A Level Product Design

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Past Papers

Past Papers and Mark Schemes for both Unit 1 (Year 12) and Unit 3 (Year 13) can be downloaded from AQA HERE.

(Units 2 & 4 are the coursework units so ignore them during revision)

Unit 1 - Materials Components and Application

• Exam Date: Monday 22nd May 2017 AM

Unit 1 Exam Content:

• EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR UNIT 1 IS ON THE LIST LINKED HERE!

Specific resources:

• Wood
• Metal: Machining & Forming, Fabrication( Welding)
• Polymers
• Properties of Materials
• Surface Finishes
• Compliant Materials (Paper and Card) Small resource & Big Resource
• Smart Materials
• CAD, CAM and CNC
• Ergonomics and Anthropometrics
• Product Labelling

Unit 3 Exam Content:

• EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR UNIT 1 IS ON THE LIST LINKED HERE!

Specific resources:

• Demographics Product Life Cycles Push Pull Obsolescence and more!
• Design Movements
• Design Classics: Walters PPT + Big PPT
• Design Case Study Planning
• Design In A Global Context
• Ergonomics and Anthropometrics PPT -
  • Simple common data
  • LOTS of Data children and adults
  • Disabled Hands
• Intellectual Property
  • Patents
  • Copyrights
  • Trademarks

Old Web resource Archive:

• Product Design Revision Booklet [PDF]
• Graphic Products Checklist [PDF]
• Manufacturing Checklist [PDF]
• Resistant Materials Checklist [PDF]
• Textiles Checklist [PDF]