Paper 1 Exam
• Core technical principles
• Specialist technical principles
• Designing and making principles
In addition:
• at least 15% of the exam will assess maths
• at least 10% of the exam will assess science.
Non-exam assessment (NEA)
Practical application of:
• Core technical principles
• Specialist technical principles
• Designing and making principles
Task(s)
• Substantial design and make task
• Assessment criteria:
• Identifying and investigating design possibilities
• Producing a design brief and specification
• Generating design ideas
• Developing design ideas
• Realising design ideas
• Analysing & evaluating
• In the spirit of the iterative design process, the above should be awarded holistically where they take place and not in a linear manner
• Contextual challenges to be released annually by AQA on 1 June in the year prior to the submission of the NEA
• Students will produce a prototype and a portfolio of evidence
• Work will be marked by teachers and moderated by AQA
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