key terms and key questions.
• Exam questions in various ways: open book, closed book, read question, find/ review information, complete timed question and timed closed book.
• Mind maps.
• FOR ALL – use mark schemes to assess and improve: see catalogue.

Revision areas

• Exploring the context of a design solution
• Usability
• Opportunities and constraints that influence design and making
• Developments in technology and their influence on design decisions and practice
• The impact of new and emerging technologies when developing design solutions
• Sources of energy
• Environmental, social and economic influences
• Communicating design solutions
• Sources of information and thinking when problem solving
• Categories of materials
• Characteristics properties of materials
• Controlled movement
• Electronic systems
• The impact of new and emerging technologies on production techniques and systems
• One in-depth material: Polymer done in class

Study guides/ websites

• Revision website
• BBC Bitesize
• Course specification 
• Course book 
• Revision Guide 
• The CATalogue