Check the exam board for which you have been entered as most will give exemplar portfolio work as well as exam guidance. Of course it also useful to see the lists of the topics you are expected to have covered and these will provide a really structured way for you to undertake coursework. If your teachers have already given you guidance then take their advice rather than plunging into the depths of the whole syllabus but for those parents, teachers and students who want some additional details then use the links supplied here. Exam boards are notorious for changing their sites and if any of these links doesn’t work – apart from letting ‘Design & Technology On The Web’ know either by e-mail or through the ‘Forum’ - then please type in the exam board name along with ’GCSE Design Technology’ and the subject title – and you should find the syllabus details easily for yourself.