Table of Contents

Worksheets 1.1 Technology 2.1 Safety 2.2 Workplace health and safety 3.1 Rendering and colour 3.2 Design principles 3.3 Modelling 3.4 Getting ready 3.5 A design process 4.1 Materials 4.2 The anatomy of timber 4.3 Metals 4.4 Know your plastics 4.5 Textiles 4.6 Other common materials 5.1 Tool families 5.2 Tools working with timber 5.3 Tools working with metals 5.4 Power tools and machinery 6.1 Processes 6.2 Fasteners for metals 6.3 Fasteners nails 6.4 Fasteners for timber 6.5 Choosing adhesives 6.6 Methods of joining 6.7 Finishing 7.1 Manufacturing 8.1 Mechanisms 9.1 Electronics 9.2 Control systems 10.1 Structures 11.1 Technology and the future Enrichment worksheets 12.1 The nature of technology 12.2 Personal safety 12.3 Rendering 12.4 Develop your imagination 12.5 Materials 12.6 Power tools 12.7 Manufacturing aides 12.8 Mechanism puzzles 12.9 Electronic circuit design