Year 7 & 8 Product Design Resistant Materials

This subject aims to develop a student's understanding of the design and construction processes relevant to this field of technology using materials such as timber, metal and plastic. 

Students develop their knowledge and skills using a large range of hand tools, along with learning how to use and maintain common static machinery and power tools within the workshop. 

Throughout this course, students consider the economic, environmental and social impacts of technological change and how the choice and use of technologies may contribute to a sustainable future. Students also take into account the ethical, legal, aesthetic and functional factors that inform the design processes. 

There is a strong emphasis on relevant Workplace Health and Safety issues and communication of their own solutions to design problems. On the completion of each project, students are required to analyse and evaluate the finished products.