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STEM Careers resources Light Up the World

STEM Careers resources Light Up the World, Age 11-14 years This unit is based around the issue of providing light for people in developing countries who do not have access to mains electricity as an example of a possible career path that D&T might lead to. Light up the World, a humanitarian organisation based at the University of Calgary, is used throughout the project as an example of this type of work in action in the real world. Pupils are given a design brief and are required to investigate the context and key people, to design and manufacture a...

Heat transfer project

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 do we keep hot things hot?...

Online Zoom Course -Secondary Core Level Health & Safety (SCHS) Initial Training (PA)

Online Zoom Course -Secondary Core Level Health & Safety (SCHS) Initial Training (PA), The course will familiarise you with the D&T Association CORE Level Training Standards covering risk assessment and enable you to complete an individual D&T H&S portfolio for accreditation through completion of 10 areas. The course is suitable for both teachers and technicians, working in all material areas of the subject. The course will extend and update your knowledge and understanding of health and safety and will have a range of activities covering: · Core standards · Environmental issues · Risk Assessment ...

Secondary Core Level Health & Safety (SCHS) - Initial Training Course (GS)

Secondary Core Level Health & Safety (SCHS) - Initial Training Course (GS), This course will familiarise you with the D&T Association CORE Level Training Standards covering risk assessment and enable you to complete an individual D&T H&S portfolio for accreditation through completion of 10 areas. The course is suitable for both teachers and technicians, working in all material areas of the subject. The course will extend and update your knowledge and understanding of health and safety and will have a range of activities covering: Core standards Environmental issues Risk Assessment Legal issues surrounding delivery...

Secondary Core Level Health & Safety (SCHSR) Refresher Course (RS)

Secondary Core Level Health & Safety (SCHSR) Refresher Course (RS), This course is suitable for all colleagues who have completed the Core Level Training Standards and the personal Health and Safety portfolio and whose Design and Technology Association accreditation is now due for renewal. The course will extend and update your knowledge and understanding of health and safety and will have a range of activities, including: •Checking knowledge and understanding of H&S •Extending knowledge and understanding of H&S •Ensuring that Risk and COSHH assessments are ‘suitable and sufficient’ •Exploring environmental issues, incl. lighting, heating, dust, noise and vibration •Investigating...

Secondary Core Level Health & Safety (SCHSR) Refresher Course Training (RS)

Secondary Core Level Health & Safety (SCHSR) Refresher Course Training (RS), This course is suitable for all colleagues who have completed the Core Level Training Standards and the personal Health and Safety portfolio and whose Design and Technology Association accreditation is now due for renewal. The course will extend and update your knowledge and understanding of health and safety and will have a range of activities, including: •Checking knowledge and understanding of H&S •Extending knowledge and understanding of H&S •Ensuring that Risk and COSHH assessments are ‘suitable and sufficient’ •Exploring environmental issues, incl. lighting, heating, dust, noise and vibration...

Secondary Core Level Health & Safety (SCHS) - Initial Training (JG)

Secondary Core Level Health & Safety (SCHS) - Initial Training (JG), This course will familiarise you with the D&T Association CORE Level Training Standards covering risk assessment and enable you to complete an individual D&T H&S portfolio for accreditation through completion of 10 areas. The course is suitable for both teachers and technicians, working in all material areas of the subject. The course will extend and update your knowledge and understanding of health and safety and will have a range of activities covering: Core standards Environmental issues Risk Assessment Legal issues surrounding delivery of...

Secondary Core Level Health & Safety (SCHSR) Refresher Training (RS)

Secondary Core Level Health & Safety (SCHSR) Refresher Training (RS), This course is suitable for all colleagues who have completed the Core Level Training Standards and the personal Health and Safety portfolio and whose Design and Technology Association accreditation is now due for renewal. The course will extend and update your knowledge and understanding of health and safety and will have a range of activities, including: •Checking knowledge and understanding of H&S •Extending knowledge and understanding of H&S •Ensuring that Risk and COSHH assessments are ‘suitable and sufficient’ •Exploring environmental issues, incl. lighting, heating, dust, noise and vibration •Investigating...

Design and Technology Progression Framework

Design and Technology Progression Framework, Design and Technology Progression Framework The Progression Framework has been developed by the Design and Technology Association in collaboration with the National Curriculum Expert Group for Design and Technology. It comes in two versions here: the framework covering Key Stages 1 to 3, and a separate file: the Primary Progression Framework, covering Key Stages 1 and 2 to match the Association’s Projects on a Page scheme of work. The file includes a guidance document to help teachers understand and implement the framework and explain the progression steps for pupils’ knowledge, understanding and skills. The...

Sandwich Snacks

Sandwich Snacks, Sandwich SnacksAge 7-9 yearsFully updated 2020 With this resource children experience basic food preparation techniques and ways of combining ingredients to create simple food products for a particular purpose. It may be adapted by using an alternative context for the children’s designing and making assignment for example: snacks or pizza toppings. As well as helping children to make choices in designing and making a sandwich for a particular purpose, and an awareness of which foods are healthy, there is an emphasis on improving literacy skills amongst children with mild or severe learning difficulties. The resources include...

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