AQA GCSE Design & Technology – Year 10 Clock Design Project | Complete Product Design Resource Pack

Take your Year 10 students through a complete design-and-make project – without spending hours creating the resources yourself.



The Year 10 Clock Design Project is a structured Product Design resource designed to build students’ confidence in the practical, creative and evaluative skills they’ll need for GCSE Design & Technology.

Students work through the complete design process, developing their own clock before manufacturing a finished product using MDF, solid pine and acrylic.

The project combines traditional workshop skills with CAD/CAM and introduces students to GCSE-level design terminology and working practices along the way.

Students will explore and develop:

• Initial ideas and creative design development
• Rendering and modelling
• CAD development and laser cutting
• Accurate marking out and manufacture
• Working with MDF, pine and acrylic
• Workshop tools, equipment and machinery
• Disc sanding and routing
• Templates, jigs and production aids
• Applying timber finishes
• Strip heating and line bending acrylic
• Drilling and accurate assembly
• Diary of making documentation
• Manufacturing planning
• Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA)
• Testing against a design specification
• Functional product testing
• User testing and feedback
• Evaluation and identification of improvements
• Links to GCSE NEA skills throughout
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The pack includes step-by-step practical guidance, visual examples, student activities, progress checks and evaluation resources, making it suitable for projecting during lessons, printing as individual worksheets or incorporating into student booklets.

Perfect for: Year 10 GCSE D&T / Product Design, Resistant Materials-focused projects, NEA preparation, practical skills development and departments looking for a complete ready-to-use design-and-make project.

Format: Digital PDF resource in landscape orientation.

Delivery: Instant digital download

Please note: This is a digital teaching resource. No physical product will be shipped.