Name:
Cycle Sheets
A2 Product Design
Year 13
Curriculum Map, Assessment Criteria
Teacher Feedback & Student Response
Key Dates for
Product Design A2 2016 - 17
Exams & Deadlines:
– Section 1 & 2 Hand in
Friday 30th September
2016
– Official Mock Exam 1:
28th Nov – 2nd Dec
2016
– Final Design Proposal
Friday 16th December
2016
– Official Mock Exam 2:
13th – 17th Jan
2017
– End of Making
Friday 24th March
2017
– Final folder hand-in
Friday 21st April
2017
– Final Exam
Friday 9th June, a.m.
2017
UMS Targets
PROD1
(exam)
PROD 2
(coursework)
Grade
UMS
needed
Max Mark
80
80
A*
360
100 UMS
74
80
90 UMS (A*)
69
74
A
320
80 UMS (A)
64
68
70 UMS (B)
59
60
B
280
PROD3
(exam)
PROD 4
(coursework)
Max Mark
84
85
100 UMS
57
85
90 UMS (A*)
52
78
80 UMS (A)
47
71
70 UMS (B)
42
63
A2 3D Design
KS5 – yr13
Cycle 1
Classwork
Homework 1
Homework 2
5-9
Sept
Analysis Web, Client Interview,
Existing Solutions
Eames Lounge Chair vs Barcelona
Chair
Good design example: function,
aesthetics, originality
12 - 16
Sept
User Behaviour, Design
Specification, Time Management
Ergonomics & anthropometric
info: kitchen & car
modify design to be inclusive
19 - 23
Sept
Materials and Processes
Investigation
Legislation/regulation packaging,
energy use disposal
Supply demand and quality
example
Initial Ideas
Protective finishes &
degradation: hardwood, mild
steel, aluminium bike wheels,
card drinks carton (tetra pak)
design process in coursework
Exam Assessment
Laser cutting, offset litho, rapid
prototyping, die casting,
injection moulding, calendaring
Initial Ideas & Modelling
Revision of past five weeks
homework
26 - 30
Sept
3-7
Oct
10 - 14
Oct
A Grade Assessment
Criteria
S1: Context &
Objectives
(5 marks max.)
5 marks:
• Detailed and perceptive
understanding of the context which
is then used to determine the
objectives of the design and
manufacture activity
S2: Plan of
Action &
Clarification of
problems
(8 marks max.)
7 - 8 marks:
• A detailed and realistic plan of
action to meet stated objectives
• Uses an extensive range of
appropriate investigative
techniques, including practical
activities (where relevant)
• Perceptive analysis of gathered
information
• A comprehensive, well-reasoned
and explained design specification
taking into account the research
information gathered
S1 & S2 ‘A’ Grade To-Do
List:
Assessment criteria for
S3: Development
21 - 26 marks:
S3:
• Comprehensive and
Development of
imaginative range of
Design Proposal
feasible ideas
(26 marks max.) • Sophisticated and elegant
solution achieved by
exploring different
proportions, materials and
their functions, methods of
production and
construction
• Design decisions fully
explained
• Comprehensive and
detailed plan for
manufacture, with the
ability to adapt in the light
of changing circumstances
S3: Development
‘A’ Grade To-Do List:
Assessment criteria for
S4: Making
S4:
Manufacture/
Modelling
(26 marks
max.)
21 - 26 marks:
• High standards of
manufacture/modelling
using appropriate methods,
technologies and
• materials and using a wide
range of skills that
demonstrate a high level of
accuracy
• Demonstrates and applies a
thorough understanding of
industrial practices
• Evidence of appropriate
health and safety and quality
control checks throughout
the making process to
ensure consistency
• Outcome satisfies all major
points of the specification
S4: Making
‘A’ Grade To-Do List:
Assessment criteria for
S5: Conclusions
9 – 12 marks:
S5:
• A critical analysis of the
Conclusions,
design process and final
Evaluation &
outcome
Recommendati
• Comprehensive testing
ons
strategies throughout the
(12 marks
work including, where
max.)
relevant, comments of
others and consideration of
industrial practices, used to
make perceptive and critical
judgements
• An excellent understanding
of the ways the outcome
could be improved or
extended
S5: Conclusions
‘A’ Grade To-Do List:
Assessment criteria for
S6: Communication
7 - 8 marks:
S6:
• Excellent levels of
Communication
communication and
& Presentation
presentation, including
(8 marks max.)
competent use of
appropriate technical
language
• Wide range of appropriate
materials, techniques and
media which conveys the
details of design and
manufacture
• Complex ideas expressed
extremely clearly and
fluently in a structured and
relevant way with few, if
any, errors of grammar,
punctuation and spelling
S6: Communication
‘A’ Grade To-Do List:
Teacher Feedback on Cycle 1
Student Response to Feedback Cycle 1
Your coursework is currently __ grade
In the next cycle I will try to
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Coursework:
EBI: To improve your coursework grade to
__ ; you need to do the following:
Your exam prep is currently __ grade
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Exam prep:
A2 3D Design
17 - 21
Oct
7 - 11
Nov
14 - 18
Nov
5-9
Dec
Cycle 2
Classwork
Homework 1
Homework 2
Initial Ideas
workshop tests: hardness,
tensile, toughness,
ductility/malleability
criteria for street furniture,
evaluate bin and bench
Client Feedback on Initial Ideas
Composite types: fibrereinforced, particle-based, sheetbased (properties & applications)
Technology push
Development
metal colander vs plastic
colander, manufacture, function
Market Pull
Client Feedback on Development
one-off, batch (100), mass
(10,000) examples, processes,
materials
Planned Obsolesence
Exam Assessment
Raymond Loewy and Aesthetic
products
Trends & fashions/ Revision of
last five weeks
Further Development
New technology & modern
materials: manufacture,
function, use
21 - 25
Nov
28 - 2
Dec
KS5 – yr13
Teacher Feedback on Cycle 2
Student Response to Feedback Cycle 2
Your coursework is currently __ grade
In the next cycle I will try to
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Coursework:
EBI: To improve your coursework grade to
__ ; you need to do the following:
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A2 3D Design
KS5 – yr13
Classwork
Cycle 3
Homework 1
Final Client Feedback on final
design proposal
Material classifications: ferrous, non-ferrous, hardwood,
thermo, thermoset
Making
Pollution and the use of natural resources and energy are
aspects of production that affect sustainability.
With reference to two different products explain how the
designer could ensure that each product is sustainable.
Making
The photographs on the Insert Sheet show two pairs of
different products, lemon squeezers (Figures 1–3) and
corkscrews (Figures 4–7).
Making
The technology on the inside of a product informs the way it
should look on the outside.
With reference to a specific product explain the relevance of
this statement.
2327th
Jan
Exam Assessment
With reference to your own experience of designing and
manufacture, explain how a
combination of all three elements given below can be used to
ensure the production of a
successful product.
30 3rd Feb
Making
New technology & modern materials: manufacture, function,
use
12 - 16
Dec
2-6
Jan
9 - 13
Jan
16 - 20
Jan
Homework 2
For each of the following materials
name a suitable applied finish,
explain how it has been achieved
and describe its purpose in a
particular application.
Two methods of processing
materials for the manufacture of
products are described
below.
Teacher Feedback on Cycle 3
Student Response to Feedback Cycle 3
Your coursework is currently __ grade
In the next cycle I will try to
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Coursework:
EBI: To improve your coursework grade to
__ ; you need to do the following:
Your exam prep is currently __ grade
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Exam prep:
A2 3D Design
Classwork
610th
Feb
20 24th
Feb
27 3rd
March
610th
March
13 17th
March
20 24th
March
KS5 – yr13
Cycle 4
Homework 1
Homework 2
Using a range of examples explain how designers use colour,
texture and images to
improve the usability of products for all consumers.
Using specific product examples
describe how and why a designer may
use a patent. [8 marks]
Making
With reference to two different technological developments
describe in detail how each
has impacted on the evolution of modern electronic products.
With reference to a specific industry,
explain how mass production
techniques developed
during the 20th century to enable
manufacturers to meet changing
customer demand.
Making
Explain in detail how 3-D CAD software has been used to
improve each of the following
areas of Product Design
For two design movements/periods of
your choice, analyse in depth a range
of products
that you think meet their criteria for
good design.
Making
With reference to a product with which you are familiar explain
the different
Quality Assurance and Quality Control procedures that would
be suitable for each of the
following production volumes:
Exam Assessment
Write a material specification for a domestic mop bucket.
Final week of Making
Revision of past five weeks homework
Making
Compare and contrast the
manufacture of the two mop buckets
Teacher Feedback on Cycle 4
Student Response to Feedback Cycle 4
Your coursework is currently __ grade
In the next cycle I will try to
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Coursework:
EBI: To improve your coursework grade to
__ ; you need to do the following:
Your exam prep is currently __ grade
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Exam prep:
A2 3D Design
KS5 – yr13
Cycle 5
Classwork
1
27 - 31st
March
Homeworks
Testing and Feedback
Easter (2 weeks)
Folder Hand In
2
18-21st Apr
3
24 - 28th
Apr
Exam prep
4
2 - 5th May
Exam prep
5
8 - 12th
May
Exam prep
6
15 - 19th
May
Exam prep
Friday 9th June 2017 A2 Exam
Teacher Feedback on Cycle 5
Student Response to Feedback Cycle 5
Your coursework is currently __ grade
In the next cycle I will try to
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Coursework:
EBI: To improve your coursework grade to
__ ; you need to do the following:
Your exam prep is currently __ grade
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