11 page A4 student centered design and make booklet.
Although this project was developed as a graphics project primarily for cover teachers.
I have included a cutting list to make the project in wood with a range of equipment readily available from D&T specialist suppliers.
13 slide power point presentation, on the main composites covered in D&T
now includes 13 exam style revision questions and full answers
1 lesson
GRP
MDF
Reinforced concrete
Carbon fibre
Kevlar added
Wattle and Daub
Updated regularly
78 SLIDE PPT THEORY
Thorough covering of the main construction techniques for WOOD, METAL and PLASTICS.
SUITABLE for AS / A' level RMT and Product Design as well as Engineering.
Please feel free to adapt, can also be used for GCSE Design syllabuses too.
EXCELLENT RESOURCE TO DIP INTO FOR ESSENTIAL THEORY SECTIONS.
KS3 SPINNING TOY PRODUCT DESIGN PROJECT BOOKLET AND SOW
Download includes a 14 page student booklet with front cover, levels and homework and research / designing tasks. accompanied by the SOW.
15 slide ppt detailing the Social, moral and environmental issues relation the extraction / harvesting of materials (METALS PLASTICS WOOD). includes interactive sections as well as a publisher question / answer sheet relating to the ppt.
11 PAGE student centred booklet on the theme of Chinese Takeaway packaging.
Consists of front cover, analysis of the task, specification, research tasks, design tasks and 2 final self evaluation tasks.
Can also be adopted as long term cover work too, as the tasks could be introduced and explained by non subject specialists.
D&T Scales of Production
areas covered in 8 slide ppt:
one off / batch production / mass production / JIT / lean Production / continuous
product push / pull.
Also included are 2 worksheets to reinforce learning covered in the ppt.
student centered independent research activities.
stand alone design project or can be extended to produce prototype model.
12 pages of work, which could easily be used as a cover project with non specialist
teacher or supervisor. SUITABLE FOR KS3 or lower ability KS4
A 14 slide power point analysing the use of colour and its social, moral and cultural influence.
includes student centered activities aimed at KS3 - 4 and even KS5.
Examples look at use of colour in chinese culture / society, and use of colour when designing user interfaces for remote controls.
12 PAGE BOOKLET FOCUSSING ON A PRODUCT DESIGN TASK, DESIGNING AND MAKING A PEWTER PENDANT AND ASSOCIATED PACKAGING, INCLUDES FRONT COVER, ASSESSMENT, RESEARCH, PLANNING.
A 12 page project Booklet to run alongside the making of a wooden box (150X150X50), the booklet includes: front cover, research tasks, planning sheets, assessment to levels and theory sections.