Materials and their properties - Textiles, GCSE classroom teaching resource

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Materials and their properties: Textiles

Age 14-16
First published 2017

One of a series of classroom teaching resources for students, addressing the relevant content of all four Awarding organisations' Design and Technology GCSE specifications.
The resource will also be useful to students enrolled other technical courses including Engineering.

This contains a PowerPoint presentation containing a range of summary information for students to help them understand and apply their learning in product analysis, making design decisions and selecting and using materials.

Contents

What are textiles?
Textiles fabric handling collection
Properties of textiles – physical, thermal, aesthetic; forces and stress
Design decisions – how will you want the finished product to appear?
Origins of textiles
Sourcing textiles – stock forms and sizes
Natural textiles – properties, production and applications of wool, cotton, silk, flax
Synthetic textiles – properties, production and applications of polyester, nylon, acrylic, aramid, elastane
How is fabric made? – woven, knitted, non-woven
Scales of production in manufacture
Production methods
Joining methods
Fastenings
Specialist manufacturing tools and techniques
Treatments and finishes
Technical textiles
Social and environmental impacts
Links to maths and science
Links to further information

Also included is the classroom teaching resource: ‘Materials and their properties’ which provides an introduction to choosing and using materials, materials in product analysis and links to the GCSE curriculum. It has links to other subject areas and builds upon prior learning in the areas of technical knowledge and making at KS3.

Others in the series:

The five presentations are also available to purchase as a set.

This item is a download.

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