BEC JCE Design & Tech case studies
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The BEC JCE Design & Technology credential is a junior secondary school-leaving qualification awarded by the Botswana Examinations Council. It recognises that a learner can move through a full design cycle - identifying a need, generating and refining ideas, making a product, and judging how well it worked - while understanding the materials, tools and production methods that make a design buildable. The BEC JCE Design & Tech case studies are 5 cases and about 2,273 words.
1The Warping Phone Stand
A Year 10 pupil injection-moulds a phone stand from recycled polypropylene (PP) granules supplied by the school. The first 40 parts cool in a 25 °C workshop and measure flat within 0.4 mm across the 90 mm base.
457 words, about 2 min2The Shelf That Sags
A pupil designs a wall-mounted book shelf: a single 18 mm MDF board, 1200 mm long, 250 mm deep, fixed to the wall along one long edge by three 60 mm L-brackets at 0, 600 and 1200 mm. Load testing with 15 kg of books spread evenly produces a visible 9 mm sag at mid-span after 30 minutes, and the middle bracket's screws begin to pull out of the plasterboard wall (no studs were located).
465 words, about 2 min3The Ergonomic Assembly Jig
A pupil team is making 30 identical small desk lamps for a school sale. Each lamp has a base, a stem and a shade, joined by M4 screws.
456 words, about 2 min4The Over-Specified Phone Case
A pupil is designing a phone case for a school enterprise project. The brief says: 'protect the phone, be sustainable, cost under £3 to make, and look premium'.
442 words, about 2 min5The Tolerance Stack on the Lamp Shade
A pupil is making a batch of 12 lamp shades that slot onto a machined lamp holder. The holder's spigot is turned to 25.00 ± 0.10 mm.
453 words, about 2 min