Specification points
Edexcel A-level Design and Technology - Product Design 9DT0
58 points in 13 topics, with Edexcel's codes and titles.
Grade boundaries·Edexcel command words
Codes and titles are read by a script from Edexcel's published specification and have not been checked by a person. What each point covers is in the specification itself: Edexcel’s specification.
1 Materials
2 Performance characteristics of materials
3 Processes, techniques and specialist tools
4 Digital technologies
5 Factors influencing the development of products
6 Effects of technological developments
7 Safe working practices, potential hazards and risk assessment
8 Features of manufacturing industries
9 Designing for maintenance and the cleaner environment
10 Current legislation
11 Information handling, modelling and forward planning
12 Further processes and techniques
C2 Independent Design and Make Project
- C2.1 Identification and investigation of a design possibility
- C2.2 Investigation of needs and research
- C2.3 Specification
- C2.4 Design ideas
- C2.5 Development of design ideas
- C2.6 Final design solution
- C2.7 Review of development and final idea
- C2.8 Communication of design ideas
- C2.9 Tools and equipment
- C2.10 Quality and accuracy
- C2.11 Testing and evaluating