1. Orthographic drawing
    1. About orthographic drawing
    2. Make your first orthographic drawings
  2. Provide for wheelchairs
    1. Stairs and a ramp
    2. Isometric drawing
    3. The plan in orthographic drawings
  3. Structures,forces and materials
    1. Forces act in different places
    2. Forces act in different ways
    3. Different materials for different purposes
  4. Mini-pat 1 a bridge to help the community
    1. Week 1
    2. Investigate granny margaret thabang's problem (60 minutes)
    3. Investigate structures to solve the problem (60 minutes)
    4. Week 2
    5. Develop rough sketches of ideas (30 minutes)
    6. Evaluate and adapt your rough sketches (30 minutes)
    7. Design brief with specifications andconstraints (30 minutes)
    8. Draw a flow chart (30 minutes)
    9. Week 3
    10. Make working drawings (60 minutes)
    11. Work out a budget (60 minutes)
    12. Week 4
    13. Discuss and practise making your model (60 minutes)
    14. Make a model of your bridge (60 minutes)
    15. Week 5
    16. Design an evaluation instrument (6 0 minutes)
    17. Evaluate your team's solution (60 minutes)
    18. Week 6
    19. Present your tender to the class (120 minutes)
  5. Structures,forces and materials
    1. Forces act in different places
    2. Forces act in different ways
    3. Different materials for different purposes
  6. Mini-pat 1 a bridge to help the community
    1. Week 1
    2. Investigate granny margaret thabang's problem (60 minutes)
    3. Investigate structures to solve the problem (60 minutes)
    4. Week 2
    5. Develop rough sketches of ideas (30 minutes)
    6. Evaluate and adapt your rough sketches (30 minutes)
    7. Design brief with specifications andconstraints (30 minutes)
    8. Draw a flow chart (30 minutes)
    9. Week 3
    10. Make working drawings (60 minutes)
    11. Work out a budget (60 minutes)
    12. Week 4
    13. Discuss and practise making your model (60 minutes)
    14. Make a model of your bridge (60 minutes)
    15. Week 5
    16. Design an evaluation instrument (6 0 minutes)
    17. Evaluate your team's solution (60 minutes)
    18. Week 6
    19. Present your tender to the class (120 minutes)
  7. Hydraulics and pneumatics
    1. Use water and air to move objects
    2. Narrow and wide syringes
    3. Change the size of forces using a hydraulic system
  8. Hydraulic machines
    1. Using pressure to get things done
    2. Calculations about hydraulic systems
    3. The hydraulic car jack
  9. Pulleys and controllers
    1. Change direction with a string or rope
    2. Different ways to use a pulley
    3. Mechanical control systems
  10. Gears
    1. Direction of rotation of spur gears
    2. Gear ratio, rotational speed and rotational force
  11. Mechanisms at home
  12. Mini-pat mechanical systems and control
    1. Week 2
    2. Design your tip truck (30 minutes)
    3. Team design meeting (30 minutes)
    4. Make your part or parts (2 × 30 min = 60 minutes)
    5. Assemble the model tip truck (2 × 30 min = 60 minutes)
    6. Presenting your project (2 × 30 min = 60 minutes)
  13. Component symbols and simple circuits
    1. Revision 1: component symbols
    2. Cells in series
    3. Cells in parallel
    4. Lamps in series
    5. Lamps in parallel
    6. Switches in series and parallel
    7. Revision 2: simple circuits
    8. Testing voltage and current in circuits
    9. Measuring voltage
    10. Measuring current
  14. Resistors and ohm's law
    1. Resistors and their identification codes
    2. Ohm's law
    3. Calculations using ohm's law
  15. Electronic components 1
    1. Switches
  16. Electronic components 2
  17. Build and draw electronic circuits
  18. Mini-pat electronic systems and control
  19. Preserving metals
    1. Painting metals
    2. Galvanising
    3. Electroplating
  20. Extending the shelf life of food
    1. Storing grain
    2. Pickling
    3. Drying and salting
  21. Plastics
    1. What are plastics, and what properties do they have?
    2. Types of plastic, recycling, and identification codes
    3. What have you learnt?
  22. Recycling and manufacturing with recycled plastic
    1. Moulding recycled plastic pellets into products
    2. Recycling plastic to make new products
    3. What have you learnt?
  23. Mini-pat: reduce, re-use and recycle - working with plastics
    1. Week 1
    2. Week 2
    3. Week 3