GCSE Design & Technology coursework titles with sample answers

Food technology

• Explain the need for nutrition by living organisms.
• Explain what is needed for a balanced diet, including vitamins and minerals.
• Up until the 1950s, smoking was a socially acceptable practice that the majority of the population did.
• Nutrition & Diet: Issues for People who have Learning Disabilities
• Physical Education - It is important for us to eat a healthy balanced diet, as this way the body is provided with energy for exercise and every day life, helps the body fight illness, and keeps the body at the right weight.

• Toy project DT
• Evaluation
• DTP Assessment
• Solving business problems through design
• ICT - Microsoft Publisher, Pizza restaurant menu

Resistant Materials

• The use of CAD/CAM in organizations
• GCSE Technology - Product Design and Research Booklet Guide
• Which Material is the Best Insulator?
• Communication of Safety In the Design Phase
• Modernism and Postmodernism in product design

Systems and control

• Build a sensor that detects air flow using an incandescent lamp to detect the air flow
• The aim of this investigation is to design, build and test a sensor
• Physics Sensing Coursework: Electronic Balance
• An electronics firm wishes to introduce a range of low cost alarms. You have been asked to design and produce a prototype for further development by the firm.
• Finding the Spring Constant of a Copper Spring Using a Potential Divider

Textiles

• The Evolution of Style
• A History of Fashion (1900-2003)
• Appliqué and quilting
• A comparative study of Ancient Athenian Dress and modern dress.
• Dyes are used to dye fabrics different colours. Natural dyes can be obtained from things such as plants and animals. The advantages of these are that they are renewable so will never run out