Design Engineering — Year 12

Project 1 - Communicating Designs:

This project focuses on developing communication skills through using a variety of professionally recognised drawing and rendering techniques. This includes, perspective drawing, isometric drawing, orthographic and CAD. Students will produce detailed rendered sketches to include in their portfolio.

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Project 3 - Stakeholder Design: Redesign of the Ketchup bottle’ Each student will be given a different stakeholder and will redesign the Heinz Ketchup bottle for their stakeholder’s needs. This project aims to give students an opportunity to design from a different perspective and put into practice their communication skills.

Project 4 – Sustainability and motions

Identify different categories of motions including linkages and levers. Students will use a variety of manufacturing techniques to transform create a product that consumers can use to put into practice the 6Rs.

Project 5 - Design through practical exploration

Explore existing products and the role of designers past and present. They will investigate material properties through conducting rigorous tests in the workshop. Students will explore mechanisms and systems and how they can be integrated into new and existing products.

Continuation of Project 5 - Design through practical exploration

Project 6 – Iterative design project

Through independent exploration students will be guided through the iterative design process to create a solution to a given problem. Students will visit local businesses to conduct primary research through interviews and observations. They will put into practice their problem solving, communication and manufacturing skills and produce a chronological portfolio and prototype.

The portfolio and prototype will demonstrate the skills and knowledge learnt throughout the year and will be submitted formally as a ‘mock’ NEA and will be assessed against A Level criteria.

Continuation of Project 6 – Iterative design project

Through independent exploration students will be guided through the iterative design process to create a solution to a given problem. Students will visit local businesses to conduct primary research through interviews and observations. They will put into practice their problem solving, communication and manufacturing skills and produce a chronological portfolio and prototype.

The portfolio and prototype will demonstrate the skills and knowledge learnt throughout the year and will be submitted formally as a ‘mock’ NEA and will be assessed against A Level criteria.

Project 7 - Mock NEA Manufacture

During this project students will make an angle poised light based on the iconic design by Kenneth Grange. Students will use a variety of processes and metals including recycled metal and concrete to create an industrial style light. Students will be encouraged to focus on accuracy and precision to gain confidence with using a variety of manufacturing

Non examined assessment (NEA)

Students will pick their final Iterative design project. They will complete tasks such as, researching, designing and practical exploration.

• OCR state ‘Central to this this NEA is the requirement for students to understand and apply processes of iterative designing in their design and technology practice: exploring needs, creating solutions and evaluating how well the needs have been met.

• Students identify an engaging and challenging context of their own choice that offers design opportunity or problem to respond to in the development of a design solution. They create a chronological portfolio of evidence in real-time as they design, make and evaluate the project according to the iterative processes of explore, create and evaluate.’