Design and Technology (Engineering)

Assessment

In Year 12 you will acquire new knowledge and skills using our state-of-art equipment and workshops. All the topics are on the OCR website, ranging from user-centred design, and entrepreneurship to beam deflections and mechatronics. One of the projects in Year 12 is ‘Upcycling’. Pupils visit an aeroplane salvage company, where they take parts from a range of aircraft and are tasked with upcycling them into marketable products, which are then hopefully sold. Another is a user-centred design project where you work with less abled individuals and develop a product which will help them. In Year 13, you will spend most of your time working on an individual project, where you will apply the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the course. • NEA: Iterative Design Project (50%) A non-examined ‘Iterative Design Project’ is a substantial design, make and evaluate project centred on the iterative processes of exploring, creating, and Evaluating. You will be required to identify a design opportunity or problem from a context of your own choice and create a chronological portfolio supported by real-time evidence of your project development. Innovative approaches will be required resulting in a final prototype that can be tested against the user and the market. • Written Exam 1: Principles of Product Design (26.7%) This paper assesses your ability to analyse existing products, your technical knowledge and understanding of materials, product functionality, manufacturing processes and techniques. This paper also allows you to demonstrate your understanding of design thinking and wider social, moral, and environmental issues that impact the design and manufacturing industries. • Written Exam 2: Problem Solving in Product Design (23.3%) This paper focuses on the application of your knowledge, understanding and skills of designing and manufacturing prototypes and products to given situations and problems. You will be required to demonstrate your higher thinking skills to solve problems and evaluate situations and the suitability of design solutions. Some pupils enter their creations into national competitions or go on to patent their ideas and prototypes.