Applied Technology for the Junior Cycle Golden Key Publications

A new version of Technology for Junior Cert called “Applied Technology for Junior Cycle” ISBN 978-19998293-2-2. It will be available from August onwards. It is a reorganisation of the existing book based on the new “Strands” in the curriculum. If you have the existing book you can still use it.

There is a new emphasis on projects but fundamentally the learning required to complete these projects is in the book.

This publication:

•    Contains up-to-date content based on examination questions.
•    Is age appropriate and visually attrractive, offering the right balance of colour, images  and text.
•    Focuses on design tasks and the application of technologies in projects.
•    Presents the content in manageable “chunks” via worked examples, “Test yourself”, activities and past exam questions for each topic.
•    Includes pleny of practice with sketching and project development, i.e. choosing and combining different materials, tools, processes, mechanisms and circuits to solve real life problems.
•    Provides plenty of practice with carrying out calculations.