Aim

Enables students to develop their skills in the following areas:-  

• Health and safety awareness in engineering  
• Analysing and disassembling products  
• Creating orthographic drawings of products that they produce  
• Developing designs using Computer Aided Design software  
• Developing specifications and understanding criteria  
• Identifying and understanding material properties and material selection  
• Identifying and understanding manufacturing processes  
• Quality control and quality assurance 

Topics covered

Students work on a variety of areas including:  

• The (Mini) Redbull Soapbox Racer project 
• Designing and manufacturing a Mondrian Clock  
• Developing parts for and assembling a USB powered spotlight/lamp 

Teaching groups

For health and safety reasons the maximum group size in the workshops at any one time is 20. The groups comprise of mixed ability boys and girls. 

Assessment

Students are assessed through the outcomes of the products that they produce along with structured testing of the theoretical knowledge they have gained over the course of each area of study.

How to support at home

If possible, get students to download and experiment with the free CAD software available to students to practice on at home (Google Sketchup, Onshape , TinkerCAD)  

• Encourage students to be curious about the design, engineering and the making of everyday products
• Support students in encouraging them to complete and bring home the items that they have created in School