KS3 OR KS4 Design and Technology - Home learning booklet

PERFECT FOR SELF ISOLATING STUDENTS SUITABLE FOR BOTH KS3 AND KS4. This 73 page work booklet is split into sections that is filled with exam questions and practical challenges (which can be completed at home) on the following -

-Anthropometrics and ergonomics
-Technology push/Market pull/Planned obsolescence
-Sustainability/the 6 R’s
-Fairtrade
-CAD and CAM
-Textiles (natural and synthetic fibres, mircrofibres, chemical finishes, CAD and CAM in textiles, production methods in textiles)
-Timbers and boards (softwoods, hardwoods, manufactured boards, flat pack furniture wood finishes, CAD and CAM in timbers, production methods in woods)
-Plastics (thermosetting, thermoplastics, CAD and CAM in plastics, production methods in plastics, sustainability)
-Papers and boards (sourcing of paper, types of papers and cards, CAD and CAM for papers and boards, production methods in paper and boards, sustainability)
-Metals (ferrous and non-ferrous metals, alloys, metal finishes, CAD and CAM in metals, production methods in metals).

The booklet is packed with exam questions (word friendly for ks3) however you will need to provide relevant websites or reading material where students can source all answers. I use BBC bitesize or Vincent Ryan’s Technologystudent.com website so please adapt the light grey boxes with website links if necessary.