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- AQA GCSE Design and Technology 3.1 Core technical principles: a complete overview
A deep-dive AQA GCSE Design and Technology guide to 3.1 Core technical principles. Covers new and emerging technologies, energy generation and storage, modern and smart materials, the systems approach, mechanical devices, and material categories and properties, with the exam patterns AQA repeats.
📖 16 min read3.1 - AQA GCSE Design and Technology 3.2 Specialist technical principles: a complete overview
A deep-dive AQA GCSE Design and Technology guide to 3.2 Specialist technical principles. Covers the selection of materials, forces and stresses, the ecological and social footprint, the sources and origins of materials, working with materials, stock forms and manufacturing, and finishes, with the exam patterns AQA repeats.
📖 16 min read3.2 - AQA GCSE Design and Technology 3.3 Designing and making principles: a complete overview
A deep-dive AQA GCSE Design and Technology guide to 3.3 Designing and making principles. Covers investigation and the work of others, design briefs and specifications, design strategies, communicating ideas, prototype development, and material management and tools, with the exam patterns AQA repeats.
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