BGCSE Design & Technology case studies
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The BGCSE Design & Technology is a secondary-school qualification in the Bahamas, typically taken by students near the end of their compulsory schooling and used for further study, employment, or technical training. It suits candidates who enjoy solving practical problems: turning a brief into a workable design, choosing materials sensibly, making the product, and explaining the decisions along the way. The assessment blends written papers with a practical project portfolio, so both your thinking and your making are judged. Written questions test design process, material properties, tools and workshop safety, manufacturing methods, drawing and communication, structures and mechanisms, energy and electronics, and design in society and sustainability. The BGCSE Design & Technology case studies are 5 cases and about 2,390 words.
1The Warped Cutting Board
A school workshop is producing 40 small chopping boards for a community fundraiser. The boards are made from three strips of timber glued edge-to-edge: a 60 mm strip of mahogany in the centre, flanked by two 40 mm strips of pine.
476 words, about 2 min2The Overheating Battery Pack
A student is building a portable reading lamp for a design project. The lamp uses a 9 V battery, a 3 W LED module rated at 3.2 V, a resistor, and a push-to-make switch.
477 words, about 2 min3The Bridge That Sags
A Year 11 group is building model bridges from 6 mm square balsa for a competition. Each bridge must span 400 mm and carry a 5 kg load at mid-span.
464 words, about 2 min4The Unreadable Drawing
A student has produced a third-angle orthographic drawing of a small bracket for a metalwork project. The drawing shows a front view, a plan, and a side view, all at 1:1 scale on A3 paper.
502 words, about 3 min5The Sustainable Phone Stand
A class is designing phone stands to sell at a school fair. The brief says the stand must hold a phone at a 60° viewing angle, be stable when a phone is placed on it, and use recycled or low-impact materials.
471 words, about 2 min