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SketchUp for Schools, This on-demand webinar explores how SketchUp for Schools can be used to support 3D design and modelling in Design and Technology. Led by members of the education team, the session provides an overview of how the platform has been developed specifically for classroom use, including how it integrates with Google and Microsoft education platforms so teachers and students can access the software using existing school accounts and devices. Examples of student work are shared throughout, showing how learners use 3D modelling
Design Icons - Mini, Mini the small car that changed everything When the Mini first hit the roads in 1959, few could have imagined the impact it would have on car design. Over sixty years later, it remains one of Britain’s most celebrated vehicles, topping lists of the greatest British cars. For teachers of design and technology, the Mini is a brilliant example of how constraints, creativity and clever engineering can combine to produce something iconic. Innovation born of necessity The...
Sustainability Series - Investigating types of pollution with JCB, The ‘Inspired by Industry’ JCB context is supported by a dedicated Investigative Evaluative Activity (IEA) unit available for members, all about the different types of pollution. This classroom resource helps students explore the causes, types and effects of pollution, while encouraging them to design practical solutions to tackle these issues. The unit covers how harmful gases such as carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), released during manufacturing processes, contribute to global warming. Students are guided to...
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...
Speaking and listening through D&T projects 3. Project structure and delivery, Speaking and listening through D&T projects 3. Project structure and deliveryAges 11-14 YearsFirst published 2014 This programme, supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, aims to improve the speaking and listening skills of Key Stage 3 students through delivery of a D&T project. For full details of the project go to the Improving speaking and listening skills through D&T projects page. This outlines the characteristics of the project and how delivery...
Butterflies in my Tummy, First published 2009The aim of this is to help children develop the skills and attitudes needed for risk taking and innovation. It blends activities that help children design more effectively with a series of SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) activities. All materials can be freely downloaded and customised for use with your class, printed out and copied for use in your school or educational establishment. The materials aim to promote innovation and risk-taking when children are designing. There are PowerPoint presentations and...
Design Engineer Construct, Content: The presentation will run through the 'Design, Engineer, Construct!' programme and introduce the SOS (Sustainable Outreach Shelter) brief. DEC is an alternative programme and qualification you may which to try with your students. In this session Daniel McDonagh will run through his experience of the programme an share various resources, inspiring your student to explore opportunities in civil engineering and construction. Learning Outcomes: Understand the structure of the DEC programme to see if it...
Dyson Airwrap™ multi-styler: innovation meets everyday design, How engineering and perseverance shaped a modern design icon Launched in 2018, the Dyson Airwrap™ multi-styler is as much a story of engineering as it is of styling. It took over six years to develop, with nearly 650 prototypes tested before the final design was achieved. The Airwrap™ uses the Coanda effect, a principle of fluid dynamics where air follows a curved surface, to style hair without relying on extreme heat. This approach reflects Dyson’s focus on solving challenges...
Inspired by Industry: Community Clothing, Inspired by Industry: Community Clothing This context has been developed to give students the opportunity to explore sustainability, materials and manufacturing within the fashion and textiles industry, using Community Clothing as the industry partner. The focus is on the challenge of designing plastic-free trainers, but the context is intentionally open so schools can adapt or extend it to suit their curriculum priorities. While the brief centres on footwear, students may choose to focus on a specific element of...
Packaging – Banish broken biscuits! Box them brilliantly!, Age 6-9 years First published 2011; fully updated 2021 In this food packaging project children design and make the packaging for a fragile food product exploring the relationship between the shape and strength of shell structures. It has strong links to maths as the children apply their mathematical understanding of 3D shapes and nets to inform their designing and making. They learn about strengthening sheet material to make a strong shell structure, used to protect home-made shortbread...
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