Year 10 Product Design Revision Home Page


Areas of Key Revision

Your home study PowerPoint has almost everything in it that you could need.

If you revise the topics listed below then you will choose the grade you achieve. If you do not revise when you have been given specific topics then you are choosing to fail.

The topics below do not include the information that will be required to answer the multiple choice element of the paper.

  • Tape Measure and its uses.
  • Hole saw and application.
  • Centre Punch and application.
  • Different types of Plan.
  • Types and characteristics of Manufactured boards.
  • Adhesives for timber.
  • Advantages of the Laser Cutter and relevant Health and Safety issues.
  • Finishes that can be applied to timber products.
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Acrylic.
  • Following Specification points for designing. (Question 12)
  • Properties of Polyethene (Polyethylene).
  • Methods of describing the properties of material, such as 'hardness'.
  • Understand the meaning of 'materials and components' and 'function'.
  • Advantages of using templates.
  • Thermoplastics (Thermopolymers) and thermosetting plastics (thermosetting polymers)
  • The lamination process using timber.
  • Advantages and disadvantages of using internet marketing.

    • Resources

    Use the links below to help you with your revision.

    Students should also refer to their home study power points that they created in Year 9.

    The Technology Student  Design Technology Info  BBC Bitesize Product Design  Design and Technology: Resistant Materials App 

    Revision Book  Theory Work Example