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Design and Technology study guides
SG-N-LEVEL · GCE N-Level (Singapore) · aligned to SEAB.
- Design Communication and Sketching: how N(A)-Level Design and Technology students sketch ideas in 3D, render them realistically, and produce accurate working drawings
A Singapore N(A)-Level Design and Technology (SEAB 7055) module overview of design communication. Freehand pictorial sketching with crating and isometric guidelines, rendering with tone, colour and texture, and producing working drawings with views, dimensions and a sensible scale, with links to every dot point.
📖 6 min readSEAB-7055 - Idea Generation and Development: how N(A)-Level Design and Technology students produce a range of ideas, choose and refine the best one against the specification, and model it before making
A Singapore N(A)-Level Design and Technology (SEAB 7055) module overview of idea generation and development. Generating a range of initial ideas, selecting and refining the best idea against the specification with reasons, and modelling and prototyping to test ideas in three dimensions, with links to every dot point.
📖 7 min readSEAB-7055 - Materials and their Properties: how N(A)-Level Design and Technology students classify woods, metals and plastics, describe their properties, and choose the right material for a product
A Singapore N(A)-Level Design and Technology (SEAB 7055) module overview of materials. Classifying woods (hardwoods, softwoods, manufactured boards), metals (ferrous, non-ferrous, alloys) and plastics (thermoplastics, thermosets), their key properties and uses, and how to choose the right material by matching properties to the specification, with links to every dot point.
📖 6 min readSEAB-7055 - Mechanisms and Structures: how N(A)-Level Design and Technology students use levers, linkages, gears, pulleys and structural members to change force and motion and carry loads, with the key calculations
A Singapore N(A)-Level Design and Technology (SEAB 7055) module overview of mechanisms and structures. Levers and the principle of moments, linkages, gears, pulleys and belts, and structures with triangulation and stability, including the core moment and gear-ratio calculations, with links to every dot point.
📖 7 min readSEAB-7055 - Product Evaluation: how N(A)-Level Design and Technology students test a finished product against the specification, use user feedback, and judge its sustainability
A Singapore N(A)-Level Design and Technology (SEAB 7055) module overview of product evaluation. Testing a finished product against each specification point with clear pass or fail results, gathering user feedback to suggest realistic improvements, and evaluating sustainability using the 6 Rs and a material life cycle, with links to every dot point.
📖 6 min readSEAB-7055 - Research and Investigation: how N(A)-Level Design and Technology students analyse a design situation, study existing products and research users so that designs are based on evidence
A Singapore N(A)-Level Design and Technology (SEAB 7055) module overview of research and investigation. How to analyse a design situation into problems and people, carry out product analysis on existing products, and plan user and market research using surveys, interviews and observation, with links to every dot point.
📖 6 min readSEAB-7055 - The Design Process: how N(A)-Level Design and Technology students move from a design situation to a brief, a specification and a finished, evaluated product
A Singapore N(A)-Level Design and Technology (SEAB 7055) module overview of the design process. The ordered stages from a design situation to evaluation, writing a clear design brief, and turning research into a measurable specification, with links to every dot point and the way the process loops back to improve a product.
📖 7 min readSEAB-7055 - Tools, Processes and Fabrication: how N(A)-Level Design and Technology students mark out, cut, shape, join and finish woods, metals and plastics safely and accurately
A Singapore N(A)-Level Design and Technology (SEAB 7055) module overview of workshop practice. Marking out and measuring from a datum, cutting and shaping with the right tool for each material, joining with permanent and temporary fixings, and finishing to protect and improve appearance, all done safely, with links to every dot point.
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