Year 11 Revision Resources
GCSE Graphic Products
Key topics list for the Written paper.
www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/design-and-technology/gcse/design-and-technology-graphicproducts4550/subject-content/unit-1
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Materials and Components
Design and Market Influences
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Paper and card Engineering
Processes and Manufacture
Web link to past papers:
www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/design-and-technology/gcse/design-and-technology-graphicproducts4550/past-papers-and-mark-schemes
Useful websites or other resources for revising / researching topics:
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See list of video links on next page…
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www.prezi.com – amazing powerpoints and videos linked to lots of graphic theory work- just
explore the site by searching for what you want to know!!!
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www.technologystudent.com
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www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics
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www.dtonline.org
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Graphic Design Student work book and Revision Guide
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Graphics revision App on your iPhones – free download.
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YouTube - Videos
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Pinterest!!
Tips on examination technique
View the Top Tips online
Video links to watch:
TOPIC
Product Lifecycle
Ergonomics
Colour theory
Colour
separation
Harry Beck
Alessi
Marg and Jock
Wally Olins
Robert Sabuda
Pop up books
and mechanisms
Designers
WEB ADDRESS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzbEHCZwgPE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAKlmdMHpdE
https://www.facebook.com/1548753968768471/videos/156464924384
5610/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQp6kmTWv9w
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/painting-colour-mixing-usingthe-colour-wheel/10017.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDxZcDQAIoM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20982436
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg3pfUqdLp4
http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/23-alternative-tubemaps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDKyFCh_ET0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eusHWufjVI
http://www.alessi.com/en/pressarea/tv?video=539
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Design-of-modern-roadsignage-6173088/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QypmXbwD1k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ9O9EB6UC4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nljx6rkR_sI&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-c6dJKRIPg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srpzCFA8uMc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnZr0wiG1Hg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZR_b753ZJ0
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/mechanism
finishprint_act.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/mechanism
finishprintrev6.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/designand
market_act.shtml
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UplCNTO28Iw&index=4&list=PLXA4ip91P
dMv5J5GZGEkYK8jtv9quxvbL
Drawing
apparatus and
adhesives
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/graphicme
dia_act.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/graphicme
diarev1.shtml
Biomimicry
Papers and
boards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZODvr_GzNc4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/materialsa
ndcomponents_act.shtml
http://www.paperworks.ebcnet.co.uk/design-and-technology-videos/
Die cutter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6H81grG4HQ&list=PLjePKycSkmk
snc82hv-dxjRq6aaH3d_eB
Plastics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffuZ9QYVbJ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffuZ9QYVbJ4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/types-and-properties-ofplastics/903.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/materialsa
ndcomponentsrev3.shtml
Social,
Environment and
sustainability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVScI_XS84A
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC1VCzU4q6og3DDpjLgAVE5H
Tn6xDJe2w
http://storyofstuff.org/movies/
http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/products/improvingproduct-lifetime
https://vimeo.com/145361497
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/resistantmaterials/d
esignsocial_act.shtml
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEND9KG67PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-V0NI5fMDs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA9Iw9OsJmo
Smart Materials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMBeS7LMBUU&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxkrySbL7YE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72fEzgu10ZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8dsXKlfh0E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq_2LiTxhls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgrIDibPmJo&nohtml5=False
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHfNboh81k8&index=5&list=PLJ6
mCYrzxBh3QmR_WJa0xC-xZLNnKR85c&nohtml5=False
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zg7g9j6
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z24pyrd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVctAbRembk
Modern
Materials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMLsPmAhYrk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/how-can-potato-starch-beused-to-produce-materials-for-manufacturing/11037.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tflFFacoMa8&nohtml5=False
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rrPv5AlVXg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgrIDibPmJo
Offsetlithography
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMXEpjh5AE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUlBueqStg4
Gravure
Screen printing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/mechanis
mfinishprintrev2.shtml
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN9XFXfNSgQ
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/mechanis
mfinishprintrev1.shtml
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWKOgHaze0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_8IMx0uMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SDZCS7cM5I&feature=related
Flexography
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuGptR330VU
Print Finishes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Letve5f0McQ
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/mechanis
mfinishprint_act.shtml
Typography
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/graphic-communicationtypography/10010.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIXdol5-ORc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki6rcXvUWP0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3vaxlJ86vk&feature=related
http://abc.planet-typography.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU830I2k2ug
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/graphic-communication-logodesign/10015.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/designing-a-logo/812.html
http://www.logodesignworks.co.uk/blog/uk-logo-design-trends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jFVDGNmo9Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6dAuIo6k6c
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zmfqxnb
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zmwrwmn
Logo design
CAD/CAM
Modelling and
3D printing
Virgin’s
corporate
identity
Drawing Skills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aghzpO_UZE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZZt7bgwffo
https://www.facebook.com/designandtech.net/videos/451722935014738/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKRwc8pSLdA
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zh4k2hv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYBWAifEs&list=PL42E0D10C8210D471
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBuhGaGPYfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wDpN6Zi1hE&feature=player_d
etailpage
Scales of
Production
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7q2m0gv3Ig&list=PL09PimT3_
5HL13mn891wSjP0xEp_WhgyP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE104lVfor0&list=PL09PimT3_5H
L13mn891wSjP0xEp_WhgyP
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7990080.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7733602.stm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5wwps7BKuU&list=PL09PimT3_
5HL13mn891wSjP0xEp_WhgyP
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-does-planning-helpthe-production-process-6173280
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLPFG5QCx0g&list=PL09PimT3_5
HL13mn891wSjP0xEp_WhgyP
Forming Plastics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDHWNNRXiXo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBU5Ol8QreI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR0gMKN58kY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz6rE5JmHI0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cdGpZi6wnI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hukafUxglmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4MPTKVbxXU
Systems
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/producti
onsystem_act.shtml
Graphics QUIZ 1
Graphics QUIZ 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zMDSCW2m-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2VjFH_seiw&list=PLJ6mCYrzxBh
3QmR_WJa0xC-xZLNnKR85c
http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/
Industrial
processes and
how things are
made.