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GCSE Design and Technology Year 10 and Year 11

GCSE Design and Technology revision

GCSE Design and Technology revision for Year 10 and Year 11, matched to 5 official specifications from AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR and WJEC. AQA GCSE Design and Technology (8552) covers Core technical principles, Specialist technical principles — Timber based materials, Designing and making principles. Short interactive activities first, then a real past paper: the activities teach it, the paper tests it.

One thing the Design and Technology questions here are written to catch: Colour is not how stock size is measured.

Subjects: 1
Exam boards: 5
Specifications: 5
Topics: 98
Modules: 71

Best next step

Start with Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals. It takes about 14 minutes and needs no account.

Revise Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals Then practise with GCSE Design and Technology past papers

What you can revise here

Topics come straight from each exam board's published specification, so what you revise is what you are examined on.

AQA GCSE Design and Technology (8552) AQA · GCSE · Design and Technology · 29 topics 30 modules Core technical principles Specialist technical principles — Timber based materials Designing and making principles Cambridge OCR GCSE Design and Technology (J310) OCR · GCSE · Design and Technology · 32 topics 5 modules 1. Identifying requirements 2. Learning from existing products and practice 3. Implications of wider issues 4. Design thinking and communication 5. Material considerations 6. Technical understanding 7. Manufacturing processes and techniques 8. Viability of design solutions Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology (1DT0) Edexcel · GCSE · Design and Technology · 28 topics 28 modules Core content Timbers (1DT0/1F) Non-exam assessment - structure and marking WJEC Eduqas GCSE (9-1) in Design and Technology (C600QS) Eduqas · GCSE · Design and Technology · 5 topics 5 modules Materials and their properties (Technical principles, Component 1) Energy, mechanisms and electronic systems (Technical principles, Component 1) Manufacturing and production (Technical principles, Component 1) Sustainability and new technologies (Technical principles + wider issues, Component 1) Designing and making principles (Component 1 theory + underpinning the NEA) WJEC GCSE Design and Technology (3481QS) WJEC · GCSE · Design and Technology · 4 topics 3 modules Unit 1: Design and Technology in the 21st Century (on-screen exam) Unit 2: Design Project (NEA, iterative design-process knowledge)

Revision modules, quickest first

Short interactive GCSE revision activities for mocks, homework and last-minute practice.

Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology · Ferrous and non-ferrous metals ⏱️ 14 min Fibres and Textile Construction Types Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology · Fibres and textiles construction ⏱️ 15 min Natural and Manufactured Timbers (Core) Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology · Natural and manufactured timbers ⏱️ 15 min Papers and Boards Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology · Papers and boards ⏱️ 15 min Programmable Components and Flowcharts Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology · Programmable components ⏱️ 15 min Selecting Timber: Functionality, Cost and Ethics AQA GCSE Design and Technology · Selection of materials or components ⏱️ 15 min The Environmental, Social and Economic Challenge AQA GCSE Design and Technology · Environmental, social and economic challenge ⏱️ 15 min Thermoforming and Thermosetting Polymers Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology · Thermoforming and thermosetting polymers ⏱️ 15 min

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Agriculture and Land Use Another subject where you are marked on justifying a decision, which is the hard half of Design and Technology too. Art and Design Assessed like Design and Technology: precise terminology, and reasons for the choices you made. Built Environment Another subject where you are marked on justifying a decision, which is the hard half of Design and Technology too. Construction and the Built Environment Another subject where you are marked on justifying a decision, which is the hard half of Design and Technology too. Contemporary Crafts Contemporary Crafts rewards the same thing as Design and Technology: naming the specific technique or material rather than describing it. Dance If Design and Technology has taught you to name the component rather than talk around it, Dance wants that as well. Digital Technology Another subject where you are marked on justifying a decision, which is the hard half of Design and Technology too. Drama Drama rewards the same thing as Design and Technology: naming the specific technique or material rather than describing it.

Common questions

Is this page for Year 10 and Year 11?

Yes. It is built for Year 10 and Year 11 students revising GCSE Design and Technology, and every topic on it is taken from the exam board's published specification rather than a generic syllabus.

Will it help with GCSE mocks?

Yes. This page lists 98 topics and 71 interactive modules, so you can revise the exact topic a mock covers, then sit a real past paper to check it under timed conditions.

Does it match AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR and WJEC?

Yes. This page covers AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR and WJEC, and each specification is listed separately with its own code, so you can pick the one your class follows.

Is it free to start?

Yes, and free all the way through: there is nothing to pay for any module. Making a free account is what saves your progress and streaks, though past papers download without one.