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Flashcards for OCR GCSE Design and Technology (J310, Version 2.0), split into the specification's eight topic areas and then by topic, with a subdeck for each in-depth material area (papers and boards, timber, metals, polymers, textiles, and systems and mechanisms for design engineering) and a subdeck of the maths the exam requires. Delete or suspend any in-depth material subdeck you are not studying.

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What is inside (50 subdecks)

  • 1. Identifying requirements23 cards
    • 1.1 Exploring a context13 cards
    • 1.2 Usability10 cards
  • 2. Learning from existing products and practice16 cards
    • 2.1 Learning from existing products10 cards
    • 2.2 New and emerging technologies6 cards
  • 3. Implications of wider issues21 cards
    • 3.1 Impacts of new and emerging technologies6 cards
    • 3.2 Sources of energy9 cards
    • 3.3 Environmental, social and economic influences6 cards
  • 4. Design thinking and communication12 cards
    • 4.1 Communicating design solutions7 cards
    • 4.2 Design approaches5 cards
  • 5. Material considerations161 cards
    • 5.1 Categories of materials13 cards
    • 5.2 Properties and material selection33 cards
    • 5.3 Sources, origins and lifecycle11 cards
    • 5.4 Stock forms and standard components9 cards
    • 5.5 In-depth: papers and boards13 cards
    • 5.6 In-depth: timber22 cards
    • 5.7 In-depth: metals16 cards
    • 5.8 In-depth: polymers15 cards
    • 5.9 In-depth: textile fibres and fabrics18 cards
    • 5.10 In-depth: systems and mechanical components11 cards
  • 6. Technical understanding40 cards
    • 6.1 Structural integrity7 cards
    • 6.2 Finishing6 cards
    • 6.3 Movement and mechanisms16 cards
    • 6.4 Electronic systems11 cards
  • 7. Manufacturing processes and techniques149 cards
    • 7.1 Iterative models4 cards
    • 7.2 Ways of shaping and joining materials8 cards
    • 7.3 Accuracy when making7 cards
    • 7.4 Digital design tools7 cards
    • 7.5 Scales of production10 cards
    • 7.6 New and emerging technologies in production4 cards
    • 7.7 In-depth: making with papers and boards14 cards
    • 7.8 In-depth: making with timber34 cards
    • 7.9 In-depth: making with metals21 cards
    • 7.10 In-depth: making with polymers16 cards
    • 7.11 In-depth: making with textiles14 cards
    • 7.12 In-depth: making for design engineering10 cards
  • 8. Viability of design solutions10 cards
    • 8.1 Cost and commercial viability4 cards
    • 8.2 Calculating cost, quantities and sizes6 cards
  • Mathematical skills for design and technology47 cards
    • M1 Arithmetic and numerical computation23 cards
    • M2 Handling data6 cards
    • M3 Graphs5 cards
    • M4 Geometry and trigonometry13 cards

Some of its cards

  • What makes a metal a ferrous metal?
    It contains iron
  • Circular movement around a fixed point, such as a wheel turning
    Rotary motion
  • What is the purpose of a 2D or 3D sketch with notes in a design portfolio?
    To communicate an idea, modification or technical consideration clearly to someone else
  • When a designer critiques an existing product, which materials-related feature should they consider?
    The materials, components and processes that have been used to make it
  • What does it mean to convert a source material into a workable form?
    To process a raw material, such as ore or a felled tree, into a usable stock form, such as sheet metal or sawn timber
  • A process that shapes a material by removing some of it, such as cutting, sawing or drilling
    Wastage process
  • Why do makers use reference points, lines and surfaces when marking out a material?
    To measure and position cuts or joins accurately from a fixed, known point
  • Name two wastage processes used to shape paper and boards.
    Cutting and punching
  • What does a resistor do in an electronic circuit?
    It limits the flow of current in a circuit
  • What happens to a thermoplastic polymer when it is heated?
    It softens and can be reshaped, and this can be repeated many times

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