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EC2 Excel
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Section 1 · Common content: Product Design
1.1
Needs, design briefs and specifications
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1.2
Research and data interpretation
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1.3
Generating and modelling ideas
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1.4
Selection, planning and organisation
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1.5
Evaluation and testing
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1.6
Implementation and realisation
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1.7
Health and safety
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1.8
Communicating design ideas
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1.9
CAD/CAM and use of technology
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1.10
Design & technology in society
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1.11
Practical design application
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1.12
Environment and sustainability
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1.13
Control systems (input–process–output)
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Section 2 · Preparing for the project (Component 2)
2.1
Identifying needs and writing a design brief
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2.2
Research and specification
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2.3
Generating and exploring design ideas
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2.4
Developing the proposed solution
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2.5
Planning for production
Section 3 · Specialist option: Resistant Materials
3.1
Properties and types of material
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3.2
Plastics: thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics
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3.3
Woods
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3.4
Metals
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3.5
Smart, modern and composite materials
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Section 4 · Specialist option: Systems & Control
4.1.1
Key content: structures — types and materials
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4.1.2
Key content: loads, reactions and levers
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4.1.3
Key content: mechanisms and motion
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4.1.4
Key content: electronics and switches
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4.2.1
Structures: members and design
Section 5 · Specialist option: Graphic Products
5.1
British Standards and formal drawing
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5.2
Orthographic projection
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5.3
Pictorial drawing: isometric and planometric
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5.4
Perspective drawing
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5.5
Sectional, exploded and assembly views
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2.6
Product realisation
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2.7
Testing and evaluation
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3.6
Preparation of materials
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3.7
Setting, measuring, marking out and testing
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3.8
Shaping: deforming and reforming
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3.9
Shaping: wastage and addition
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3.10
Joining and assembly
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3.11
Finishing
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4.2.2
Structures: moments and equilibrium
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4.2.3
Structures: joints and reinforcement
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4.2.4
Structures: stress, strain and factor of safety
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4.3.1
Mechanisms: basic concepts and levers
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4.3.2
Mechanisms: transmission of motion
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4.3.3
Mechanisms: MA, VR and efficiency
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4.3.4
Mechanisms: bearings and conversion of motion
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4.4.1
Electronics: Ohm's law, power and circuit building
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4.4.2
Electronics: resistors, dividers and the colour code
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4.4.3
Electronics: switches, relays, transistors and diodes
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4.4.4
Electronics: transducers, timers and logic gates
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5.6
Freehand drawing and presentation
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5.7
Geometrical constructions
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5.8
Developments (nets) and ellipses
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5.9
Enlarging, reducing and scaling
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5.10
Layout, lettering and drafting aids
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5.11
Data graphics and signs/symbols
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5.12
Reprographics, materials and modelling
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5.13
ICT and manufacture of graphic products
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