Level / Course A2 Engineering CAG Cycle November 2014 – October 2014
Key questions/objectives Main learning activities Learning outcomes/skills
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Unit 6 requirements regarding research, specification and designing.
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Unit 5 Stand C Energy Efficiency.
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Launch Strand D Environmental impact
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Unit 4 – Theory.
Vectors, space diagrams, frameworks, stress and strain.
Electro-mechanical systems
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Generation of design ideas.
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Review of designs by an expert against specification points.
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Upgrading of designs in the light of feedback.
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Consideration of commercial manufacturing.
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Working independently to gather research.
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Produce write ups that accurately target the marking criteria.
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Use of head-to-tail technique.
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Adding vectors.
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Space diagrams.
 Bow’s Notation
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Method of Joints
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Applying stress, strain and
 Young’s Modulus to frameworks
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Use SolidWorks to produce parts, assemblies and drawings.
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Uses feedback to improve and finalise designs.
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Produces strands that address the mark scheme and in the light of feedback update coursework.
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Understanding of vectors and scalars.
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Ability to be able to accurately produce vector diagrams.
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The ability to apply knowledge to frameworks and structures.
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Ability to describe the transference of energy and the losses of efficiency in a system.
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Produce flow charts to graphically illustrate systems.
Resources
Normal resources in R12, including
PCs with
SolidWorks.
Links/points to note
Hand in by end of CAG
2.
PowerPoints, exam board exemplar materials, mark sheet.
PowerPoints, exam board exemplar materials, mark sheet.
Tensile testing machine.
PowerPoints, exam board exemplar materials, mark sheet.
1 st draft of by end of Nov, hand in by end of CAG
2.
Homework is to learn the weekly theory lessons in preparation for the examination on 1 st Dec.
Homework - learn weekly theory for the
6 th January examination.