This package has been written to support the teaching and learning of the Edexcel GCE 2008 Design and Technology Product Design [Graphics Products] AS Level 8GR01 examination [Unit 2]. The specification can be found by visiting the Edexcel website.

The text book which has been specificially written for this course is ...

A Level Design and Technology for Edexcel
Graphic Products Student Book
Pearson
ISBN: 978 0 435757 79 3

Page numbers on the various resource pages refer to the relevant pages in the same text book, although it is hoped that teachers who are not following the scheme will still find the resource of some value.

The course is intended to cover 26 weeks teaching time - 2 hours per week. As a guide, teachers should allow one week for each topic, leaving some time for the mock examination and revision.

Note that the following topics have been combined into one extended project.

2 4 2 Graphical Communication
2 4 3 Computer-generated graphics
2 4 4 Modelling and prototyping
2 4 6 Industrial and commercial processes

The Revision questions and solutions are based on past papers from obsolete courses; they are of some value in the absence of any past papers for this new course.  It is expected that students will only refer to the solutions, at the very bottom of each web page, coded red, after they have first attempted the questions.   Teachers might wish to cut and paste the solutions to a separate file.

All documents are provided in Word format to facilitate editing, as well as PDF.