| Learning outcomes(LOs) |
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| LO 1 |
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TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND SKILLS The learner will be able to apply technological processes and skills ethically and responsibly using appropriate information and communication technology. |
| Assessment standards(ASs) |
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| This is demonstrated when the learner: |
| investigates:1.1 investigates the background context, the nature of the need, the environmental situation, and the people concerned when given a problem, need or opportunity set in a nationally relevant context; |
1.2 compares existing products relevant to the problem situation based on:
- safety;
- suitability of materials;
- fitness for purpose;
- cost;
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| 1.3 develops and performs practical tests in the technological knowledge areas (structures, processing and systems and control); |
1.4 uses appropriate technologies and methods to:
- collect relevant data from different sources or resources;
- extract relevant data;
- make meaningful summaries;
- use information to justify and support decisions and ideas;
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| designs:1.5 writes or communicates a short and clear statement or a design brief in response to a given identified situation for the development of a product or system; |
1.6 lists product and design specifications and constraints for a solution to an identified or given problem, need or opportunity based on most of the design key words listed below:
- people: age, target market, human rights, access;
- purpose: function, what product will do;
- appearance: colour, shape;
- environment: where the product will be used or made, impact on the environment;
- safety: for users and manufacturers;
- cost: cost of materials, wastage, cost of manufacture, maximum selling price;
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| 1.7 generates several alternative solutions and writes notes, ideas that show links to the design brief, specifications and constraints; |
| 1.8 chooses possible solutions based on well-reasoned argument and develops the chosen idea to include more specific details using graphic and / or modelling techniques; |
makes:1.9 develops a plan for making that includes all of the following:
- resources needed ;
- sketches showing the necessary dimensions or quantities;
- all the steps necessary to make the product;
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| 1.10 chooses and uses appropriate tools and materials to make products by measuring, marking, cutting or separating, shaping or forming, joining or combining, and finishing different materials accurately using appropriate techniques; |
| 1.12 uses safe working practices and shows awareness of efficient ways of using materials and tools; |
| evaluates:1.13 tests and evaluates the products or systems with objectivity, based on objective criteria linked to the design brief, specifications and constraints, and suggests sensible improvements or modifications; |
communicates:1.14 presents ideas (in a project portfolio) using two-dimensional or three-dimensional sketches, circuit diagrams or systems diagrams that include all of the following:
- conventional drawing conventions (e.g. dimension lines, labelling, line types, symbols);
- notes to clarify and communicate design features and reasoning; enhancement of significant sketches like final solution drawings (e.g. colour, shade, texture, shadow, thick and thin lines).
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| Learning outcomes(LOs) |
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| LO 2 |
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TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING The learner will be able to understand and apply relevant technological knowledge ethically and responsibly. |
| This is demonstrated when the learner: |
structures:2.1 demonstrate knowledge and understanding of frame structures:
- the use and application of basic structural components (columns, beams, arches, buttresses, struts, stays, guys, ties);
- reinforcing techniques for frame structures (triangulation, webs and fillets, orientation and cross-sectional area and members);
- how frame structures can be made strong (e.g. relationship between the size and the shape of the base, the centre of gravity and stability;
systems and control:2.4 demonstrates knowledge and understanding of how electrical circuits with more than one input or control device will work based on different logic conditions (“AND” and “OR” logic), and represents them using circuit diagrams, systems diagrams and truth tables. |
| LO 3 |
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TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between science, technology and the environment. |
| This is demonstrated when the learner: |
| impact of Technology:3.2 expresses and details opinions about the positive and negative impacts of products f technology on the quality of people’s lives and the environment in which they live. |
