Design and Technology revision for Kings' School Al Barsha students
Kings' School Al Barsha uses AQA for GCSE Design and Technology, so every topic and module here is from the specification you will be examined on.
Matched to AQA GCSE Design and Technology (8552). Confirmed by students at this school.
What the specification covers
The top-level topics of 8552, straight from the exam board's published specification.
Core technical principles
Specialist technical principles — Timber based materials
Designing and making principles
Revision modules, quickest first
Selecting Timber: Functionality, Cost and Ethics
15 min
The Environmental, Social and Economic Challenge
15 min
Classifying Making Processes
16 min
Design Strategies and Avoiding Fixation
16 min
Ecological and Social Footprint: Deforestation and the Six Rs
16 min
Energy Generation and Storage
16 min
Forces, Stresses and Lamination
16 min
Investigation: Primary and Secondary Data
16 min
Linkages, Rotary Systems and Gear Ratios
16 min
Material Categories: Timbers, Metals and Polymers
16 min
Material Management, Nesting and Waste
16 min
Modern, Smart and Composite Materials
16 min
Past papers
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