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The Plastics Notes and Animation package contains animations of plastics processes, information about thermoplastic and thermoset plastic materials, safety rules, detailed safety notes and risk assessment exercises.
The Plastics Notes and Animations package is part of the KS3 Design and Technology and the KS4 Design and Resistant Materials Technology software packages.
The notes and animations describe:
- description of "plastic"
- the main ingredients of most plastics
- thermoplastics
- thermosets
- thermoforming:
- line bending
- vacuum forming
- commonly used materials
- plug & yoke
- expanded polystyrene (EPS)
- structural foam
- commonly used materials
- rotational moulding
- commonly used materials
- injection moulding
- commonly used materials
- gas assisted injection moulding
- injection blow moulding
- extrusion blow moulding
- commonly used materials
- inserts in plastic mouldings
- blown film
- thermosets
- resins
- hand lay-up of glass reinforced plastic (GRP)
- sprayed polyester resin and reinforcing material
- resin transfer moulding
- pultrusion process
- injection moulding
- compression moulding:
- commonly used abbreviations of the names of polymers.
The Plastics Notes and Animations package also includes:
- workshop safety rules
- workshop safety in detail
- risk assessment exercises
Learning Objectives
Students will learn:
- that plastic materials can be shaped, formed and moulded
- that polymers have special characteristics
- that the characteristics of polymers can be modified by using additives
- that thermosets are manufactured during the forming process
- that polymers are classified as thermoplastics and thermosets
- the names of common thermoplastics and thermosets
- shaping, forming and moulding processes used with thermoplastics and thermosets
- to choose an appropriate shaping, forming and moulding processes for any given plastic material.
With regard to safety, students will learn:
- safety rules
- designer's safety responsibility
- risk assessment
- safety rules and defined procedures
- hazard warnings and instructions
- safe materials
- safe storage of materials
- tool safety
- safety features on tools
- safe working practices
- safe working area
- product safety
- to write risk assessments.
This product is suitable for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students.
Plastic Notes and Animations |
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Minimum System Requirements |
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| Disk space: | 3.1MB |
| Platform: | PC. For Apple Macs, use the CD version of the software |
| Minimum screen resolution: | 800 x 600 |
| OS Compatibility: | Microsoft Windows 2000 and later |
| Browser: | Any |
| Media: | Download |
| Unzip software: | Any |
Note: Two versions in one package.
The Plastics Notes and Animation package contains two versions of the product. One version has installer software for installing the product onto a computer hard drive. The other version is a CD version. The CD version has autorun files that make it suitable for copying onto CDs. The CD version is intended for schools that have paid for a school site licence to copy the software onto CDs for pupils enrolled at their school (only) and for it to be a convenient way for teachers to take the software into classrooms with an interactive white board.
Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
The files in the CD version folder make it easy to select individual files that you may want to load into a VLE.