IB: Design Technology

The information that appears on this website has been produced for students at Tonbridge Grammar School.

The source of much of the information, including the text and diagrams contained in the pages on Topics 1 - 9, Option E and F and the Glossary is taken from the IB Design Technology syllabus.

• Course Content Guide

• Week-by-week Guide

• Topic 1: Designers and the Design Cycle

• Topic 2: The Responsibility of the Designer

• Topic 3: Materials

• Topic 4: Manufacturing Processes and Techniques

• Topic 5: Production Systems

• Topic 6: Clean Technology and Green Design

• Topic 7: Raw Material to Final Product

• Topic 8: Microstructures and Macrostructures

• Topic 9: Appropriate Technologies

• Option E: Computer-Aided Design, Manufacture and Production

• Option F: Invention, Innovation and Design

• Glossary

• Design Project

• Higher Level Synopsis

• * Help, Mr H!