LGCSE Design & Technology (0189) case studies
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LGCSE Design & Technology (0189) is a school-level qualification that assesses whether a candidate can move from a design brief to a considered, workable product. It suits learners who enjoy solving practical problems, sketching ideas, working with resistant and smart materials, and testing what they build. The assessment combines a written theory paper, a design-and-make project, and a coursework or portfolio component, so success depends on both technical knowledge and sustained project work. The syllabus content spans the iterative design cycle, materials and components, workshop processes, mechanisms and structures, electrical and electronic control, CAD/CAM and emerging technologies, sustainability, graphical communication, and workshop health and safety. The LGCSE Design & Technology (0189) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,881 words.
1Phone stand material selection
A Year 11 enterprise group must produce 30 flat-pack desk phone stands for a school fair, with a materials budget of £60. The stand is a single 6 mm sheet component with two laser-cut slots that interlock by a press fit.
789 words, about 4 min2Cam follower stall at the nose
A student is building a mechanical display for a science fair. A 3 V geared motor runs at 60 rpm and has a stated stall torque of 0.08 N·m.
747 words, about 4 min3Greenhouse frost alarm false triggering
A student has built a greenhouse frost alarm. A 9 V battery supplies an NTC thermistor in a potential divider with a 10 kΩ fixed resistor; the divider output feeds the inverting input of an LM393 comparator.
795 words, about 4 min4Soap wrapper sustainability trade-off
A small soap company sells 5,000 bars a month and wants a new 100 g bar wrapper. The current wrapper is a laminated paper/PE structure that cannot be separated and is not accepted by kerbside recycling.
763 words, about 4 min5Oak stool workshop risk assessment
A school workshop is preparing a batch of 20 oak stools. Each stool has four 600 mm legs, a 350 mm × 350 mm seat and two cross rails.
787 words, about 4 min