Year 10 - Design and technology
Quality control: papers and boards
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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 quality control check to ensure the manufacture of your design is successful.
Key Notes
- Accuracy when manufacturing ensures quality.
- Quality checks can be made using visual inspection.
- Quality control checks can be made using measurements which can be automated or manual.
- Quality control is planned in advance of manufacture.
Vocabulary To Learn
- quality control: checks made on a product before, during and after its manufacture so it meets quality and safety standards
- accuracy: being correct and precise
- tolerance: the acceptable range of variation in a product's dimensions
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Quality control are checks that are done on products once made to ensure they are a high enough quality to be sold or used.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Accuracy when manufacturing ensures quality. Quality checks can be made using visual inspection.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'quality control'
checks made on a product before, during and after its manufacture so it meets quality and safety standards.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Quality control are checks that are done on products once made to ensure they are a high enough quality to be sold or used. Correction: Quality control checks are done throughout the process to ensure quality is a constant.
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- Identify environmental impact Study Guide
- Innovation when generating ideas Study Guide
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- Product requirements Study Guide
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