Written by a team of authors and examiners, the course is fully in accordance with the AQA specifcation for September 2001. The revised textbook includes new material on ICT and provides increased emphasis on the use of CAD-CAM throughout the units. The book continues to follow the tried and tested layout and design, recognised by Design and Technology teachers across the country for its accessible and motivating style.

 

There are 152 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Oxford University Press .

The series editor Tristram Shepard is also the series editor for the Design & Make It! for Key Stage 3 series as well as Getting IT Right.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 Introduction: design matters; industrial matters; using ICT in resistant material technology. Part 2 Project guide: choosing and starting projects; project investigation; from design specification to product specification; generating and developing ideas (1); generating and developing ideas (2); planning the making and the manufacturing; testing and evaluation; project presentation. Part 3 Project 1 - time after time: project 1 - introduction; investigation; material matters; vacuum forming; developing design ideas; working drawings; designing and making a mould; planning the making/testing and evaluation. Part 4 Project 2 - wildlife wear: project 2 - introduction; the body beautiful; getting started; perfect proportions; human factors; material ideas (1); material ideas (2); shaping and forming metals; texturing acrylic and wood; joining and fixing materials; finishing off; finalizing the design; counting the cost; product presentation/testing and final evaluation; examination questions (1).