Design and Technology study guides

A deep-dive OCR GCSE Design and Technology guide to design thinking and communication. Covers iterative design, freehand sketching and annotation, isometric, perspective, exploded and working drawings with scale, CAD and CAM, and modelling and prototyping.

A deep-dive OCR GCSE Design and Technology guide to identifying requirements and learning from existing products and practice. Covers context analysis and briefs, specifications, anthropometrics and ergonomics, product analysis, the work of designers, and the wider sustainability issues.

A deep-dive OCR GCSE Design and Technology guide to manufacturing processes and techniques. Covers wastage and addition, deforming and reforming, scales of production, quality control and tolerances, and surface treatments and finishes.

A deep-dive OCR GCSE Design and Technology guide to material considerations. Covers the six material categories - papers and boards, timbers, metals, polymers, textiles and electronic components - their properties and uses, plus selecting and costing materials from stock forms.

A deep-dive OCR GCSE Design and Technology guide to technical understanding. Covers forces and stresses, mechanisms and motion, gears, pulleys and cams with gear ratios, electronic systems, and new and emerging technologies.

A deep-dive OCR GCSE Design and Technology guide to the Iterative Design Challenge (NEA, component 02). Covers the explore, create, evaluate cycle, the contextual challenge, the portfolio and prototype, research, the production plan, testing and the final evaluation.