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AQA Product design revision guide
The Essentials of GCSE Design &
Technology: Product Design (Lonsdale Revision
Guides)
by Brian Russell. You will need this guide
in order to complete your coursework sheets.
You can buy one from the LRC for £3.50
or from most book shops for £5.99.
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GCSE project briefs
View the GCSE product design project
briefs as a PowerPoint file. Images and
useful web links are included within this
presentation.
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GCSE Coursework manager
Use this coursework manager to
tick off your completed work. You will also
need to get your teacher to sign off each
completed sheet.
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Designing
your own design sheet
You will need to create a layout
for your design sheets. Open an example sheet
to see what is required on your layout sheet.
Remember look after it as your teacher will
need to use it again and again to photocopy.
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Cover |
Product Design
cover sheet This sheet explains
how you create a front cover sheet and includes
what should appear on your sheet eg: title,
Candidate name, Candidate number, Centre
number and
Centre name. |
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Situation and
Design brief This top sheet
explains what you should include on your
situation and design brief. The other sheets
are examples of how other pupils have done
the sheet.
See example word docs:-
Magazine
situation and brief >>
Board
situation and brief >>
New
console situation and brief >>
Jewellery
situation and brief >>
Your
project situation and brief >>
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Timing Plan
This sheet helps you plan what time to
spend on your coursework folder and production
of your products. Include an introduction
and conclusion.
Note: The coursework folder
outline here is an outline, if you can get
all the coursework content onto fewer pages
that is acceptable. Look at timing plan
example 2 this pupil used half a sheet and
then used the other half for other information.
The choice is yours.
More info:
See your revision guide page 26 (Starting
your project) |
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Research
Analysis Brainstorm (Research)
Note: You should try to get sheet 3 and sheet
4 onto the same sheet if possible.
A brainstorm in which you consider
a range of different project and different
solutions you could come up with for each.
You must include a short explanation of what
this brainstorm is and why you have done it.
Include an introduction and conclusion.
More
info: See your revision guide page 28 (Planning
your reserach)
also see:
Softwoods
>>
Hardwoods
>>
Manufactured
boards >>
Plastics
>>
Thermoplastics
>>
Thermosetting
plastics >>
Card
and board >>
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Research
Plan (Research)
Note: You should try to get this information
onto the previous sheet if you have room!
This sheet is a checklist or a table
to see how you will start your research and
how you will achieve your research. Include
an introduction and conclusion.
More info:
See your revision guide page 28 (Planning
your reserach) |
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Mood
board (Research)
This sheet is used to create a mood
about the client, it displays there likes,
styles, etc. It is often used as a theme for
the inspiration of our design ideas. Add transparent
paper over your mood board to add design notes.
Include an introduction and conclusion.
Mood board Useful weblinks:
Board game links:
Board games - www.boardgamegeek.com
>>
Board games - www.hasbro.com
>>
Console
links:
Console types - www.game-machines.com
>>
PS3 - www.playstation.com>>
XBOX - www.xbox.com
>>
WII - www.
uk.wii.com >>
Jewellery
links:
Plastic jewellery 1 - www.pingmag.jp
1 >>
Plastic jewellery 2 -www.pingmag.jp
2 >>
Magazine
links:
Publishers - myfavouritemagazines.co.uk
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Wallpaper - www.wallpaper.com
>>
Vibe magazine -www.vibe.com
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Shoot magazine -www.shoot.co.uk
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Questionaire
(Research)
This sheet contains a questionnaire
that you will ask your users and you will
present the findings as graphs. Try to get
it all onto one sheet. Include an introduction
and conclusion.
More
info: See your revision guide page 29 (Questionaires)
also see questionaire examples:
Board
questionaire >>
Magazine
questionaire >>
Console
questions >>
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Existing
Products (Research)
Find 6- 8 pictures of existing products
that are relevant to your project and annotate.
Label each image and include; Who will use
the product?, Where is the product to be sold?,
Where is the product used?, How much does
it cost?, How safe and hygienic is it?, How
might it have been produced?, etc.
More info: See
your revision guide page 29 (Product Analysis)
Product analysis Useful weblinks:
Board game links:
Board games - www.boardgamegeek.com
>>
Board games - www.hasbro.com
>>
Console
links:
Console types - www.game-machines.com
>>
PS3 - www.playstation.com>>
XBOX - www.xbox.com
>>
WII - www.
uk.wii.com >>
Jewellery
links:
Plastic jewellery 1 - www.pingmag.jp
1 >>
Plastic jewellery 2 -www.pingmag.jp
2 >>
Magazine
links:
Publishers - myfavouritemagazines.co.uk
>>
Wallpaper - www.wallpaper.com
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Vibe magazine -www.vibe.com
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Shoot magazine -www.shoot.co.uk
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Product
Analysis (Research)
Pick two existing products which
is similar to the one you are going to produce
and analyse them fully. You can also analyse
the two products against each other to see
which is best. Include an introduction and
conclusion.
More
info: See your revision guide page 29 (Product
Analysis)
Product
analysis Useful weblinks:
Board game links:
Board games - www.boardgamegeek.com
>>
Board games - www.hasbro.com
>>
Console
links:
Console types - www.game-machines.com
>>
PS3 - www.playstation.com>>
XBOX - www.xbox.com
>>
WII - www.
uk.wii.com >>
Jewellery
links:
Plastic jewellery 1 - www.pingmag.jp
1 >>
Plastic jewellery 2 -www.pingmag.jp
2 >>
Magazine
links:
Publishers - myfavouritemagazines.co.uk
>>
Wallpaper - www.wallpaper.com
>>
Vibe magazine -www.vibe.com
>>
Shoot magazine -www.shoot.co.uk
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Materials
(Research)
This sheet will contain brief materials
research. What materials will you use to
make your product? Include an introduction
and conclusion.
Note: The BBC Bite size website has a lot
of useful info as does your revision guide
Click here to see the
BBC
bitesize site >>
More info:
See your revision guide (Paper and Board
page 40, Timber page 42, Metals page 45,
Plastics page 48)
also see:
Softwoods
>>
Hardwoods
>>
Manufactured
boards >>
Plastics
>>
Thermoplastics
>>
Thermosetting
plastics >>
Card
and board >>
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Manufacturing
processes (Research)
This sheet will contain manufacturing
processes of how your final product would
be made in industry; Vacuum forming, injection
moulding, etc. List how you could make it
in school and in industry (See example 3).
Include an introduction and conclusion.
Note: Technology student has a lot of information
on manufacturing processes you will need
to scroll to the bottom of the page.
Technology
student >> or try the bbc
bitesize site >>
More info:
See your revision guide (Moulding page 69,
Extrusion page 71, Vacuum forming page 70).
Also see
Printing
>>
Laser
cutter >>
Vacuum
former >>
Injection
moulding >>
Blow
moulding >>
Casting
>>
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Ergonomics
(Research)
This sheet will contain ergonomic
and anthropometric information. Ergonomics
is the application of scientific information
concerning humans to the design of objects.
Include an introduction and conclusion.
More info:
See your revision guide page 21 and the
handout sheet.
Also see
Ergonomics
for schools >>
Technology
student example sheets >>
Technology
student ergonomics page >>
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Research Analysis
(Research)
This sheet will contain the findings
of all your research as a basic summary
sheet. You will write down a small paragraph
for each of your main research sheets do
this as a continuous piece of writing. Include
an introduction and conclusion.
More info:
See your revision guide page 30.
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Specification (Research)
View this word document it contains
all the main headings that you should consider
when writing a good specification. This
will help you write a good product design
specification.
More info:
See your revision guide page 31.
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Busy ideas?
(Development - initial
ideas)
Here is an examples of an 'A' grade
students busy ideas sheet. You will need to
do two sheets minimum.
More
info: See your revision guide page 32.
Also see
How
to sketch >>
Adding
thick and thin lines >>
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Busy ideas development (Development)
Refine your busy ideas to 3 good
ones, include annotations and evaluations.
Development means you gradually improve your
designs. You will need to present your ideas
in a way that someone else can follow and
make.
More
info: See your revision guide page 32.
Also see
How
to sketch >>
Adding
thick and thin lines >>
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Final ideas (Development)
Produce four final design sheets
to scale.
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Final CAD designs (Development)
Here you will need to add all your
final Corel draw files for everything that
you have printed on the laser cutter.
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Production Plan?
(Planning)
This is a file that shows how you
have made all your products using drawings
or photographs. List what tools and processes
you have used.
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Evaluations -
Modifications? (Evaluations)
What modifications and improvements
did you make during construction? Here is
an example modifcations sheet. Use photographs
to show your changes.
More
info: See your revision guide page 38.
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Evaluations -
Testing? (Evaluations)
Test your final product, does it
do everything it is meant to do? Does your
POS unit work, are your fonts easy to read,
etc. Here is a testing evaluation sheet example.
More
info: See your revision guide page 37 and
38.
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Consumer evaluations?
(Evaluations)
Questionaire / Interview your users
and potential customers, would they buy your
product, etc? You can only do this once you
have finished your products.
More
info: See your revision guide page 37 and
38.
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Industrial practices?
On this sheet you reflect on your
work. You will check your specification and
use it as a guide, mention modifications you
did, did you meet all the specification points?
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QA & QC?
On this sheet you will discuss what
quality control and quality assessments and
what total quality management you implemented
and how is it done in industry? How did you
ensure your product was made well and is suitable?
On this sheet you should consider.
More info: See your revision guide
page 65.
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