AQA GCSE (9-1) design and technology: Textile-based materials

Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: Design and TechnologyFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Build in-depth understanding and inspire your students to tackle design challenges both practically and creatively, with a textbook that delivers the Core Technical plus Specialist Technical and Design & Making Principles needed for the 2017 AQA D&T GCSE. The insight of our author team will build topic knowledge, including the technical principles of materials with which you are less familiar, while focusing on the specialist principles of textile-based materials in more depth, to ensure you can navigate the specification with confidence whilst your students' ideas flourish. * Trusted author team of specialist teachers and those with examining experience* Build topic knowledge with learning objectives directly linked to the specification and short activities to reinforce understanding* Develop mathematical and scientific knowledge and understanding with activities that link topics to maths and science* Inspire your students as they undertake the iterative design process, with examples of imaginative design-and-make tasks, and a look at how to approach the Non-Exam Assessment* Check knowledge and understanding with end of topic summaries and practice questions for the written exam