Design and Technology – Years 10-11

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(NEA = non-exam assessment)

Year 10	Year 11
Materials and their working properties	NEA - anthropometrics and ergonomics
Specialist technical principles – Timber	NEA - Social, moral and environmental investigation
Materials and their working properties: timbers and polymers	NEA - Design brief and specification
Selection of materials and components	NEA - Design ideas
Mock NEA – bottle opener	NEA - Design development (through sketching, modelling and CAD)
Common specialist technical principles	NEA - Design development (through sketching, modelling and CAD)
Architectural challenge	NEA - Final design material and component research and testing
New and emerging technologies	NEA - Practical: realising design
Energy materials, systems and devices	NEA - Manufacturing specification
1 June: NEA contexts released	NEA - Orthographic drawings
	NEA - Evaluation (peer, client and self)
	NEA - Strengths/weaknesses
	Revision