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Resourceful Mind

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Welcome to Resourceful Mind! Through my extensive experience in teaching design, engineering, graphics, food and textiles, I've developed resources that make topics easy to understand. My materials include clear visuals, simple explanations, and engaging tasks to reinforce learning and support learners.

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Welcome to Resourceful Mind! Through my extensive experience in teaching design, engineering, graphics, food and textiles, I've developed resources that make topics easy to understand. My materials include clear visuals, simple explanations, and engaging tasks to reinforce learning and support learners.
Design and Technology WJEC Airbus: looking at the work of other designers
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Design and Technology WJEC Airbus: looking at the work of other designers

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A lesson I gave to highlight the work of Airbus Covers the requirements of the WJEC Design and Technology specification 2017. Also could be used to talk about material properties and uses. Standard lesson Starter Lesson objectives Video link Mini Review Narrative slides about the Airbus A380 scaffolding for final activity Think Pair share (material properties and uses) Final task: Create an infographic on the Airbus Exit card
World Cup Quiz
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World Cup Quiz

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5 round World cup Quiz Emoji Challenge Flags Guess the year Spot the ball Bonus Questions (Editable)
Summer Holidays end of year assembly + update
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Summer Holidays end of year assembly + update

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Wellbeing and Ethos discuss your plans for the school holiday Reminding pupils to not miss opportunities Fall into the Summer holiday rut Top 10 summer holiday ruts Best things to do with your summer Some of the things to do are for Wales and might need to change for your local area I would include pictures of you enjoying summer holidays as a child and now I have added an updated version into the package
Home Based Learning Activity: Sustainability
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Home Based Learning Activity: Sustainability

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A 4 hour learning activity/project that encourages independent learning to meet set outcomes. This activity was developed as a short project based learning activity to compliment the work that the pupils do in school. There are 3 milestones for the pupils to complete using the resources provided to answer a driving question. Driving Question How can we convince people to use eco-friendly products and reduce the impact they have on the planet? Context As a consumer you buy and throw away lots of products such as phones, pens, packaging. These products not only use lots of our resources but end up in landfills and cause pollution. We should all look to reduce our impact on the environment but as designers we should also consider how products impact the environment and look for ways to reduce that impact. Complete the milestones above to investigate the impact and how it can be reduced. In the resource you will find an overview sheet and 4 suitable resource sheets to help pupils complete the desired outcomes.
DT Project Home Based Learning - Toothbrush Design
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DT Project Home Based Learning - Toothbrush Design

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This is a 10 hour project I created for pupils who are isolating or working from home during the Covid pandemic. The premis of the project is to consider how design can have a positive impact on others. Pupils are expected to complete the project through independent learning were teacher support is not available. In this project pupils will consider how they can design a product for someone with arthritis. They will look at existing products, carry out some research, create designs on paper and through tinkercad. They will model their designs using home made playdough and create a final pitch. The project is designed so that their is some guidance on what the pupils need to learn or be able to achieve, links to internet resources to help them complete tasks and upload or provide evidance. I use Google classroom to provide pupils with their own copy but you may want to adapt if pupils require paper copies.
Interactive fun powerpoint game based on classic childrens games
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Interactive fun powerpoint game based on classic childrens games

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Here is one of the powerpoints I made for our house competitions. Players can select from one of the classic children’s games and gain points by playing the game. The powerpoint is fully automated and interactive, There are various outcomes so if they do it once they could do it again for a different outcome. You can add slides and change the transition/links if you desire to make it easier or hard. Interactive games Operation Buckaroo Pop up Pirate Jenga Kerplunk Guess Who and a guess the board game quiz thrown in! This took a couple of hours to create so if you use it and find it useful please review. Thanks
Globalisation
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Globalisation

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Lesson on globalisation I made for WJEC Design and Technology but could be used for business studies or Geography. Includes Starter Introduction Discussion Video link 60 word summary Thought provoking images Mini Review Exit Card
Wood Properties and Characteristic literacy focus  lesson new vocabulary
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Wood Properties and Characteristic literacy focus lesson new vocabulary

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Pupils sometimes struggle to describe a materials properties and characteristic and justify why different materials are used for different products based on their attributes. This lesson introduces pupils to new vocabulary and deepens their thinking by offereing real situations. A mixture of activities from Think pair share Direct questioning independent learning Taboo Summary Mini reviews This covers the specification requirements for the WJEC understanding the properties of hardwoods, tropical woods and softwoods.
Interactive Wood Revision Help sheets
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Interactive Wood Revision Help sheets

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This help sheet promotes independent learning for the the topic of woods and covers a majority of the criteria from the WJEC resistant materials specification on woods. Pupils will require the following on their mobile / smart devices QR code reader the 'Aurasma' app Then revision sheet also covers common misconceptions and advice on answering exam questions that require knowledge of wood.
Introduction to extrusion
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Introduction to extrusion

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Introduction to extrusion for the lesson after introduction to injection molding. Starter Lesson objectives Video link Animated process Advantages and disadvantages Task Mini Review Exit ticket