One Planet Packaging
These materials, from Waste Watch (part of Keep Britain Tidy), have been developed to make explicit links between sustainability and packaging for students following GCSE level design and technology courses. The scheme of learning includes suggested activities for five active learning sessions, supported by the learning resources,…
Designing for CAD/CAM 2
In this Teachers TV video, design and technology trouble-shooter Steve Stott has devised some innovative ideas to help students design for CAD/CAM. Steve is trying out a new scheme of work at John Kelly Technology College in Brent, where over a third of students speak English as a second language. Students here can be challenging…
Designing for CAD/CAM 1
This Teachers TV video follows Steve Scott, a local authority design and technology advisor, as he works with staff and students in a school in Barking and Dagenham. Steve believes that although CAD/CAM has revolutionised classroom teaching, it can sometimes lead to traditional design skills being ignored. He has helped to pioneer…
Design and Technology
This Teachers TV programme shows a complete lesson, uninterrupted and unedited with the intention of developing classroom observation skills. At the beginning of the film, the teacher gives a brief overview of the class and objectives for that lesson and afterwards, reflects on how she felt the session went. In the lesson, Year Eight…
Designing Your Own Prom Dress
In this Teachers TV video, secondary design and technology students with a passion for fashion, textiles and design make their own prom dresses as part of a vocational project at Key Stage Four. Helped by award-winning fashion designer, Seema Izaiah, the Year Eleven students from Holywells High School in Ipswich are given a unique…
Robot Challenge
In this Teachers TV video, a team of two schools from Yorkshire, design build and test a robot before travelling to America to take part in a competition against hundreds of other schools. The robot, made from a kit of 150 parts common to all teams, must be capable of competing in a basketball type game and the stakes are high. An…
Drawing
Produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), these images are useful for adding to documents, presentations or for use with an interactive whiteboard. Mainly simple line drawings, they can be cut and pasted into documents and image processing applications. The images in this resource are related to the topic of technical…
Mechanisms 14 to 16
Produced by the Technology Enhancement programme (TEP), these materials help students to understand and design mechanisms. They are described as having moving parts such as levers, gears and linkages in which the input action causes an output that might be very different. Early mechanisms were purely mechanical but they may now also…
Crash Site Investigation
Produced by Innovate Educate and Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire, these materials challenge students to investigate the evidence from the crash site of Lancaster bomber PD259. This activity should be treated sensitively. Whilst it looks at an incident that happened over 60 years ago, it should be remembered that lives were lost during…
Fighting Crime Through More Effective Design
This case study, from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), examines the impact of grant awarded to the Design Against Crime Research Centre at the University of the Arts, London. The Centre works on solutions to reduce criminal activity through the effective design of places, products, communications and services. The…
Sustainable Design: What Is the Role of a Designer?
In this resource from Practical Action, a presentation and linked activities provide design and technology teachers with opportunities to highlight the different values and beliefs that designers may hold. Students can engage in exploring their own values about the responsibilities of designers and companies too. The powerpoint…
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Technical Bulletins
These Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP) technical bulletins provide quick and accessible guidance for teachers on how to get the most from equipment and techniques in a learning environment. The subjects covered include: PODs Thermoforming Describes how rigid foam PVC sheet and clear acrylic sheet can give outstanding results…
Structures 14 to 16
This book, produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), helps students to consider the design of man-made structures. Data, mathematics, computer modelling and actual scale models are all used in deciding if a structure's final design will work. The book looks at structural principles and applies them to designing…
Energy
These materials, produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), are a design and make project investigating the micro-climate of a school's grounds to decide the best location for a solar panel or wind generator. Students are required to undertake the following tasks: • Use instrumentation • Design and…
It's a Material World
A Catalyst article about working in materials science and engineering, the process of deciding which material is best for each application. The structure of materials, processing them and working in jobs and careers with them are explained. This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2007, Volume 17, Issue 3. Catalyst…
Wider Implications of Shopping
Produced by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) this activity aims to encourage students to consider the wider environmental, social and economic implications of shopping. It can be conducted in small groups as an introduction to sustainability.
Build a Rocket Car
In this activity, from BLOODHOUND SSC, students build a model rocket car and explore the effect of drag on its performance. Maths, science and technology departments could all be involved. The design and build could be followed by timing and analysis experiments. Model rocket motors are the ideal way to propel model cars across…
Textiles
A Nuffield Design Hexagon task focusing on a range of textile products.The resource aims to extend understanding of how to evaluate a design by thinking how it affects people and whether it performs as expected. This resource contains a number of activities for each side of the design hexagon (student pages and resource tasks). In…
Product Design (Resistant Materials)
A Nuffield design hexagon task focusing on product design (using resistant materials). Aiming to extend understanding of how to evaluate a design by thinking how it affects people and whether it performs as expected. This resource contains a number of activities for each side of the design hexagon (student pages and resource tasks). In…
Graphics Products
A Nuffield design hexagon task focusing on a range of graphics products. The resource aims to extend understanding of how to evaluate a design by thinking how it affects people and whether it performs as expected. This resource contains a number of activities for each side of the design hexagon (student pages and resource tasks). In…
Food Technology
A Nuffield design hexagon task focusing on food technology. The resource aims to extend understanding of how to evaluate a design by thinking how it affects people and whether it performs as expected. This resource contains a number of activities for each side of the design hexagon (student pages and resource tasks). In addition: •…
Electronic Products
A Nuffield Design Hexagon task focusing on a range of electronic products. The resource aims to extend understanding of how to evaluate a design by thinking how it affects people and whether it performs as expected. This resource contains a number of activities for each side of the design hexagon (student pages and resource tasks). In…
Key Stage Four Textiles Resource Tasks
A set of Key Stage Four Nuffield Foundation resource tasks focusing on textiles. Resource tasks are short, practical focused, activities designed to teach the resources for capability in a way which should intrigue and amuse students.
Key Stage Four Food Technology Resource Tasks
A set of Key Stage Four Nuffield Foundation resource tasks focusing on food technology. Resource tasks are short, practical focused, activities designed to teach the resources for capability in a way which should intrigue and amuse students.
Key Stage 4 Textiles Chooser Charts
A set of Key Stage Four Nuffield Foundation chooser charts focusing on textiles. Chooser charts help students make decisions about approaches to take for strategy and communication. The chooser charts are particularly useful when students are tackling open-ended projects, such as capability tasks.
Key Stage 4 Product Design Chooser Charts
A set of Key Stage Four Nuffield Foundation chooser charts focusing on product design. Chooser charts help students make decisions about approaches to take for strategy and communication. The chooser charts are particularly useful when students are tackling open-ended projects, such as capability tasks.
Key Stage Four Food Technology Chooser Charts
A set of Key Stage Four Nuffield Foundation chooser charts focusing on food technology. Chooser charts help students make decisions about approaches to take for strategy and communication. The chooser charts are particularly useful when students are tackling open-ended projects, such as capability tasks.
Key Stage Four Textiles Capability Tasks
A set of Key Stage Four Nuffield Foundation capability tasks focusing on the design, making and evaluation of textile products. For students to develop and reveal their capability longer more open tasks requiring designing, making and evaluating are necessary. Sometimes these activities are referred to as projects, or design and…
Key Stage Four Product Design Capability Tasks
A set of Key Stage Four Nuffield Foundation capability tasks focusing on product design. For students to develop and reveal their capability longer more open tasks requiring designing, making and evaluating are necessary. Sometimes these activities are referred to as projects, or design and making assignments.
Key Stage Four Graphics Products Capability Tasks
A set of Key Stage Four Nuffield Foundation capability tasks focusing on the design, making and evaluation of graphics products. Each PDF contains two capability tasks. For students to develop and reveal their capability longer more open tasks requiring designing, making and evaluating are necessary. Sometimes these activities…
Key Stage Four Food Technology Capability Tasks
A set of Key Stage Four Nuffield Foundation capability tasks focusing on design, making and evaluation in food technology. For students to develop and reveal their capability longer more open tasks requiring designing, making and evaluating are necessary. Sometimes these activities are referred to as projects, or design and making…
Key Stage Four Electronic Products Capability Tasks
A set of Key Stage Four Nuffield Foundation capability tasks focusing on the design, making and evaluation of electronic products. For students to develop and reveal their capability longer more open tasks requiring designing, making and evaluating are necessary. Sometimes these activities are referred to as projects, or design…
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