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TECHNOLOGY
TERM 1 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
AND CONTROL
GM 2018
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Contents
Unit 1: What is Technology? ............................................................................................................................................... 3
DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 4
The Design Process ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Activity 1: Moveable toy or friendship card using templates and also split pins. ....................................................... 5
Design considerations ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
Activity 2 ................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Activity 3 ................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Unit 2: Introduction to graphical communication ............................................................................................................ 11
Practical Activity 4: Product packaging .................................................................................................................... 11
Drawing conventions .................................................................................................................................................... 12
Types of Lines ................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Outlines ......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Construction Lines ......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Hidden Details – Dotted Lines ....................................................................................................................................... 14
Dimension ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Scale .............................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Graphic techniques: What is an oblique drawing? ...................................................................................................... 15
Activity 5 ................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Practical Activity 6 .................................................................................................................................................... 16
Single vanishing point perspective ................................................................................................................................ 17
Activity 7 ................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Simple mechanisms: What are mechanisms? .............................................................................................................. 18
What is a lever? ............................................................................................................................................................ 18
Mechanical advantage ................................................................................................................................................. 20
Activity 8: .................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Linkage systems ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
Activity 9: Identify the class of lever ......................................................................................................................... 23
Pneumatics ................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Hydraulics ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Using pneumatics and hydraulics ................................................................................................................................. 25
PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT TASK: PAT TERM 1 ............................................................................................................ 26
GM 2018
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Unit 1: What is Technology?
Technology is the use of knowledge, skills, values and resources to meet people’s
needs and wants by developing practical solutions to problems, taking into consideration,
social and environmental factors. These solutions usually take the form of products.
Almost everything we use, from a pencil to a computer, is a product of technology.
Scope -Technology and the world of work
Technological skills and knowledge help to create different career paths and job
opportunities for people. Anyone who designs a product as part of their job does
Technology. For example, a chef who creates a new recipe does Technology. A
dressmaker who designs and makes a dress for weddings does Technology. We all use
technology. Many people use technology in the world of work. Examples of people who
work in Technology are artisans, engineers, surveyors, architects, graphic designers and
scientists.
Engineers
Scientists
Artisans
Graphic Designers
Architects
Surveyors
GM 2018
TECHNOLOGY
TERM 1 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
AND CONTROL
GM 2018
, 2
Contents
Unit 1: What is Technology? ............................................................................................................................................... 3
DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 4
The Design Process ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Activity 1: Moveable toy or friendship card using templates and also split pins. ....................................................... 5
Design considerations ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
Activity 2 ................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Activity 3 ................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Unit 2: Introduction to graphical communication ............................................................................................................ 11
Practical Activity 4: Product packaging .................................................................................................................... 11
Drawing conventions .................................................................................................................................................... 12
Types of Lines ................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Outlines ......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Construction Lines ......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Hidden Details – Dotted Lines ....................................................................................................................................... 14
Dimension ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Scale .............................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Graphic techniques: What is an oblique drawing? ...................................................................................................... 15
Activity 5 ................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Practical Activity 6 .................................................................................................................................................... 16
Single vanishing point perspective ................................................................................................................................ 17
Activity 7 ................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Simple mechanisms: What are mechanisms? .............................................................................................................. 18
What is a lever? ............................................................................................................................................................ 18
Mechanical advantage ................................................................................................................................................. 20
Activity 8: .................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Linkage systems ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
Activity 9: Identify the class of lever ......................................................................................................................... 23
Pneumatics ................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Hydraulics ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Using pneumatics and hydraulics ................................................................................................................................. 25
PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT TASK: PAT TERM 1 ............................................................................................................ 26
GM 2018
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Unit 1: What is Technology?
Technology is the use of knowledge, skills, values and resources to meet people’s
needs and wants by developing practical solutions to problems, taking into consideration,
social and environmental factors. These solutions usually take the form of products.
Almost everything we use, from a pencil to a computer, is a product of technology.
Scope -Technology and the world of work
Technological skills and knowledge help to create different career paths and job
opportunities for people. Anyone who designs a product as part of their job does
Technology. For example, a chef who creates a new recipe does Technology. A
dressmaker who designs and makes a dress for weddings does Technology. We all use
technology. Many people use technology in the world of work. Examples of people who
work in Technology are artisans, engineers, surveyors, architects, graphic designers and
scientists.
Engineers
Scientists
Artisans
Graphic Designers
Architects
Surveyors
GM 2018
