Year 10 Engineering

Term

What are we learning

Be able to interpret  

engineering information 

Be able to use tools in production of engineering products 

Awareness and application of Health and Safety in the workshop 

Practical skills  

Term 1 Theory – Engineering drawings 

Students in year 10 will be introduced to engineering drawing. Students will look at drawing standards, and they will need to accurately interpret a wide range of appropriate information from engineering drawings. 

Students will also look at both orthographic and isometric drawing. 

Health and Safety in the workshop –  

Learn about risk assessments 

Discover why health and safety in the workshop environment is needed 

Understand health and safety signs (shapes and colours) 

Learn about wearable protection PPE 

Term 1 Practical – Aluminium Dog tags – Introduction in to working with metal 

• Marking out
• Hand tools
• Drilling machines

• Cutting
• Finishing
• Preparing
• Shaping
• Drilling

Term 2 Theory – Materials and Properties 

During term 2 students will find out all about different materials and what some of those materials can do. Materials are the fundamental make-up of the world we live in, so as an Engineer it is your job to discover what the capabilities are for each of the materials you intend to use. 

Term 2 Practical – Bottle opener (WJEC Engineering bottle opener p186 of textbook) 

• Marking out
• Hand tools
• Drilling machines

• Cutting
• Finishing
• Preparing
• Shaping
• Drilling (stepping up)
• Countersink
• Counterbore
• Milling machine

Learn how to analyse existing products effectively 

Learn how key words can be used to identify and analyse products 

Understand the term 'reverse engineering' and how to do it 

Learn the differences between the component parts of a product 

Understand how different parts of a product work together. 

Term 3 Theory – Identifying features of working properties 

Engineers tend to be creative and innovative problem solvers. They use their skills and knowledge to specify materials and develop designs and are key workers when creating new products. However, Engineers also develop skills that enable them to learn from past and existing products. By learning from other solutions, Engineers can improve their knowledge base and skills that will, in turn, enable them to optimise their engineering solutions and create better, more efficient products in the future. This process of 'finding things out' is also known as research. 

There are several ways of learning from/ researching existing products and here you will learn about two of the most common techniques: 

• Product analysis 
• Reverse engineering. 

• Evaluate 
• Inspection techniques 
• Against success criteria 
• Against engineering inform 
• Quality Control (QC) 

Term 3 & 4 Practical – Rocket car 

ENGINEERING - DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (technologystudent.com)​ 

Design and Technology - BBC Bitesize​ 

BS8888 - Engineering Drawing Standards – RoyMech