Overview

There are few materials so important that they have actually defined the progress of human civilisation; from the bronze age to the iron age, harnessing metals has been critical for thousands of years.  ​Metals come in many different forms, each with their own unique properties. Understanding metals is essential for any designer or engineer making any product. 

​We use metals all the time, but how much do you really understand about them? In this section, I have materials that will help pupils learn the very basics about this material.
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Understanding metal

Here are some course notes I have made for this unit. These will be updated at some point. 

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Metal facts and notes

Centre lathe notes

Tea-Light Folio

Resource coming!

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"Design is as much a matter of finding problems as solving them."

Bryan Lawson
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Assessment ​

The following materials have been created to assess learning in this unit. Some of these documents are for 'Coffee' supporters of DesignClass only.  

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Assessment 1

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Assessment 3

Assessment 4

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