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Visual Language Resource Pack

Visual Language Resource Pack, Visual Language Resource Pack11-14 yearsThis pack explores the visual language of products and illustrates the visual elements and principles of design which designers use, either consciously or subconsciously. Contains pdfs of over 130 pages of vivid, inspired ideas and a 32 slide PowerPoint presentation. Developed by DMC Cornwall Learning in 2005 these have proved popular and effective tools to develop students’ design skills.This pack contains:• A PowerPoint presentation which explains the key features of both visual elements and principles of design• ...

Moving pictures

Moving pictures, Year 1 Age 5-6 years Fully updated 2021 Moving pictures are popular with children and by making simple sliders and levers children will gain an understanding of the mechanisms that make things move. This encourages children to recognise and learn about different types of movement through investigating mechanisms in everyday objects and designing and making a moving model to illustrate a story or as a card or display. Children develop their designing skills through trying out ideas with materials to make a mock up before developing and drawing a design...

Upcycling

Upcycling, First published 2012 This resource is a great way of reusing old products that would normally be thrown away and to raise students’ awareness of upcycling waste products in an innovative and enterprising way. It considers the themes of sustainability and enterprise – designing, making and marketing desirable, quality products from recycled materials. Most children at some point have made a puppet out of an old sock or a rocket or car out of an old kitchen roll, plastic milk bottle etc. The aim of this project is to...

Key events and individuals (designers, engineers and chefs in primary D&T)

Key events and individuals (designers, engineers and chefs in primary D&T), DT: What will you be? Session Content: A talk that will enable you to inspire young people to shape their own futures and change the world. Drawing on real life examples from disciplines such as engineering, architecture, food technology, textile design and computer coding, we meet some of the best thinkers and designers from the past and present. Learning Outcomes: We will also investigate what personal qualities these innovators share, how they use them to develop...

In Conversation with Sophie Harker

BAE Systems Graduate Scheme, Sophie Harker, Designed for Life podcast brought to you by The Design and Technology Association in partnership with The Edge Foundation and PTC Onshape. Listen here What happens when on a family holiday to California, you pop into the Kennedy Space Centre as a sixteen-year-old and there and then decide that you want to go to space?In Sophie Harker's case, you come back and get your head down to achieving academically what you are capable of. A love of Mathematics led to a Masters Degree course...

Brian Smith

Brian Smith, One of the three ICSAT partners and designer of all our Electronics and Programmable Components kits and support materials. Has been an Assistant Head, HOD of D&T, ICT/Computing and Physics. In 1996 the IEE awarded Brian one of the Electronics Teacher of the Year for his innovative work in Electronics. He is also designer of a number of commercial educational electronic products

Exploring the "Inspired by Industry" Member-only Resources

Exploring the "Inspired by Industry" Member-only Resources, Inspired By Industry is a set of free design contexts/challenges designed for Key Stage 3 D&T. Each focuses on a different area and is created with a real company or designer who have also tackled this or a similar problem. Each of these contexts contains a wealth of useful material including videos, worksheets, teachers’ notes. D&T Association members will also access a wealth of supporting units; focused tasks (FTs) and investigative and evaluative activities (IEAs). These editable resources are aligned to

The Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to D&T (Awarded by the D&T Association Board of Trustees)

This is award sponsored by The Institution of Engineering Technology will be presented and judged by the Design and Technology Association Board of Trustees. It should be noted that this award does not recognise 'length of service' but instead recognises the positive impact made to the subject. Winners could be at any point in their career, but those nominated will have: Made a significant and outstanding contribution to the subject area, which will probably be across several aspects, including teaching, leadership, advising, research, curriculum development, curriculum...

D&T Awards 2023

The award winners are: The Autodesk Excellence Award for Outstanding Secondary Subject Leadership Beverley Maloney, Royal Hospital School, Suffolk The Autodesk Excellence Award for Outstanding Primary Subject Leadership Tracey Hayter, Yateley Manor School, Hampshire The James Dyson Foundation Excellence Award for Outstanding D&T Teacher(s) Stuart Chatterton, Leasowes High School, West Midlands The Nook Pods Excellence Award for Inspirational Support Staff within D&T Vicki Wilkinson, Kingswood Hoe School, Essex ...

Elvie FTs and IEAs

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. CAD and 3D Printing - this Focused Task for students is to research and design their own teether, drawing inspiration from simple, colorful shapes, food, or animal motifs, to help alleviate the pain of teething toddlers. 3D Sketching - this Focused Task will cover creating a simple teething ring in...

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