Assessment Statement

Outline the IB work for the year

3.1.1-3

4.2.5-8

4.2.13-16

Planning (b) 1

Introducing and classifying materials

Selecting materials and techniques

Outline the IB work for the year

Drawing Board project

• Introduce the project
• Lamination
• Extrusion
• Practical work
• ICT using Pro-Desktop

Use Pro-Desktop to draw components

Samples of materials, workshop, materials for boards & jigs

Pro-Desktop disc and worksheets

5.2.1-4

E.1.1-9

Manipulative Skills 1&2

Scale of production

Impact of CAD on the design process

• One-off, batch and volume production
• Practical work
• ICT using Pro-Desktop

Complete components of board on CAD and assemble

Workshop, materials for boards & jigs

1.5.24-26

1.5.8-11

1.5.18-20

1.5.12-13

Design Communication

• CAD
• Isometric drawing
• Algorithm
• Perspective drawing

Complete isometric and perspective drawings

Pro-Desktop

Drawing boards

1.1.1,3&4

1.2.1-3

1.3.1&2

2.1.1-6

E.6.1-12

Planning (a) 1&2

Data collection 1

The design process

Design Cycle Model

Application of DCM

Ergonomics

Global communication systems

Child’s chair project

Introduce project

Initiate research

Write brief, research anthropometric data

Anthropometric data books

2.2.7-9

1.1.2

1.4.1-7   1.5.1-4

2.1.7-9

1.1.6-8

Planning (a) 3

Data collection 1

Product evaluation

Specification

Generating Ideas

Ergonomics

Design process

• Literature search
• Writing spec
• Design work using ergonome
• Incremental/radical thinking

Research existing products.

Design ideas.

Internet, catalogues

1.4.8-13

1.5.14-17,22&23

F.1.1-7

Data collection 2

Data processing & presentation

Generating ideas

Design communication

Invention & Innovation

• Convergent/divergent thinking
• Modelling designs
• Practical work

Develop best design idea to final solution

Workshop facilities

1.5.5-7

Design communication

• Orthographic drawing

Complete Orthographic drawing.

Drawing boards

A.1.1-3

4.1.1-8

E.2.1-9

E.4.1-4

Planning (b) 1&2

Raw materials to final product – timber.

Manufacturing processes and techniques

Impact of CAD/CAM on manufacturing

Impact of CAD/CAM on the consumer

• Classification of timber
• Shaping, joining and wasting

• Practical work

Use spare time to continue making the chair.

Workshop facilities

4.2.5-8

Selecting materials and techniques

• Laminating skin ply
• Practical work

Workshop facilities

E.5.1-4

E.7.1-10

Planning (b) 3

CAD/CAM – mass customization

Global production systems

• Practical work

Workshop facilities

Manipulative Skills 1&2

• Practical work

Workshop facilities

8.8.1-9

Micro & Macro structures – Forces

• Practical work

Calculate stress & strain

Workshop facilities

Manipulative Skills 1&2

Design communication

• Complete unfinished design work

Complete making the chair

Workshop facilities

1.2.4-6

1.3.3

2.2.10-13

Conclusion & Evaluation 1,2&3

E.8.1-6

Design Cycle Model

Application of DCM

Product evaluation

The global manufacturer

• Evaluation of work against the DCM
• User trial.

Complete product evaluation

Target market to test the chair (children)

2.1.12

Ergonomics

• Limitations of ergonomic data
• Projects assessed

Examination Question

2.2.1-6

2.3.1-4

2.3.5-12

F.2.1-12

Product evaluation

Designer & society

Invention

Product analysis IA

• Analysis of juicer
• Design constraints
• Fashion & planned obsolescence

Examination Question

Selection of juicers

4.2.1-4

5.1.1-5

Selecting materials and techniques

Designers & the product cycle

• Analysis of injection moulded products: ballpoint pen & cassette tape

Compare design cycle with product cycle

Selection of juicers

5.2.5-7

5.3.1

F.4.1-10

Scale of production

Economic considerations

Markets and innovation

• Changes to manufacturing due to Industrial Revolution
• Factors that determine final cost of product

Select a product to carry out a detailed product analysis

Selection of juicers

6.1.1-4

6.2.1-4

6.3.1-4

Data processing and presentation

Clean technology

Green Design

Strategies for green design

• Definition of and reasons for clean technology
• Minimising environmental impact

Produce an exploded isometric drawing of the product

6.4.1-9

F.6.1-6

Life cycle analysis

The designer in the global marketplace

• Stages of life cycle
• Analysis of the life cycle of a car, washing machine & refrigerator

Complete matrix for range of products

Environmental impact assessment mattrix

Personal skills (a)

Life cycle analysis continued

• Group work
• Analysis of product

Complete product analysis

F.7.1-8

F.8.1-6

Global strategies for innovation

Global consumer

• Group work
• Analysis of product
• Projects assessed

Examination Question

3.2.1&2

3.3.1&2

8.1.1-5

Properties of materials

IB materials and properties matrix

Structure of matter

Materials Investigation

• Physical properties of materials
• Testing hardness of materials

Examination Question

Range of materials: timber, glass, plastic, metal, fabric

A.1.4-11

8.2.1-9

8.3.1-4

Planning (a)

Planning (b)

Data collection

Data processing and presentation

Raw material to final product – Timber

Bonding

The IB properties / bonding matrix

• Testing a range of man-made & natural timbers

Write up test results

Range of man-made and natural timbers

A.2.1-6

Data processing and presentation

Conclusion and evaluation

Ceramic (glass)

• Testing hardness of soda glass, pyrex, toughened and laminated glass

Write up test results

Range of glass: soda glass, pyrex, toughened and laminated glass

A.5.1-5

8.7.1-11

Data processing and presentation

Conclusion and evaluation

New materials

Young’s modulus – stress & strain

• Definition of Mycoprotein
• Finalise hardness tests

Complete investigations for assessment

Quorn samples

A.5.6-9

Conclusion and evaluation

New materials

• Definition of Superconductor
• Projects assessed

Examination Question

2.2.14-19

4.2.9-12

4.2.17-20

8.4.1-9

Manipulative skills 1&2

Product evaluation

Materials and techniques – sintering, cutting and machining

Properties of metals and alloys

Metals project

• Evaluation of product comparing performance tests with user trials
• Definition of sintering
• Definition of cutting
• Definition of machining
• Practical work – cutting and drilling

Examination Question

Metal products, such as coat hooks

5.2.15-18

Manipulative skills 1&2

Scale of production

Mechanisation

• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Comparison of products made by automated and non-automated methods
• Practical work - shaping

Examination Question

Greeting cards – mass produced and batch produced examples

A.3.1-9

8.9.1-8

Manipulative skills 1&2

Raw material to final product – Metal

Strength and stiffness of structures

• Extraction of iron
• Iron to steel conversion
• Mild steel & stainless steel
• Practical work – finishing
• Assembly of the hook to a backing plate

Examination Question

Examples of iron in its different states

Action verb objectives 1,2 & 3

Paper 1

Paper 2

Paper 3

Examination week

45 minutes   1 hour

1 hour   1 hour 45 minutes

1 hour   1 hour 15 minutes

Personal skills (a)

1&2

Personal skills (b) 1, 2 & 3

Planning

Definition of activities

Action

Evaluation

Group 4 project

• Brainstorm the topic
• Clarifying individual tasks
• Investigation & sharing findings
• Presentation of findings

3.2.3&4

A.4.1-9

8.6.1-7

Properties of materials

Properties of composite materials

Materials Investigation

• Mechanical properties of materials
• Testing toughness of fabrics

Stages of cotton boll to thread, range of fabrics: cotton, nylon, polyester and composites

Planning (a)

Planning (b)

Data collection

Data processing and presentation

• Testing a range of fabrics

Write up test results

Range of fabrics

E.2.4

Data processing and presentation

Conclusion and evaluation

Impact of CAD/CAM on manufacturing

• Testing a range of fabrics
• Complete investigation for assessment

Write up test results

Year 12 Work Experience week