S4 Intermediate 2 Product Design

During the course in S4 Product Design pupils will be covering work Unit 3 – Manufacturing Products and Unit 2 – Developing Design Proposals. Beyond this, pupils will be required to work on their Design Assignment and Exam Preparation.  At no time should pupils be working on any work for their Design Assignment at home.  This is purely a school based project and is not allowed to be completed at home.

 Type of homework

Homework for each of these units will be given at varying times throughout the year, depending on the type of work being covered.  Within Unit2 the homework will focus on the extension and consolidation of core design proposal principles. During Unit 3 the homework will be based on the further research and investigation of materials and there properties, and the processes which allow manufacturing of such materials. The only time this may differ is during exam preparation time as they may be given work in class e.g. practice questions and then asked to complete them at home for the next time they are in class. This will not happen if the next period of Product Design is the following day. 

Frequency and expected duration

On each occasion homework is given out, a period of 1 week will be given, for pupils to complete it. In S4, the general frequency will be weekly, but on occasions where pupils have not covered appropriate amount of work in the classroom this may be extended.