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Engineering - Year 13

GCE Applied Engineering – Year 13

GCE Applied engineering cover 3 units within the year, taught in parallel.

Unit 4, Applied Engineering Systems. Students will look at ways in which engineering techniques and principles are applied in some important systems and how a systems approach can be used to solve engineering problems. This unit is externally assessed and will be based on a practical activities brief set by Edexcel. This brief will be available in September. Working under examination conditions, students will work independently to complete three practical activities.

Unit 5, The Engineering Environment. Students will visit an engineering company and investigate how laws, regulations are used to ensure developments are safe. They will look at procedures, paperwork systems and different ways in which the environment is protected. They will also look at how specialised technology is applied to improve the way products work.

Unit 6, Applied Design, Planning and Prototyping. Students will produce a design solution to a clients brief and demonstrate its effectiveness through developing a prototype

Half Term 1 (June - July)
Unit 4, Applied Engineering systems
  • Introduction to Stress and Strain, Hookes Law, and Youngs Modulus
Unit 5 –The Engineering environment
  • Introduction
  • Industrial Visit Preparation
  • Section A – Standards and Regulations
  • Section B - Documentation
  • Section C – Energy Efficiency
Unit 6 - Applied Design, Planning and Prototyping
  • Section A: Problem identification, Introduction to Client, Brief, Identification of Research.
  • Complete research
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: Research to be completed over the summer break. Questions submitted for industrial visit, unit 5 Sections A,B,C
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 2 (September - October)
Unit 4, Applied Engineering systems
  • Introduction to the Candidate Brief
  • More Stress/ Strain calculations & Analysis of beam structures
Unit 5 –The Engineering environment
  • Industrial Visit Preparation
  • Section D - Environmental impact
  • Section E - Technology
  • Section F - Evaluation & Modification.
Unit 6 - Applied Design, Planning and Prototyping
  • Develop a Product Specification based on findings from research.
  • Generation a rang of design ideas all significantly different, with detailed annotation based on materials selection, manufacturing processes, links back to specification and testing against specification,
  • Engineering drawings (both CAD and hand drawn)
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: All questions submitted for industrial visit Unit 5. Unit 6 Product specification and generation of ideas must be completed.
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 3 (November - December)
Unit 4, Applied Engineering systems
  • The Candidate Brief - Preparation for the beam problem
Unit 5 –The Engineering environment
  • Report writing skills
  • Report writing
Unit 6 - Applied Design, Planning and Prototyping
  • Development of final design ideas,
  • Developments must be linked of feedback from client.
  • Final design must be presented using a range of Engineering drawings ( both CAD and manual) .
  • Plan of Manufacture
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: Unit 5 Complete report to be submitted on return from holiday. Unit 6 Design development and final design to be completed.
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 4 (January - February)
Unit 4, Applied Engineering systems
  • The Candidate Brief – Research into relevant systems
Unit 6 - Applied Design, Planning and Prototyping
  • Prototype Manufacture
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: Unit 5 Final submission of report 1st week of term. Unit 6 Fabrication of product should be finished.
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 5 (March - April)
Unit 4, Applied Engineering systems
  • Exam preparation & practice
Unit 6 - Applied Design, Planning and Prototyping
  • Manufacture of prototype
  • Testing and evaluation
External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Coursework Deadline this H/T: All manufacture must be finished.
Field Trips/Visits: No
Half Term 6 (May - June)
Unit 6 - Applied Design, Planning and Prototyping
  • Further developments based on the evaluation.
External Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes - Unit 4, 10 hour exam – Internally assessed
Coursework Deadline this H/T: Final deadline for unit 6
Field Trips/Visits: No

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