4. Why choose D&T?
Our world is changing rapidly – your generation needs to prepare for the unknown
This GCSE offers:
Transferable skills
Creative skills
Applied Maths and Science
The chance to make stuff and have lots of fun!

5. Drive change
Tesla cars electric vehicles are safer, faster and more fun to drive than gas powered cars
Tesla also make solar energy systems to charge cars at home

6. Reinvent the wheel This collapsible wheel transforms lives
British designer, Duncan Fitzsimons was contacted by many wheelchair users when he unveiled his folding bike wheel
Folding wheels allow users to fit their wheelchair into car boots and luggage racks easily

7. Turn heads
French designer, Alix Marie Bizet, makes clothing and accessories from human hair
Using felt-making techniques, human hair is transformed into a fabric mat
Bizet considers the social and cultural meanings around human hair and offers this material as a cruelty free alternative to animal fur

8. Brighten someone’s day
Emma-Jayne Parkes and Viviane Jaeger make rainwear that changes colour when wet
Decorated with smart ‘hydrochromatic ink’ which goes transparent when wet to reveal colour

9. Create an icon
Have a breakthrough idea that changes the world!

10. Light up lives 1.2 billion people live without electricity
The world’s most affordable solar light (SM100) can replace dangerous and unsustainable light sources e.g. kerosene lamps

11. Save lives Kevlar can stop a bullet and can keep firefighters safe
Protective suits offer protection against high temperatures and personal attack

12. It’s out of this world
Would we have made it into space without design and technology?
Space suits integrate communication and breathing apparatus, provide a stable environment and protect against micrometeorites 

13. Save the planet
Every hour the Sun beams more energy onto Earth than we need to meet global needs for a whole year
But how do we harness that energy?

14. Course content
The course is assessed through controlled assessment and examined content
50% of the course is controlled assessment
Practical project work is completed in school and based within real-life situations

15. What will I learn?
This GCSE will equip you with a range of transferable practical and theoretical skills
Generate creative solutions to benefit people and the planet
Communicate and develop ideas through sketches, models and computer aided design
Learn how products are manufactured in industry
Manipulate materials and use tools to create your ideas
Work with leading edge technology and manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing and other computer aided design and manufacturing skills

17. Want to know more?
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