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Pylon Flight, A free resource to allow Key Stage 4 students to learn how aircraft fly and use digital design and manufacturing tools to design, make and fly their own powered aircraft. Flight can be a challenging, technically rich and fun D&T activity. The principles of flight are well documented but will need to be interpreted for students at an appropriate level when designing, making and testing designs for aircraft. This set of resources contains detailed information on the principles of flight, propellers and measuring thrust, digital design and manufacture, gliding and powered flight....
Make the World... More sustainable, Sustainable design is fast becoming a matter of global corporate citizenship. More consumers are choosing products based on their environmental impact, forcing manufacturers to reconsider how they develop and market products. Finding solutions to the problems people have in real world situations, that are designed with sustainability in mind, are key to students' development of ideas when preparing for their GCSEs and A Levels. This set of free resources, sponsored by the ERA Foundation, includes five short videos and a presentation invites students who are preparing for...
Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, Dr Alison Hardy, In late February, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) released a research paper on the current plight of design and technology education in England, 'A spotlight on design and technology study in England'.The Design and Technology Association is proud to be one of the facilitating partners for this research alongside The IET, ERA Foundation, Foster and Partners Architects and the James Dyson Foundation. In truth, the paper does not tell us much that we did not already know or suspect of the subject's current position in English schools;...
Cultural Cushions, Cultural Cushions – Year 8. A 12–16 lesson project by Emma Gregory (Manningtree High School). Students design and make culturally inspired cushions for potential mass production. Includes scheme of work and PowerPoints.
Tools to help teachers., Convert your Individual membership to Departmental membership It is important to convert your membership to Departmental Partnership membership. Our secondary Departmental partnership has become the membership option of choice, really offering your school tremendous value, member support and really invaluable engagement for your whole team. This option is of high value to Design and Technology teachers within a department at a cost of £198. We have found that schools are often willing to pay for Departmental partnership membership for their whole department, out of school budgets and so individual members are...
Writing a scheme of learning in D&T: Putting pedagogy first, This E-Learning course aims to give specialist and non-specialist teachers of Design and Technology the confidence to write and develop student-centred schemes of learning. Course objectives: Provide a meaningful learning experience for students, based on knowledge and skills required for GCSE/A Level Design and Technology. Identify opportunities for enriching your curriculum. Include content that is suitable for your students’ needs. This course is for: Training teachers Early Career teachers...
Inspired by Industry Gola, Inspired by Industry: Gola This context introduces textiles design through a sports theme, engaging students in creating sports bags or related kit solutions. While most will design a simple bag, the brief encourages innovation and wider applications in sports like yoga or dance. The project explores fabric properties, natural vs. synthetic fibres, and material repurposing, potentially using old PE kit to align with sustainability. Discussions may include zips, clips, and buckles, with a focus on pattern creation or finishing techniques. Outcomes range from drawstring and tote bags to duffle and...
Smart Tools, Inclusive Classrooms, A recent webinar hosted by the Design & Technology Association brought together teachers and practitioners to explore how inclusive design principles can be applied meaningfully in D&T education. The webinar was led by John Walker, a teacher from Bradfield Academy in Chatham, Kent, whose hands-on experience with students of varying abilities shared his practical insight and inspiration. Members can watch the webinar for free here. Inclusive Tools for Tailored Learning John, who works in a specialist all-through SEN school, shared an impressive collection of adaptations...
STEM into Action - Spin Art, Spin ArtSTEM into Action with D&TAges 11-14First published 2016A spin art machine allows paint that is dropped on to paper to fly off, creating interesting patterns. The viscosity of the paint and the speed and positioning of the spinner are factors that can change how the patterns appear. This resource contains a PowerPoint presentation and Word document that covers the science and mathematics behind viscosity, centrifuges, centripetal and kinetic forces and how these and image manipulation can help in the design of a product. The STEM into Action D&T Key Resources...
Trustee (retired), The Comino Foundation, David Perry , 'Without hands-on learning a person is incomplete' - David Perry David started life as a comprehensive school teacher and was heavily involved in the development of radical approaches to design in general education, culminating with an MA in the field at the Royal College of Art. He became a teacher trainer at the then King Alfred's College (now Winchester University): as Head of Department leading new course designs including a dual-pathway teaching/industrial design B Ed/BA (Hons). Director of the Royal College of...
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