Year 10 - Design and technology
Equipment and machinery: polymers and timbers
Polymers and timbers
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Unit Summary
Pupils learn about biomimicry and innovation. They will learn how to use sources of inspiration to create a range of ideas for a product encouraging children to grow vegetables. The pupils will develop ideas and manufacture a prototype. Variation allows for different material outcomes.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use hand tools and workshop machinery to safely manufacture designs.
Key Notes
- Hand tools such as coping saws, tenon saws, files and abrasive papers can be used to accurately manufacturer.
- Workshop machinery, including fret saw, pillar drill and strip heater, can be used to waste and deform materials.
Vocabulary To Learn
- wasting: removing material
- deforming: changing material shape but not the state
- accuracy: very precise and exact
- fabricate: joining materials
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Using machinery results in greater accuracy.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Hand tools such as coping saws, tenon saws, files and abrasive papers can be used to accurately manufacturer. Workshop machinery, including fret saw, pillar drill and strip heater, can be used to waste and deform materials.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'wasting'
removing material.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Using machinery results in greater accuracy. Correction: Machinery or hand tools can result in accurate manufacturing. Accuracy is achieved with careful planning and execution with skill.
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