Assessment Type 3: Resource Study (30%) 

Students undertake one resource study comprising two parts. 

Part One: Resource Investigation 

Students investigate and analyse the functional characteristics and properties of two or more materials or components that they are considering for use in the creation of their solution. They report on how their research into and testing of the functional characteristics and properties of these materials or components will affect the student selection for use in the realisation of their solution. 

The specific features of the assessment design criteria assessed in this part are:  

• Investigation and Analysis (I1)  
• Design Development and Planning (D2). 

Part Two: Issue Exploration 

Students investigate and analyse ethical, legal, economic, and/or sustainability issues related to their solution. 

The specific features of the assessment design criteria assessed in this part are: 

• Investigation and Analysis (I2) 
• Evaluation (E1). 

The resource study should be presented in written or multimodal form. It should be up to a maximum of 2000 words if written or the equivalent in multimodal form (where 1000 words is equivalent to 6 minutes). 

The following specific features of the assessment design criteria for this subject are assessed in the resource study: 

• Investigation and Analysis (I1) (I2) 
• Design Development and Planning (D2)  
• Evaluation (E1).