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Washing Machine Project, 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. Fold Up Airer - This Focused Task allows for the exploration of a range of elements including knowledge and exploration of mechanical systems such as linkages as well as potential CAD use, modelling and testing. Making Pegs - This Focused Task focuses on using CAD software to create pegs for washing lines. This can...
Building Services Engineering, These resources have been developed with the support of CIBSE Patrons at the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, to to help students understand roles and career paths into the industry. They include video case studies of five engineers with different roles, an introductory video, background information, and a series of PowerPoint based challenges for late Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 pupils in which they develop solutions in related areas. In these the five engineers are presented as cartoon characters, each offering a challenge to: • turn a playing field shelter...
Inspired by Industry Bang Creations, Inspired by Industry: Bang Creations This practical challenge focuses on creating functional desk organisers with modern applications. Students can design items like pen pots, dual-purpose holders for phones or glasses, or multi-functional workspace tools. The project is flexible, offering opportunities to use various materials and methods, including CAD, 3D printing, and traditional craftsmanship, to develop tailored solutions for a tidy and efficient workspace. Log in or join the Association and add this to your basket. This classroom resource is free so there will be no payment...
How to breakdown a context and get started with 'Inspired by Industry', Watch our video below to find out how to break down a context from our ‘Inspired by Industry’ KS3 Contexts. ‘Inspired by Industry’ is a set of design contexts to address the ever-changing needs of the design and technology curriculum. Supporting students with an approach familiar at Key Stage 4, students have a level of autonomy, tackling a real-world design context provided by an industry partner of the Design & Technology Association. The contexts are authentic to the companies providing...
All About Food pack of six, All About Food pack of six Key Stage 4First Published 2015 A set of six pdf resources looking at the history, types, sources and ways of cooking a range of foods, including recipes. All About VegetablesThis looks at the wide range of vegetables that are available and how they are used in cooking. It covers definitions, history and consuming vegetables, storage and preparation as well as how to grow and keep different vegetables and problems you may encounter. Eight recipes are...
Get Your Free Context Pack to Bring Real-World Design Challenges into the Classroom, KI and The Furniture Makers Company – Minimising Parts Take your students beyond the classroom with our free "Inspired by Industry" contexts. Designed to help secondary students connect their learning to real-world industry challenges, this context focuses on KI and The Furniture Makers' Company and the critical concept of minimising parts in design. Download your FREE KI and The Furniture Makers' Company context pack today, which includes: KI Furniture Makers Company Context – A practical, real-world...
Different Designs 2, Different Designs 2Age 11-16 yearsFirst released 2017 4x4 product analysis and design sheets are widely used in schools, particularly at KS3, to help stimulate ideas amongst students in product design. Initial ideas or existing products are included as the start point and the sheets passed to other students to make suggestions and improvements to the design in the four boxes available, from different perspectives. The sheets are then returned to the original student to consider the ideas. This pdf contains twelve 4x4 planning sheets inspired by ‘Chindogu’ in which...
CEO of STEMazing, Alex Knight, In this latest podcast, we are in conversation with Alex Knight, award-winning founder and CEO of the amazing STEMazing initiative. The best way to introduce you to STEMazing's mission and work is to take this quote directly from their website: "STEMAZING is a Call to Action to collectively amplify the voice of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths so we can create a more diverse and inclusive STEM future". In the podcast, we track Alex's journey from school to a successful career as an engineering consultant....
Gordon Smith, Secondary teacher, with over thirty years of experience. Subjects taught: - Resistant materials, Engineering, Electronic Products, Graphic Products and Product Design A Level. Involved in Adult education for over twenty years, teaching Woodworking and Metalworking skills.
Heat transfer project, First published 2013 The Heat Transfer Project contains two activities for with cross-curricular links to Science asking Year 9 students to investigate materials that are most suitable for fast food packaging, and learn more about how a vacuum flask works. The project consists of two main activities: Hot Potatoes! A Science based activity where students make predictions, carry out an experiment, analyse results and make conclusions about which materials are most suitable for fast food packaging and apply this information to a design task. How...
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