This A3 worksheet is a great tool for teaching students Isometric and 1 Point perspective designing, it can be used as cover, for revision or even just in lessons as a design tool.

Designing cover lesson - linked to the specific theme of the sea.

An A3 worksheet, can be done A4 but a great cover lesson with younger year groups introducing them to 3 key design movements, including a product design task inspired by. Can also be used as a fun creative lesson for KS4.

This is a 1 A4 page hour lesson task, can be used for a cover lesson or a general theory lesson. It goes trough the meaning of the 6 R’s of sustainability, with an introductory match up task, a look at these objects and analyse task, leading to a re design drawing task. It encourages, group learning and independent designing. Little to no teacher talk is needed (you could always accompany it with printed images of objects as opposed to physical ones).

i created this help sheet to support my year 10 students with their ‘mini NEA’ but realised that it can work further down the school too. It has lots of different ideas as to what sort of annotations students should be writing about their designs, i have separated them into 2 sections - the non-negotiables and the get higher marks. I have found it has worked really well with getting my lower targeted students into those top brackets. (I have also added hints and tips to support any tricky wording) This has both the original PowerPoint document and a PDF as i like to use specific fonts, which unless you have them downloaded will not work on your computer, so feel free to fiddle with it.

This biomimicry design worksheet is great for a KS3 cover lesson, it has a bronze, silver and gold assessment criteria to support all ability levels.

This is a reflection sheet for a prototyping task, I have used it for years 8, 9 and 10. The idea is that students have the images of their prototype stuck to the sheet and then critically reflect on the successes and failures, what improvements can be made/ any adaptations etc. There is a hints and tips section for any students who may struggle with writing the content.

This mat has the basics of some of the mathematics requires in technology, especially for the GCSE as 10% of the paper is maths. I think it works well with KS3 students as well to support their designing work. (1 sided)

PPT for engineering students with information about composites, GRP etc and activity for students to understand what order to complete the manufacture in. Great for KS3 and KS4.

I have created an A4 activity sheet for cover lessons in technology, there are 5 different problem solving task meaning that this can be used multiple times with the same group. It is also quite versatile and can be used across different year groups.

There are 3 Metals and 3 woods. Metals; Copper Steel Aluminium Woods; Hard Wood (oak) Soft Wood (pine) Manufactured Board (MDF) They have a started where students have to look into the uses of the different materials and then get student to explain a process relevant to the material, finally they are to complete a task asking them to explain and justify the materials different uses in specific products. I have found them great for homework, as some the kids have spent a long time drawing images for the different process section. But it could be a great revision task using textbooks as support, or an accompanying Powerpoint that you could go through as a class.

I did these light/ lamp designs in a quick attempt to help my students with their designing, both how they present their work, thinking about angles and alterations. I have also annotated one of the ideas with aspects that would support students with their GCSE NEA. My Students have found it really useful as just a resource to get hits and tips from when they are typing up their coursework, as well as thinking about how they design. The pack has 4 original design sheets with a singular theme but variations of, and 1 annotated design sheet.

During my training I created a few resources that would help out cover teachers and teachers themselves, as it can be used 5 times and cover staff only have to monitor behaviour. The resource is design to get students thinking outside the box and problem solving. It covers a lot of different topics and can be used for a range of ages. i have a PDF file and a PPT incase you wanted to edit it a bit.

Literacy Mat usually used for KS4 (can also be used for KS3 written tasks), helps with the NEA written aspect, especially helps with scaffolding for struggling/SEN students .

1 engineering lesson to do with students discussing how helicopters work, understanding the rotation of the blades, then making a successful one out of A4 paper and a paper clip. Can have fun with the testing.

A full 2 hour revision lesson (or more depending on ability) based around a focus of timber based materials and processes - GCSE Design and technology content. All answers included as well as extension worksheet that has been placed in the middle and end of the lesson to support faster workers, can also be set for HW. Questions range in marks.

A 2 hour Revision lesson, comprising of general knowledge Design and Technology questions. There are a variety of questions from multiple choice through to 6 markers. All answers are incorporated into the powerpoint. The additional worksheet can be used as an extension task or incorporated within the lesson - Depending on ability it could range from 2 to 4 hours.

This series of 6 Deliberate practise sheets, work through the main key words of the GCSE AQA Design and Technology course. I have found deliberate practise a great revision tool with my students, it gets them thinking about the term they are learning about, in different ways, to try and cement it into their memories.

A PPT to accompany a mini design challenge, marble run with instructions and initial discussions about movement and types of energy but getting students to try and understand gravitational potential energy and how it effects moving objects.

I have done a lesson on ethical food choice a few times and i think it is a key one to do with the students, some of the images are a bit graphic but i think its important. It has a video link to do with the students of chicken farming for KFC. The lessons is important in enforcing chosing the right foods, free range and red tractor. There is a starter and a plenary.