Border
         
¦     Graphics Products     ¦     Resistant Materials     ¦     Systems & Control     ¦     Textiles     ¦
 
Year 9 Project Information
How To...
   
  GCSE Coursework
Example of complete design folder
   
AO1: Brief
AO2i: Intended use
AO2ii: Existing products
AO2iii: Specification
AO3: Design Proposals
AO4i: Trialling of materials and production methods
AO4ii: Modelling and modifications
AO4iii: Final product details
AO5: Planning and Making
AO6i: Evaluation against specification
AO6ii: Product testing and design development proposals
   
Exam Preparation
   
Coursework Design Sheet

Material Cost Calculator

Final Grade Predictor
 

Select one of the options from the menu on the left for detailed guidance on your GCSE coursework. For each section you will be able to download a PDF example from a previous project. Please note that this may take a while to download.

Example of a complete design folder from 2004/05 is available for download on the left. The folder consists of 21 pages and achieved 55 out of a possible 60 marks which is the equivalent to A*.

NEW GCSE Final Grade Predictor

Click here or on the link to the left to download an Excel spreadsheet, into which you can enter your current marks, and the marks that you hope to get for future sections, to see what your final grade is likely to be.

 

Component

This Year

Brief AO1

Summer term

Research AO2i

12/9/07

Research AO2ii

20/9/07

Specification AO2iii

21/9/07

Design Proposals AO3

19/10/07

Trialling Materials AO4i

02/11/07

Parent’s evening

07/11/07

Modeling AO4ii

16/11/07

Final Product Details AO4iii

30/11/07

Planning AO5

19/12/07

Folder check

18/01/08

Finished product/Trial examination

29/02/08

Evaluation (Spec) AO6i

07/03/08

Testing/Modifications AO6ii

14/03/08

Whole Project

28/03/08

 
 
 
     
         
Copyright
   
 
   
Border