Design and Technology (Product Design)

Assessment

This qualification is linear so students will sit all their exams and submit all their non-exam assessment at the end of the course. There are two papers and a non-examined element. Paper 1. Technical principles: written exam 2½ Hours 30% A level. Short answer and extended response. Paper 2. Designing and making principles: written exam, 1½ hours, 20% of A level. Short answer and extended response. Section A: • Product Analysis: 30 marks • Up to 6 short answer questions based on visual stimulus of product(s). Section B: • Commercial manufacture: 50 marks • Mixture of short and extended response questions Non-examined element: Practical application of technical, designing and making principles. Students will need to produce a: • Substantial design and make a project • 50% of A-level • Submitted as an electronic portfolio with photographic evidence of the final prototype (suggested 35 A3 pages)