Edexcel
GCSE
1DT0
Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology (1DT0) revision
27 free interactive Design and Technology revision modules for Edexcel GCSE, matched to the Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology (1DT0) specification.
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🎮 27 modules · free
Revision modules
Analysing a Product Against Specification Criteria
Investigate and analyse the work of others
⏱️ 16 min
Communicating and Recording Design Ideas
Communicate, record and justify design ideas
⏱️ 16 min
Critical Evaluation of Technology in Design Decisions
Critical evaluation of new/emerging technologies informing design decisions
⏱️ 18 min
Design Strategies and Avoiding Fixation
Design strategies to generate ideas and avoid fixation
⏱️ 16 min
Electronic Systems: Sensors, Control, Outputs
Electronic systems
⏱️ 18 min
Energy Generation and Storage
How energy is generated and stored
⏱️ 18 min
Environmental, Social and Economic Challenges
Environmental, social and economic challenges
⏱️ 16 min
Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
⏱️ 14 min
Fibres and Textile Construction Types
Fibres and textiles construction
⏱️ 15 min
Forces, Stresses and Reinforcement in Timber
Forces, stresses and reinforcement
⏱️ 18 min
Justifying Material and Process Choices
Performance characteristics across contexts
⏱️ 16 min
Levers, Linkages, Cams and Followers
Functions of mechanical devices
⏱️ 20 min
Mechanical Calculations - MA, VR and Gear RPM
Functions of mechanical devices
⏱️ 18 min
Natural and Manufactured Timbers (Core)
Natural and manufactured timbers
⏱️ 15 min
Papers and Boards
Papers and boards
⏱️ 15 min
Programmable Components and Flowcharts
Programmable components
⏱️ 15 min
Selecting Timber: Six Factor Categories
Selection factors
⏱️ 19 min
Smart Materials, Composites and Technical Textiles
Modern/smart materials, composites and technical textiles
⏱️ 18 min
The Impact of New and Emerging Technologies
The impact of new and emerging technologies
⏱️ 18 min
Thermoforming and Thermosetting Polymers
Thermoforming and thermosetting polymers
⏱️ 15 min
Timber Design Contexts
Design contexts
⏱️ 15 min
Timber Jointing and Fabrication Techniques
Specialist techniques, tools, equipment and processes
⏱️ 16 min
Timber Manufacturing Processes and Scales of Production
Manufacturing processes and scales of production
⏱️ 16 min
Timber Properties and Ecological Footprint
Sources, origins, properties and footprint
⏱️ 16 min
Timber Species and Geographic Sources
Sources, origins, properties and footprint
⏱️ 16 min
Timber Stock Forms and Quantity Calculations
Stock forms, types and sizes
⏱️ 18 min
Timber Surface Treatments and Finishes
Surface treatments and finishes
⏱️ 15 min
Past papers for this specification
Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology past papers
87 official documents · 2019-2025
Question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports, free and straight from the exam board. Revise a topic here first, then mark yourself against a real paper.
What the specification covers
1.CORE
Core content
- 1.1 The impact of new and emerging technologies
- 1.2 Critical evaluation of new/emerging technologies informing design decisions
- 1.3 How energy is generated and stored
- 1.4 Modern/smart materials, composites and technical textiles
- 1.5 Functions of mechanical devices
- 1.6 Electronic systems
- 1.7 Programmable components
- 1.8 Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
- 1.9 Papers and boards
- 1.10 Thermoforming and thermosetting polymers
- 1.11 Fibres and textiles construction
- 1.12 Natural and manufactured timbers
- 1.13 Performance characteristics across contexts
- 1.14 Environmental, social and economic challenges
- 1.15 Investigate and analyse the work of others
- 1.16 Design strategies to generate ideas and avoid fixation
- 1.17 Communicate, record and justify design ideas
7.TIMBERS
Timbers (1DT0/1F)
- 7.1 Design contexts
- 7.2 Sources, origins, properties and footprint
- 7.3 Selection factors
- 7.4 Forces, stresses and reinforcement
- 7.5 Stock forms, types and sizes
- 7.6 Manufacturing processes and scales of production
- 7.7 Specialist techniques, tools, equipment and processes
- 7.8 Surface treatments and finishes
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