This single volume 3 year book offers a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the Junior Certificate Materials Technology (Wood) course for both Higher and Ordinary Level students.
The logical sequence of development in Materials Technology (Wood) includes easy-to-follow guides to wood, materials and tools as well as new technologies such as structures, mechanisms, electronics, computers and applications.
Each chapter is supported with fully-labelled diagrams and ends with a wide variety of exam-style questions. The textbook is accompanied by a free workbook. On-line solutions to the majority of the questions in the workbook are available for the teacher.
The contents of the textbook is as follows:
- Making a Start
- Wood
- Forestry
- Timber Industry
- Decay and Deterioration of Wood
- Tools
- Power Tools
- Joint Making
- Fixings and Fittings
- Other Materials
- Wood Finishing
- Shaping and Forming
- Embellishments/Ornametnation
- Structures
- Forces and Mechanisms
- Basic Electricity and Electronics
- Computers
- Designing Projects.