Built to last?
Unit 1 · New and emerging technologiesTurn user, market and technical evidence into better design choices. Planned obsolescence from every viewpoint, design for repair, the right to repair, ethical sourcing, feasibility checks and design for recycling, with a 6-mark question. Click-by-click builds, answer reveals, and teacher notes and answers on every slide.
What this lesson covers
Planned obsolescence from every viewpoint, design for repair, the right to repair, ethical sourcing, feasibility checks and design for recycling, with a 6-mark question. Click-by-click builds, answer reveals, and teacher notes and answers on every slide.
60-minute lesson, 21 slides. Part of DT Classroom’s GCSE Design and Technology course, taught through an interactive 3D lab rather than static slides alone.
Practise and extend
Also available for this lesson from the teacher resources: lesson slides, knowledge organiser, worksheet.
Exam board coverage
Where this lesson sits in each GCSE Design and Technology specification, as an indicative mapping by DT Classroom (not endorsed by any board - check the current specification before relying on it).
| Board | Specification reference |
|---|---|
| AQA | 3.1.1 New and emerging technologies |
| Edexcel | 1.2 Critical evaluation of new and emerging technologies |
| OCR | 3.1 Impacts of new and emerging technologies 2.2 Developments in D&T that influence design decisions |
| WJEC Eduqas | TP1 Design and technology and our world |
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DT Classroom is a GCSE Design and Technology course: interactive 3D lessons, teacher slide decks, worksheets and exam practice, built for pupils and teachers. Exam board references above are DT Classroom’s own indicative mapping, not provided or endorsed by AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR or WJEC Eduqas.