Materials and their properties - Timbers, GCSE classroom teaching resource

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Materials and their properties: Timber and boards

Age 14-16
First published 2017

One of a series of classroom teaching resources for students, addressing the relevant content of all four Awarding organisations' Design and Technology GCSE specifications.
The resource will also be useful to students enrolled other technical courses including Engineering.

This contains a PowerPoint presentation containing a range of summary information for students to help them understand and apply their learning in product analysis, making design decisions and selecting and using materials.

Contents

Natural and manufactured timbers
Softwoods and hardwoods
Manufacturing process for natural timber
Plywood and block board
Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF)
Chipboard
Design decisions
Mechanical properties
Aesthetic properties
Finishing
Sourcing timbers – stock forms and sizes
Origins of timbers
Scales of production in manufacture
Manufacturing processes
Processing timbers
Mass production techniques and tools
Specialist production techniques and tools
Quantity production methods
Hardwoods characteristic and properties
Softwoods characteristic and properties
Manufactured composites characteristic and properties
Samples of grain and colour surfaces
Forces, stresses and friction
Treatments and finishes
Joining and bonding
Social and environmental impacts
Recycling timber
Links to further information

Also included is the classroom teaching resource: ‘Materials and their properties’ which provides an introduction to choosing and using materials, materials in product analysis and links to the GCSE curriculum. It has links to other subject areas and builds upon prior learning in the areas of technical knowledge and making at KS3.

Others in the series:

The five presentations are also available to purchase as a set.

This item is a download.

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