Soldering
What is covered in the soldering topic
You have to be able to:
Identify and describe various parts of the basic soldering work bench setup
Explain safety concerns around a soldering station
Explain what soldering is
Explain what solder is and discuss examples where the composition of solder influence their performance properties(how they work)
Demonstrate how to solder and explain what makes a good solder joint
Know how to evaluate a soldered outcome with specialisations to determine fitness for purpose
Explain the link between solder specification and its application.
Task 1a - Research Task and Portfolio of Learning
Electronics component poster
You will be required to create a A3 poster of a selected electronics poster or concept (pick from the doc on the right) you will need to first create a sketch design and then digitise it while constantly improving your design with feedback.
Go to Schoology for your copy of the document
While you are beginning this task you will also be working on task 2 and 3
Task 1b - Research Task
The soldering unit consist of two parts:
A competence grade for your practical skills
A theoretical grade to demonstrate your understanding of soldering and the tools you use and the health and safety issues related to soldering
In this document you will demonstrate your understanding and skills of soldering. You will need to take photos of your work.
Soldering Tasks
Task 2: Cube Creation
Over the next 3 weeks you will be working through creating a soldering cube.
Solder two resistors together (make sure the tin the resistors before trying to combine).
Use pliers to bend in half, then repeat step 1 until you have enough to make the bottom of the cube. Then solder them together to get 2 squares
Get four resistors and bend the edges to allow a good surface to solder on then connect for a final cube. Show teacher to get your grade.
Teacher will give explanation on what meets each grade
Achieved (Cube stays together when pulled - not show on picture)
Merit (Left cube)
Excellence (Right Cube)
Task 3: Animal Creation
Now that you have learned some soldering its time to design your own creation (don't have to be an animal) you can either do the task in groups of 1 or 2.
Sketch a plan of your Animal that you will be designing. Make sure the show how you will actually create this masterpiece.
Create the design, think about what did you have to change and improve to actually build what you had in your head.
Teacher will give explanation on what meets each grade
Task 4: Vero/Strip Board Soldering
In this task you will be preparing solder quality for a circuit board. The task is simple, Solder 5 resistors next to each other on a Vero Board without solder spilling into either the next row or hole.
Please show your teacher your soldering every two resistors
Metal Detector Assessment
Once your research task and the other soldering tasks have been signed off, we will now prep for the assessment. In the assessment you will be required to solder a Metal detector, to complete this you will;
Be able to solder accurately without damaging veroboards
Understand basic components and what their purpose is
understand orientation of components and relevant values
Things to check
Are your transistors in the right place
Are all my components the right way round
Have I checked the values of my resistors
