Systems approach to designing
Unit 2 · Energy, materials, systems and devicesModel input, process and output as a complete system. Input, process and output, sensors, timers, counters and outputs, block diagrams and feedback, with a 3D security light to wire up. Click-by-click builds, answer reveals, and teacher notes and answers on every slide.
What this lesson covers
Input, process and output, sensors, timers, counters and outputs, block diagrams and feedback, with a 3D security light to wire up. 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 | 3.1.4 Systems approach to designing |
| Edexcel | 1.6 How electronic systems provide functionality |
| OCR | 6.4 Electronic systems and functionality |
| WJEC Eduqas | TP3 Electronic systems and programmable components |
| Cambridge International | 1.8 Electronics |
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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.