Design and Technology (Product Design)

Assessment

50% exam (math's and science contribute 15%) Paper 1 Written exam: A mixture of short answer, multiple choice and extended responses questions. 25%of the A Level course Paper 2 Written exam: Section A: Six short answer questions based on visual stimulus of products. Section B: is two extended responses questions. 25%of the A Level course 50% Non-Exam Assessment (NEA) NEA consists of a single design and make activity; A level students are free to choose their design. Each project will be 40 hours of work and will assess a student’s ability to explore, design, make, prototype and evaluate a single design task.