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GCSE Energy Storage and Conservation, D&T GCSE Key ResourcesEnergy Storage and Conservation Ages 14-16 First published 2016Energy Storage and Conservation classroom teaching resourceThis resource is aimed at supporting teachers in delivering the Energy Generation, Storage and Conservation topic areas within the GCSE in Design and Technology. It includes a presentation that teachers can use when delivering the topic along with supporting activities to consolidate knowledge and understanding. The resource is split into three sections – Energy, Generation, Energy Storage and Energy Conservation. Each contains notes about the topic, exam style questions and a more open...
Developing handmade switches, Age 8-11 yearsFirst published 2011 A set of PowerPoint presentations and an accompanying display poster which show a range of techniques for constructing switches at Key Stage 2. Some of these techniques may also be used with younger children. The presentations come in two versions. One is aimed at teachers and can be used for training purposes or reference. The other is simplified to titles and pictures for the children to follow in class under the teacher’s instruction. You may choose to use just the relevant parts of the PowerPoint...
Sustainable power supply, First published 2013 This is to introduce Year 7 to a project which uses a sustainable power supply as an alternative to batteries, which can be harmful to the environment when disposed of. The power supply chosen is a super capacitor charged from a USB port, which represents the use of cutting edge technology to solve the problem of providing sustainable energy for a small scale electronic product. CAD/CAM is used extensively both in simulating and designing the circuit and in producing a professional, modern and commercial standard casing. The project...
Quick Step: New Head of Dept Survival Guide, This guide is aimed at new HoDs and looks at a number of things that are bound to crop up in your first year. It looks at the role and challenges you are likely to encounter, addressing such things as: leadership and management, communication, department meetings, people management, your team, planning, moving forward, supporting staff and celebrating your department. It is divided into the first term in which you will need to get to grips with budgets, planning and managing departmental meetings, as well as getting to know your team...
Quick Step: Your Dept: Is it Working?, How to conduct a review of your department and an honest assessment of how it inspires, supports and provides for students and staff; or not! Aimed at Secondary Heads of Department, this handy guide poses questions covering the ethos and values of your department and how you use the rooms and spaces to enhance appreciation of D&T by pupils, parent and colleagues. It asks about the awareness of staff of developments in D&T delivery and technologies. The book challenges whether you are a good department head in your vision
London South Bank University (LSBU) Open Evening , The recent LSBU Open Evening brought together teachers in D&T and included key figures from the sector including our CEO Tony Ryan and active participation from the Design & Technology Association team. The evening provided a first-hand look at LSBU's design and technology courses, including BSc (Hons) Engineering Product Design, BSc (Hons) Product Design, and BSc (Hons) Product Design & Developer Engineer Apprenticeship programs. These courses focus on practical skills and knowledge in their respective fields. Attendees explored LSBU's design, technology, and engineering facilities through a...
CEO of The Greenpower Education Trust, Barnabas Shelbourne, Barnabas is the CEO of The Greenpower Education Trust. This charity works with young people nationally to introduce them to using their STEM education in a very practical way to create battery-driven vehicles that then compete in regional and national heats. 🎧 Listen hereHaving experienced 'Greenpower' as a teacher, headteacher, and now as CEO of the Design & Technology Association, I was desperate to get behind the scenes with its new CEO and explore the people and passion that make Greenpower so compelling to so many students (and their parents...
2024 Wrapped Compilation, Designed for Life, Somehow, another year has passed, and it's time to look back on Designed for Life across 2024. Over the year, we released sixteen new episodes, reached over 31,000 streams, reached new audiences in Asia and America and, most importantly, got to speak with some amazing and inspiring guests. 🎧 Listen hereIn this end-of-year episode, we look back and have selected clips from a range of conversations, including fashion and textile expert Amanda Riley, AUB lecturer and modelmaker Claire Holman, Denimolite founder and designer Josh Myers, Marloe watch co-founder and...
CEO, Silverstone Technology Cluster, Pim Van Baarsen, Podcast brought to you by the Design and Technology Association in association with The Edge Foundation. Listen now! We are fortunate to be in conversation with Pim van Baarsen CEO of the Silverstone Technology Cluster, a high-tech business group situated geographically within an hours drive of the Silverstone race circuit.Pim joined the Motorsport Industry Association after completing a Master’s degree in business studies. During his time there he was presented with the AIM Young Business Person of the Year award for his efforts in helping the...
Founder WCRS, Founder Engine, Founder the Ideas Foundation, Robin Wight CBE, Podcast brought to you by The Design and Technology Association in partnership with The Edge Foundation. Listen now. Robin Wight was a co-founder of the advertising agency Wight, Collins, Rutherford, Scott (WCRS) in 1979 and was President of its parent company Engine until 2019. WCRS and Robin were responsible for some of the most memorable advertising campaigns of the 80s and 90s including campaigns for Orange telecommunications "The future is bright, the future is Orange," the 118 118 adverts that people...
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