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Moving pictures, Year 1 Age 5-6 years Fully updated 2021 Moving pictures are popular with children and by making simple sliders and levers children will gain an understanding of the mechanisms that make things move. This encourages children to recognise and learn about different types of movement through investigating mechanisms in everyday objects and designing and making a moving model to illustrate a story or as a card or display. Children develop their designing skills through trying out ideas with materials to make a mock up before developing and drawing...
Three Bears Picnic Blanket - Early Years Textiles, Age 3-5 yearsFirst published 2008 In this project children explore how fabrics can be joined together to make a picnic blanket of their own for a teddy bears’ picnic. It starts from the traditional story but introduces a twist as Goldilocks revisits the three bears’ house and they become friends. The story is included on a Word file for teachers to use or adapt to make their own. Activities include investigating different fabrics and thinking about their properties; where textiles come from, starting from the raw materials and showing...
Member only Tasks and Activities, Focused Tasks FTs are where students are taught specific technical knowledge, designing skills and making skills. This may be a quick whole-class making activity, learning a new CAD programme, exploring polymers, or much more. Designing Nets - this Focused Task explores creating a net for a takeaway style recipe box. Digital Design with AI - this Focused Task looks at how to design a simple net for a takeaway style recipe box. Investigative Evaluative Activities IEAs are where students learn from a range...
Member only Tasks and Activities, Focused Tasks FTs are where students are taught specific technical knowledge, designing skills and making skills. This may be a quick whole-class-making activity, learning a new CAD programme, exploring polymers, or much more. CAD Screw threads - this FT will go into how to make a screw thread in CAD and 3D print them. Investigative Evaluative Activities - Coming Soon IEAs are where students learn from a range of existing products and find out about D&T in the wider world. This may be aspects such as...
Scalextric4Schools: A Day of Innovation and Racing at Silverstone, We had the opportunity to attend the Scalextric4Schools competition in June held at the iconic Silverstone Museum. Over 500 schools participate annually, many incorporating the competition into their curriculums. Students aged 11 to 18 have been designing, manufacturing, testing, and refining their slot cars with ten teams making it to the finals. The teams had the opportunity to race their cars on a landscaped Scalextric layout and presenting to a panel of judges on how they designed, manufactured, and tested their cars. The event was a fantastic...
Our school wants to get to grips with the new curriculum – where should we start?, There is a wide range of guidance developed by the D&T Association to help primary schools implement the new requirements. The resources available through the Association’s website provide a coherent package of advice and support that should enable any primary school in England to get the new curriculum up and running. The simplest way to find out about these materials, and to get up and running with the new curriculum, is to watch three 5 minute D&TTV videos on National Curriculum...
Structures: Whose Home?, Structures: Whose Home? 5-7 YearsStructuresFirst published 2019 Children are often happy to talk about their homes and families and this resource gives them the opportunity to use this knowledge and experience in a practical way. Making model homes will enable them to develop and use basic constructional skills using sheet and reclaimed materials to make freestanding structures stronger, stiffer and more stable, together with appropriate joining techniques. Using construction kit materials will help their understanding of strength and stability in structures. They should also consider the user and purpose for...
UK Space Agency Resources, Inspiring the next generation: design and technology in spaceThe space industry provides young people with an inspiring context for developing skills and for thinking about future roles and careers. This set of resources offers schools information and activities to inspire young people aged 11-16 and to understand the roles and impact of the space industry, increasing their awareness of and interest in the sector. The resources are structured around Satellite Launch Systems and the James Webb Space Telescope, and include activities and information for pupils at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4,...
STEM Careers resources Graphic Designer, Age 11-14 years This unit raises awareness of career opportunities in Graphic Design. It provides an opportunity for pupils to explore a typical career path, gives an insight into the diverse nature of Graphic Design and has a rapid response creative designing activity working to a tight deadline. There are teacher notes and worksheets while the PowerPoint presentation introduces a graphic designer, giving his background and experience and examples of graphic design. The resource also includes information about careers and links to a number of websites and further useful resources. ...
Research Pack, Special Offer! Research Pack This set of three publications, published in association with Loughborough University, contains papers from key thinkers on ideas and approaches toward theory about design and design education and guide potential researchers by de-mystifying academic study and research in an accessible and engaging way. They are essential reading for anyone who would like to help place D&T in a wider context and for those considering higher degrees. Titles: Design and Democracy Designerly Activity and Higher Degrees A Framework for Design and Design Education...
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