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Sustainability in product design, Sustainability in product design First Published 2018Ages 14-18 This item is a download Awareness of the issues around sustainable design has increased markedly in recent years and building sustainability into products is now recognised as essential. To fully understand the issues and approaches designers need to be aware of the impacts of design and manufacture and change their thinking and approaches to ensure products are viable in terms of minimising negative effects. This free resource, developed with the support of SolidWorks, offers a wide-ranging look at sustainability
Design and technology is about providing opportunities for students to develop their capability, combining their designing and making skills with knowledge and understanding in order to create quality products., For Education
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. Digital Sketching - using an iPad or digital stylus, see how to create sketches digitally, using a musical instrument as an example, and how to use a compositing technique. Digital Media Player - for this FT we will be accurately measuring and drawing out the parts for a digital music player.
Inspiring innovation – intellectual property in design, The Association has been working with the Intellectual Property Office to develop this set of free resources helping teachers and students to understand the implications of IP in product design. The resources consist of five PowerPoint classroom teaching presentations and associated materials that schools can use and adapt, in which the students develop their ideas and realise the importance of securing the intellectual property. These can be used as a kit to allow schools to deliver this in a ‘business day’ in which students’...
Designing 98 pdf copy, Designing 98Summer 2014Designing magazine is a showcase for excellence in design across all phases of education, from primary schools to universities, and in commercial and industrial design. Its regular features include interviews with top designers in product design, architecture, engineering, fashion design, food, etc and includes examples of the best work taking place in schools in the UK and across the world. Designing is an inspiration to all budding designers, as well as being informative and challenging in the ideas it includes. Editorial and...
Les Porter, Les was teacher-trained at Shoreditch Teacher Training College and started his teaching career in 1966 as a CDT teacher at Heathside School in Weybridge. After a number of appointments in Surrey, in 1974 he was appointed as Head of the D&T faculty at Sandhurst School in Berkshire. Over the next 25 years he taught in a number of schools in Surrey and Berkshire. During his time with Berkshire he was seconded as part of the LEA advisory team and also undertook an MA in D&T Education. In 1991...
Design and Technology GCSE , The new single title Design and Technology GCSE is a significant milestone in the history of the subject. It is important that Design and Technology teachers fully embrace the spirit of the reform and develop their department’s ability to provide a positive and enhanced experience for their students. We will provide new information and support for teachers as soon as it becomes available Take a look at all the specifications from all the Awarding Organisations OCR D&T GCSE specification AQA D&T...
GCSE Key Resources: Designing in Contexts classroom teaching resource, Designing in Contexts classroom teaching resource Ages 14-16First published 2017 This D&T GCSE Key Resource is based on five separate classroom activities that can be delivered consecutively or as separate lessons, where appropriate. The topics for each activity are: Designing in context Exploring the situation Identify the needs and wants of people 1 & 2 Develop design ideas to meet users’ needs and wants Evaluate existing products It includes a PowerPoint presentation that can be adapted to suit your...
Quick Step: Designing your new D&T Dept, This handy guide helps you if you are fortunate enough to have a new department or facilities, to ensure that you get what is best for you and students. It offers advice on how to gain funding, steer the planning and design, costs and functions of your new department, and includes H&S information, sources of advice and information and how to deal with architects and the building trade. The guide looks at the vision for D&T and what it will be like in the coming years, considering...
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