AQA GCSE Product Design - What content do I actually need to know

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In year 10 I did:
Business studies
ICT
Maths
Core Science
So 4 total in year 10

In year 11 I've done:
Product Design
Additional Science
Further Additional Science
English Lang
English Lit
So 5 total in year 11

9 total GCSEs but some people chose to do PE too, I chose not too so had 2 hours to just play every week :biggrin:

What about u?

Wow. Your school had it easier than us. They decided to make us do extra GCSEs to keep us occupied so we had less time per subject and GCSEs as well.

For example, I had to take 1 exam in year 9 (ICT), then 4 last year and 26 this year. And i end up with 15 GCSEs.

Reply 61

KD1024

Original post by noopera

Oh my god that's insane! It's kinda useless aswell cause no college or sixth form or uni care that much about GCSEs.

Unlucky mate

Reply 62

noopera

Original post by KD1024

Oh my god that's insane! It's kinda useless aswell cause no college or sixth form or uni care that much about GCSEs.

Unlucky mate

seriously it is mostly useless as 4 of my exams were on religious studies. of all things, which all of us had to do. and 7 of my GCSEs are just core and additional versions of science and maths. At least tomorrow's exam is the last one.

Reply 63

Nickisrc

What about doing mutliple designs for one question, my revision guide syas we should have 2 basic sketches, select 1 and improve it.
Remember to focus in on one specfic part of the design, a joint for example.

Reply 64

Katherines01

Original post by noopera

Ouch that's a lot! I had 24 exams this year (including tomorrow's) but have done none in previous years!

Reply 65

noopera

Original post by Katherines01

Ouch that's a lot! I had 24 exams this year (including tomorrow's) but have done none in previous years!

yes my school can be a bit overbearing sometimes plus i kinda chose to do some subjects last year as i thought i wouldn't have do any this year but then afterwards the school told us we had to to extra courses for example i had to do Aqa level 2 further maths and OCR additional maths as well, while doing a lot of self-learning as our class had people who still had to do the core maths.

Reply 66

Katherines01

Original post by noopera

Aw that is harsh :/ but it should benefit you in the long run really!!
I like how off topic this forum has got though haha I'm sure it'll return to PD tomorrow when everyone starts either complaining or being extremely happy about the exam :wink:

Reply 67

noopera

Original post by Katherines01

Yep definitely. I'm just on here as i'm taking a break but i have a feeling tomorrow as i'm walking home from school ill just hearing my phone every few minutes :smile:

Good Luck everyone!

How did everyone find it? I thought it was nice :smile:

Reply 70

10moorej

I think it went quite well but the 15 mark design question put me off a bit what choice did u pick?

Reply 71

Katherines01

Original post by typicalvirgo

How did everyone find it? I thought it was nice :smile:

I thought it was okay in general but had some odd questions in it... Like the colours in the kitchen?? What was that about

Reply 72

typicalvirgo

Original post by 10moorej

I think it went quite well but the 15 mark design question put me off a bit what choice did u pick?

I chose a hat only because that was the thing I could say most about in terms of materials, what they do, what finishes can be applied, how to decorate it etc.

Reply 73

typicalvirgo

Original post by Katherines01

I thought it was okay in general but had some odd questions in it... Like the colours in the kitchen?? What was that about

I know right! That was such a weird question..I put for red, it could be a light on an oven that tells you its on so you stay away (red implies danger) and for green I said it could be a light on a windowless kettle telling you when your water is done boiling because green implies safety and correctness. Totally talked out of my bum but I hope I get some marks!

Reply 74

10moorej

Original post by typicalvirgo

I chose a hat only because that was the thing I could say most about in terms of materials, what they do, what finishes can be applied, how to decorate it etc.

The problem is that I was hoping for something like a clock etc compared to a hat, mug, calendar so I chose lighting and instead designed a lamp sort of thing hoping that will be accepted

Reply 75

typicalvirgo

Original post by 10moorej

The problem is that I was hoping for something like a clock etc compared to a hat, mug, calendar so I chose lighting and instead designed a lamp sort of thing hoping that will be accepted

Yeah it should be. I mean, even if you picked like a random object and said valid things about it, you could still get over half marks :smile:

Even a lovely drawing would get you at least 3 lol!

Reply 76

Cookiemonster057

Original post by typicalvirgo

I chose a hat only because that was the thing I could say most about in terms of materials, what they do, what finishes can be applied, how to decorate it etc.

I did a hat too! I was disappointed by the choice of products. My hat was like a party hat with embellishments so that it looked like a peacock etc. I think I will lose a lot of marks because of the simplicity but hey ho it was the best I could do

Reply 77

KD1024

Original post by 10moorej

The problem is that I was hoping for something like a clock etc compared to a hat, mug, calendar so I chose lighting and instead designed a lamp sort of thing hoping that will be accepted

I did exactly the same! Made an LED lamp with leaf patterns from the mood board.
Hope it's alright

Reply 78

Oasiis61

i designed a lamp with a leaf body and mushroom light at the top. I did my sketches okay i think and coloured in my final 3d design...for the materials i put h.i.p.s for the mushroom, mdf for the stand.. i really messed it up i think!!! i also forgot to add in dimensions!!! FML. Also the manufacturing card printing thing really lost me!!!!