S5/6 Intermediate2 Product Design

During the year there are three units to be covered with in Higher Product Design, Unit 1 – Design Analysis, Unit 2 – Developing Design Proposals and Unit 3 – Manufacturing Products.  As well as these units a Design Assignment will be completed during class time which is worth 50% of the overall grade and exam preparation will take place.  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. With 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 S5/6, the general frequency will be once or twice per week, dependent on unit being covered. Also, on occasions where pupils have not covered appropriate amount of work in the classroom this may be extended via completion at home.