Design & Technology Graduate Award

Design & Technology Graduate Award

This part of the website contains the syllabus for the Bricknell Primary School Design & Technology Graduate Award.

You will need to study all the information presented here.

Staff will help you develop the study skills you need in order to memorise, retain and recall this information.

Once you are confident you can recall this syllabus tell your teacher and they will give you your undergraduate test.

Once you have passed you will receive a badge and be known as a BPS Design & Technology Graduate!

Design & Technology Graduate Award

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Design & Technology

The Space Race
Design & Technology

Dr Wernher von Braun
Design & Technology

The Saturn V Rocket
Design & Technology

Trip to the Moon

Design & Technology

The Space Race

Between 1957 and 1969 the Soviet Union (now known as Russia) and the United States of America (USA) competed to see who could explore space most effectively and with the best technology. This was known as The Space Race.

The President of the USA, John F Kennedy, responded to this by beginning The Apollo Program.

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Design & Technology

Dr Wernher von Braun

The Saturn V rocket was designed by Dr Wernher von Braun. It was built under his direction when he worked for NASA.

  • Born: 23rd March 1912, Germany.
  • Died: 16th June 1977, USA.
  • Career: Dr Wernher von Braun was a German engineer and scientist. He worked for the Germans during World War II (1939-1945). After the war he went to the USA to work for the US Army and then for NASA.
  • Dr Wernher von Braun is considered by some to be the most important rocket engineer of the 20th

“I have learned to use the word impossible with great caution.” – Dr Wernher von Braun

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Design & Technology

The Saturn V Rocket

The Saturn V was a type of rocket – the largest, most powerful rocket ever built.  It was, in fact, three rockets in one.

The Saturn V was a crucial part of the Apollo project – a mission to send humans into space.

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Design & Technology

Trip to the Moon

On July 16th1969, millions of people around the world watched the launch of Apollo 11 from the Saturn V rocket on television.

It was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in the USA, carrying three astronauts called Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.

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Learning resources

Example Questions

  • How tall was the Saturn V rocket?

  • What was The Space Race?

  • Which American President began the Apollo Program?

  • Who designed the Saturn V rocket?

  • Why did the first stage of the Saturn V rocket need five engines?

  • Name the three modules of the Apollo spacecraft.

  • On what date was the Apollo 11 mission launched?

  • Name the three astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission.

  • What were Armstrong’s words as he first walked on the Moon?

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Pupils who wish to become Graduates in the available study topics can elect to study at home and in school during their own time, taking the Graduate Test when they know they are ready.

Upon graduation, they will receive a badge which they can wear on their school uniform with pride.

This will further demonstrate to their peers, parents, visitors and the wider community just how dedicated they are to their studies.