Introduction to smart materials when you just don’t have enough time or resources to give everyone a smart material to experiment with. Good revision lesson too. Includes: Video link introduction Key Vocubulary Smart Material animations Mini Review Scaffolding Tasks Example GCSE Questions Exit Card.

Revision lesson to cover the surface finishes and treatments that are available to enhance functional and aesthetic qualities in materials. Mini reviews Video resources Past paper questions and knowledge check tasks Handouts

Design sheets and example for block bots

An investigation lesson on vitamins including a starter, link to a great vitamin video, table for pupils to complete as a group and 6 fact sheets for pupils to investigate and get the information they need. Extension task of class discussion about vitamins and an exit card.

Introduction to ACCESS FM getting pupils to analyse a product Lesson contains Starter Hook Mini Review Class Discussion Independent Task Exit Card

A simple set of design and technology activities that could be used as emergency cover. 15 activities in total suitable for year 7 - year 10 I created these quickly as a teacher called in sick in the morning and needed some activities that students could work through independently without much instruction. They are not perfect and done in a rush but they did they job!

5 homework tasks for textiles

First lesson introduction to plastics for Memory Game Definitions Literacy Thermo forming and Thermosetting Types of plastics Properties

Covering activities, hazards, injuries and precautions when selecting and using PPE Pair tasks Mini Review Main Task Exit Question Flipped Learning Homework Meets the requirements for Unit 3 Learning Aims B or Health and safety in WJEC RM Spec

Emergency Cover Work/busy worksheets for general DT Last minute Design tasks, Question tasks, Copying tasks for when cover is required.

Revision resource or cover lesson for the 5 stages of risk assessments and why they are needed. Example of risk assessment and activities to revise learning

Btec Engineering Learning Aim B Smart Materials A powerpoint presentation that includes a starter, introduction, main activity, video links, task and plenary for this learning aim

Food lessons 1 - 3 food lessons planning evaluating and demonstrating a flapjack Stater Demonstration Mini review on demonstration sensory evaluation using star profile Mini review Planning activity Differentiated support sheets Exit card

Introduction into sustainability What is sustainability the 6R’s How to be more sustainable design activity

to ferrous and non ferrous metals helping pupils understand the terms ferrous and non ferrous. Lesson explains pure metals and alloys, the effect of moisture on ferrous and non ferrous metals and why different metals are used for similar products. Lesson includes Starter Explination of ferrous and non ferrous 2 Mini reviews Video 3 scaffolding tasks Exit card

In this lesson you will focus on the 4 main effects of an unhealthy diet. Heart Disease Diabetes Tooth Decay and Obesity This lesson follows on from the healthy eating guide, vitamins and minerals

15 pages of design tasks or emergency cover work. Design a bookend Design a pop vinyl figure Design a picture frame Design a car Design a milkshake brand Design an automata Design a mobile phone holder

4 Christmas activities for ks3 DT. Not the greatest stretching activities but I had to provide some quick cover work for a teacher for a non specialist. Might be useful to someone else too

Quick resource I created for a cover lesson for my year 8 food class. We are currently learning about staple food ingredients. Could be useful for someone.

This lesson follows on from the revision of a designer lesson in my resources. The reasonong behind the lesson is to reiterate the work of the designer but to also focus on some sketching skills and design thinking. There are 3 tasks. 1 Practicing sketching - Straight lines, Curves, Ellipses, Perspective, Coverging lines 2. Practicing shading and contering (if you are not great at product design then I suggest you use this video from you tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-UqGtsjKiU ) 3. Design a clock using sketching skills in the style of Phillipe Stark There are some visual images that you can use for inspiration as well. Not my greatest resource but could come in handy