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Beads and pendants - using precious metal clay

Beads and pendants - using precious metal clay, Age 14-16 yearsFirst published 2012 This resource contains two videos showing how to use precious metal clay in making jewellery. It also has a brief PowerPoint presentation introducing the concept and tasks. The teacher notes that accompany this resource give a basic explanation of PMC, its history and uses, costs and links with GCSE specifications and to other resources. The notes then outline the two video tutorials in some detail. This resource should be used alongside other designing activities in which students design and prototype using modelling...

Pneumatic systems - Make a Mascot

Pneumatic systems - Make a Mascot, Pneumatic systems - Make a Mascot Years 3/4Age 7-9 yearsFirst published 2012 In this project children use pneumatics to design and make a mascot suitable for an opening celebration of an event such as a school-based version of the Olympics. They research a range of countries represented at the event and develop ideas that reflect the diversity of each country’s identity. The children explore the nature of pneumatic systems and how these can be incorporated into a design for a mascot, which they then make and evaluate. ...

In conversation with Simon Langton Boys School

Designed for Life - Live at Simon Langton Boys School, Kent (Part 1), In this episode, we continue exploring the journey of school design and technology leaders and departments as we visit and talk with staff, students, and parents at the Simon Langton Boys Grammar School in Canterbury, Kent. ๐ŸŽง Listen here. Before anyone decides this is a story of overprivileged students enjoying an experience created by money and connections, please know this is not the case. This department has been carefully crafted from the ground up with a limited budget and now has over...

In Conversation with Nicky Lawler

Designer co-founder, Lawler Duffy Shoes, Nicky Lawler, Designed for Life podcast brought to you by The Design and Technology Association in partnership with The Edge Foundation. Listen Now Nicola Lawler has been designing shoes for over 20 years. The London born and based designer co-founded Lawler Duffy Shoes with Lori Duffy, while still at Cordwainers College and began her career by creating shoes for Joe Casely- Hayford. She has collaborated with many designers including Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan and Katharine Hamnett. Having consulted for a diverse portfolio of clients from Louis Vuitton...

Live at Arts University Bournemouth

Designed for Life - Live at Arts University Bournemouth, In this episode, we take the podcast on the road to Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) and talk with YouTube stalwarts Brothers Make, Louise Dennis, Curator at MoDiP (Museum of Design in Plastics) and Will Strange, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader (Sustainable Design) at AUB. The podcast was recorded on February 5th in the main lecture theatre at the university with an audience comprising AUB students and lecturers and students and their D&T teacher from a local school. ๐ŸŽง Listen here In this episode, we...

In Conversation with Dick Powell

Joint Founder of SeymourPowell, Dick Powell, Designed for Life podcast brought to you by The Design and Technology Association in partnership with The Edge Foundation and PTC Onshape. Listen here For many of you tuning in to this episode, Richard Seymour and Dick Powell will need no introduction. For those of you who have not come across their work...you are in for a treat! As you will hear in this podcast, both partners brought (and continue to bring) very different skillsets to the business, advertising designer Richard Seymour and industrial...

Ben Goakes

Ben Goakes, I am a Registered Design and Technology Association Health and Safety Consultant (RDTHSC), fully qualified and registered to conduct CPD and Compulsory Training Courses for Teachers and Heads of Departments, in accordance with BS4163:2021 standards. Whether it's Refresher and Compliance Training for a highly experienced staff member or working with a teacher who is just starting their DT career, I can assist. Early Career Teachers or those transferring from other disciplines may benefit from a run through of all your projects at KS3 and this can be added on to any Compulsory Training that they...

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Membership of the Design & Technology Association, Deliver excellent Design & Technology education in your secondary school, using our expert content Save time and deliver with confidence even if you are not a subject expert. We provide knowledge, tools and information to make it easy for you Access resources and training to support the development of your curriculum, in line with the National Curriculum Be ready to demonstrate excellence if called on in an Ofsted inspection Teachers Tell us they... Lack of...

Skills Gap Resources โ€“ Industrial flowline production

Skills Gap Resources โ€“ Industrial flowline production, Skills Gap Resources – Industrial flowline production Ages: 11-14 yearsFirst published 2015 This is an industrial-referenced project enabling students to understand how to apply a flowline production process in manufacturing. These teaching resources were created from the pilot project delivered to Y10 BTEC Engineering students at Ysgol Clywedog and supported by Airbus but are readily adaptable to suit KS3 and other year groups. This project focuses upon production processes used in industry and particularly the Airbus flowline production. It provides the students with a practical approach to two...

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