Car bodies

Describe, using annotated diagrams, how a radio controlled car body is attached to the chassis.
Due 14th Nov P5

Half Term Homework

Ensure the Green section of 'My Progress' is completed by 2nd Nov.

Show how Scientific Principles can be applied to your design. Simply put, describe how levers are used in your design. Show how Mechanical Advantage can be used to make moving loads easier.

If you're doing the phone/tablet holder describe how air pressure can be used to support your device.

Refer to the math on the board for this (picture below)

G Clamp

Spend 1/2 hr working on a Work In Progress section from your tracker sheet for your G Clamp.
Bring in all practical pieces for Monday.
Bring in all work for can crusher experiment for Monday.

Fabrication of a part

Take a look at the following exam papers;

2011 Question 3
2012 Question 3
2013 Question 2

Answer these questions using the exam preparation material given to you.

Work set for Weds 29th April

Review your learning with the questionnaire I sent you.
Use the scores to concentrate on writing questions and matching answers to those areas you need to work on.
For those aiming for higher grades you should be aiming at writing and answering questions that attract the most marks. Look back at past exam papers for example of these.

Refer to the email I sent you that has all the links on it.

Exam is on 19th May, about 3 weeks!!

Exam revision

Identify (and add to your popplet

map if needed) the three areas you

need to work on. Spend an hour

researching the material and

evidence it on your map for next

lesson.

Exam questions and their areas/subjects

This is a list of previous exam papers and the areas covered within them, separated into smaller sections. It's intended to assist you in your revision. If you need to develop your skills in a particular area you (eg. Interpreting drawings) you can look up previous exam papers and see the question numbers you can try. It also gives you a good idea of recurring questions you can pretty much guarantee you'll be asked....!

Paper	2011	2012	2013	2014
Function	1	1		1
Manufacturing Methods	1			3
Materials	1	1,3	1	1
Properties	1	1	1	1
Design	1	1,3	1
Sketches		2	1,3	2
Features	2	1	1
Orthographic drawing	2		4	4
Processing materials	3		1	6
Fabrication	3	3	2
Additional materials			3
Fastening	3
Finishing		3
Interpreting drawings	4	4	4	4,5
Production plan	4	4	4	4
Electronic symbols	5	1	3
How sensors work	5
Modern technologies	6	1	5	7
Safety		6		3
Mass production			6
Client Specification				8