Year 7 · Design and technology · beta

Principles of materials and manufacturing

Pupils will handle, shape and join sheet materials using different manufacturing processes. They will test and experiment with different mechanical fixing methods and adhesives and then use this knowledge to explain which choices are suitable and why.

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This Oak index uses an earlier export and lists 4 source lessons. DASKEREL has 8 original lessons for this unit, including 4 linked to source lessons absent from that export. Read the full DASKEREL unit.

Prior knowledge

Pupils can identify material catergories used previously
Pupils can measure and mark out sheet material using a ruler
Pupils can cut sheet material using scissors and a tennon saw appropiately

Source curriculum references

Understand developments in design and technology, its impact on individuals, society and the environment, and the responsibilities of designers, engineers and technologists.
Select from and use specialist tools, techniques, processes, equipment and machinery precisely, including computer-aided manufacture.
Select from and use a wider, more complex range of materials, components and ingredients, taking into account their properties.
Understand and use the properties of materials and the performance of structural elements to achieve functioning solutions.

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