Learn, what are material properties? What is the difference between physical or working properties? This video breaks down the following The main 5 physical properties of materials: Absorbency, density, fusibility, electrical and thermal conductivity. As, well as the working properties a material may have: Strength, hardness, toughness, malleability, ductility and elasticity.

Learn, How paper is made? What the 5 main stages of paper production ? And what happens when you use different plant fibres ? Example rag paper. The 5 main stages to note are; • Handling of raw material • Changing wood chip into pulp • Washing and bleaching, • Adding additional fillers; likes dyes • Processing of pulp to paper; spreading and drying etc.

Pulley basics explained within this video. How to revise for design and technology? Watch this video as I break down what is a pulley? How pulleys work? As well as showing you the different pulley systems. So grab yourself a pen and some paper, let’s get started as we CONTINUE our GCSE REVISION IN DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY. // We will look closer into: What is a pulley? How do pulleys work? What are the different pulleys? Single fixed pulley Moveable pulley Block and tackle mechanical advantage simple machines

Core technical principle covered: wind energy. What is wind energy? What is kinetic energy? How do wind turbines work? How is wind formed? What are the advantages and disadvantages or wind turbines? Where are wind farms located across the UK? Onshore wind energy and offshore wind energy

Gears explained within this video. How to revise for design and technology? Watch this video as I break down what is a gear? How gear trains work? As well as showing you how to calculate gear ratios. So grab yourself a pen and some paper, let’s get started as we CONTINUE our GCSE REVISION IN DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY. // We will look closer into: Gearing up Gearing down Examples of objects that contain gears How gears work? Why we use gears? What is a gear train?

Cam and follower mechanisms explained within this video. I will break down the types of cams and followers. By showing you the mechanism breakdown as it goes through the motion. So grab yourself a pen and some paper, let’s get started as we CONTINUE our GCSE REVISION IN DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY. // We will look closer into: Cam mechanism What is a camshaft? Cams and followers Different types of cams Types of cams and followers How cams and followers work together? What are the 4 types of cams? What is an example of a cam and follower? Examples of followers

This video will explain how solar panels turn sunlight into electricity. Touching on how do solar panels work? This video will cover many key points that could appear within your Design technology exam. The video has been designed for easy Design Technology revision. Ideally for both Design Technology teachers and Design Technology students to use. Core technical principle covered: Solar energy. What is solar energy? What is a photovoltaic cell? How do solar panels work? Who is Edmond Becquerel? What are the disadvantages to solar energy? What are solar farms? //Other videos: Global warming (Paris Agreement) https://youtu.be/dB2LuXYMWf4 Fossil fuels https://youtu.be/M2a26XPQyLA Sustainable companies https://youtu.be/bez8skMcpNk Life cycle analysis https://youtu.be/ixt3xi429UA

What are mechanical motions? How these mechanical motions differ from each other? Examples of linear motion Examples of Rotary motion Examples of Oscillating motion Examples of Reciprocating motion

What is a lever? How do levers work? 3 key points of a lever? What a fulcrum, output and input? How levers are classed? What is a first class lever? What is a second class lever? What is a third class lever? Examples of levers

Hopefully you’re here as you have questions like; what are fossil fuels? What are fossil fuels made of? And how are fossil fuels formed? This video will cover many key points that could appear within your Design technology GCSE exam. The video has been designed for easy Design Technology revision. Ideally for both Design Technology teachers and Design Technology students to use. Core technical principle covered: Introduction to fossil fuels. What are fossil fuels? Examples of fossil fuels What are fossil fuels made of What are fossil fuels used for How are fossil fuels formed? // sources of information https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/fossil-fuels https://www.energy.gov/science-innovation/energy-sources/fossil#:~:text=Fossil energy sources%2C including oil,buried by layers of rock. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/lifetime-consumption-fossil-fuels-visualized/ https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

What is JUST IN TIME (JIT)? Just in time explained within this video as we CONTINUE our GCSE REVISION IN DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY. // We will look closer into: What is JUST IN TIME? It is an inventory system that is receives goods and stock as and when it is actually needed. The stages that create this process and how this differs from other manufacturing processes. What are the benefits of JUST IN TIME? We look at the advantages and disadvantages of JUST IN TIME. With the focus of 2 companies Toyoto and Burger King and how JUST IN TIME helps their company. What wastage is saved from using the JUST IN TIME system?

IMPACT OF NEW & EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN INDUSTRY will be covered within this video. Using the new GCSE core technical principles that will appear within the theory exam paper. This video will cover 4 key points that could appear within your Design technology exam. The video has been designed for easy Design Technology revision. Ideally for both Design Technology teachers and Design Technology students to use. A great video to upload to your Google classroom for a theory homework task (video includes a question that they need to answer) Core technical principle covered: Impact of new and emerging technologies. Point 1: Automation has changed our society Point 2: What jobs won’t exist in 2040? Point 3: Technology will also create new workforce opportunities’. Point 4: Buildings and the workplace //Next video will cover: The impact of new and emerging technologies on ENTERPRISE.

Introduction into sustainability, finite and non-finite resources and the impact these resources have on our planet. This video will cover many key points that could appear within your Design technology exam. The video has been designed for easy Design Technology revision. Ideally for both Design Technology teachers and Design Technology students to use. Core technical principle covered: Sustainability. What is sustainability when combined with design and technology? How does the earth provide? How does this link with design and technology? what is our current state? https://www.dumpsters.com/blog/us-trash-production https://www.iberdrola.com/sustainability/plastic-island-in-pacific-eighth-continent Changes are happening https://www.gopeople.com.au/examples-eco-friendly-packaging-designs/ Finite resources’ Non-finite resources’

IMPACT OF NEW & EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN INDUSTRY will be covered within this video. Using the new GCSE core technical principles that will appear within the theory exam paper. This video will cover 4 key points that could appear within your Design technology exam. The video has been designed for easy Design Technology revision. Ideally for both Design Technology teachers and Design Technology students to use. A great video to upload to your Google classroom for a theory homework task (video includes a question that they need to answer) Core technical principle covered: Impact of new and emerging technologies. Point 1: Automation has changed our society Point 2: What jobs won’t exist in 2040? Point 3: Technology will also create new workforce opportunities’. Point 4: Buildings and the workplace //Next video will cover: The impact of new and emerging technologies on ENTERPRISE.

Start your Design and Technology revision with the introduction to ‘New and Emerging Technologies’. This video covers the new GCSE core technical principles that will appear within your theory exam paper. The video will cover 4 key points that could appear within your Design technology exam. The video has been designed for easy Design Technology revision. Ideally for both Design Technology teachers and Design Technology students to use. Core technical principle covered: New and emerging technologies. Point 1: Technologists must keep up to date with the science world (materials covered Silk and Kevlar) Point 2: The role of a technologist is to embrace change and make ideas into a reality (Engineer example Percy Shaw). Point 3: An excellent design technologist will explore, create and refine – making lots of mistakes along the way (Designer example Thomas Edison). Point 4: There are centre points in history that have been greatly impacted by the developed of science and design (Invention of the telephone).

So we have CAD, CAM and CNC…. Confused by how they differ? Within this video as we CONTINUE our GCSE REVISION IN DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY. We will look closer into: What does CNC & CAM stand for? How they differ from each other? And the advantages and disadvantages

WHAT IS COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD)? So you want to be a product engineer? Or maybe an architect? There is a good chance you will need to know CAD means. Within this video as we CONTINUE our GCSE REVISION IN DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY. // We will look closer into: What is CAD? Where is CAD used? A typical CAD process: STEP BY STEP to creating a Christmas snowflake, file types (DXF) The Advantages and disadvantages to using CAD

Learn what a life cycle assessment is? I will explain the 5 main stages; Extracting and processing of raw materials, 2. Production and manufacturing of the product including packaging, 3. Distribution and travel of the product/ materials needed, 4. Use of product and maintenance and lastly 5. Disposal of the product at the end of its life, recycling or landfill. It will recap on the impact and effects of these materials on the planet. From landfill, plastic islands and non-renewable resources. We will answer the following questions: What is a Life cycle assessment? What are the main stages of the LCA? What environmental impact does one object have on the world? Why is Life Cycle Assessment important? Why do companies complete LCA Life cycle assessments? This video will cover many key points that could appear within your Design technology exam. The video has been designed for easy Design Technology revision. Ideally for both Design Technology teachers and Design Technology students to use. //Next video will cover: Introduction into the environment.

The IMPACT OF NEW & EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN ENTERPRISE. This video will cover 4 key points that could appear within your Design technology exam. The video has been designed for easy Design Technology revision. Ideally for both Design Technology teachers and Design Technology students to use. Core technical principle covered: Enterprise. Point 1: ‘Crowdfunding’ https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/15-awesome-kickstarter-products-that-went-viral-for-a-good-reason Point 2: ‘Visual marketing and retail’ Point 3: Cooperative Point 4: Fair trade Fairtrade | Ben & Jerry’s (benjerry.com) Using the new GCSE core technical principles that will appear within your theory exam paper. //Next video will cover: The impact of new and emerging technologies on ‘Sustainability and the Environment’.

Are there any INVENTIONS BY WOMEN? Are there any WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY? We look into female leaders within design and technology and the inventions by women. We find out why there are still fewer female inventors and women in business within this industry. With the main objective; why we need women more women in tech? // Sources of information: http://www.dezeen.com/2019/11/18/five-women-in-designers-book-roundup/amp/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/03/16/inventions-you-have-women-inventors-thank-these-50-things/39158677/ https://medium.com/hh-design/the-world-is-designed-for-men-d06640654491 https://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/executive_briefings/ebot_auto_worker_demographics.pdf //Next video will cover: Environment with a focus on global warming and carbon offsetting. //Other videos: SUSTAINABLE COMPANIES, DESIGNS & POPULATION GROWTH https://youtu.be/bez8skMcpNk What is a Life Cycle Assessment? https://youtu.be/ixt3xi429UA What is sustainability?: https://youtu.be/xqmdJNRIc9E New and emerging technologies and the impact on industry: https://youtu.be/bPuYSK8KeQU Enterprise the impact new and emerging technologies have on it: https://youtu.be/lhOTuj8pjI8