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Food Late KS3 Y9 Design and Make Event Food, D&T Key ResourcesFood Late KS3 – Design and MakeEvent Food – 6 hoursFirst published 2015; updated 2016 Investigating the breadth and variety of food served at festivals and events. Students determine what needs to be considered when considering food provision, including preparing suitable dishes and considering environmental issues. Key learning: Determining what the consumer wants and needs from food at a festival/ event Working out costs and profitability Environmental considerations of serving food and minimising waste...
Food Mid KS3 Y8 Design and Make - Design and make your school lunch, D&T Key ResourcesFood Mid KS3 – Design and MakeDesign and make your school lunch – 8 hoursFirst published 2015; updated 2016 Working within national constraints of the School Food Standards students will design an appropriate main meal for school lunches. They will know how to plan, prepare, adapt and cook a suitable meal for a given need, understanding the requirements for it to be nutritious and healthy. Practical sessions include adapting, preparing
Food Early KS3Y7 Design and Make - Design for Health, D&T Key ResourcesFood Early KS3 – Design and Make Design for health – 5 hoursFirst published 2015; updated 2016 Producing a healthier meal aimed at teenagers. In this students investigate factors affecting food choices before designing and making a meal suitable for a teenager. They consider factors such as the importance of a balanced diet, cost, availability, cultural and religious practices and health concerns. Practical lessons include making a stir fry, a curry and kofta before working independently on their final choice...
Wheels - working with wheels and axles, Age 9-11 yearsFirst published 2011 This comprehensive resource comes in two PowerPoint presentations, in Teachers and Children's versions. It follows a step by step approach to creating moving vehicles involving fixed and moving axles and wheels. Axles are also used for winding up, windmills and water wheels etc and this should be seen as examples, allowing children to develop their own ideas and designs after following the ideas within these examples. Different ways of attaching wheels and axles are covered...
Joining and fastening fabrics - PowerPoints YR1/2, 5-7 yearsFirst published 2011 A set of PowerPoint presentations and a classroom display poster which show a range of simple joining and fastening techniques with fabrics. The presentations cover tools and equipment for sewing, choosing fabrics, and different stitching and other methods of joining fabrics together. This is suitable for teaching at Key Stage 1 and the presentations come in teachers’ and children’s versions. The teachers’ version contains tips for teacher and plenty of colourful slides with prompt questions
Gears and Pulleys, Ages 7-11 yearsFirst published 2012; fully updated 2019 A set of two PowerPoint presentations and teacher guidance to help develop children’s understanding of how to use gears and pulleys at upper Key Stage 2; the resource might also be useful for some younger children. The PowerPoints introduce technical vocabulary and explain all the key principles involved including outlining the equipment needed for related focused practical tasks. The slides can be printed out and used to support the classroom display and...
Putting the Communications in Electronics and Communications Technology, Age 11-14 yearsFirst published 2012 This project offers a basic introduction to wireless communications technology, using infra-red as a starting point. Infra-red is relatively simple, components are cheap and it enables students to understand some of the basic principles of how wireless control works. Communications Technology is now a huge industry worldwide and a vast range and variety of electronic products are now developed with a view to enabling better, faster and wider communications between people across the...
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...
Units not projects - A learning-first approach to D&T, This 'Units not projects' course is aimed at teachers and subject leaders of design & technology to implement an effective curriculum structure that focuses on the learning needs of the students. This learning led approach can be carefully structured through strategically designed units of work rather than squeezing subject theory around a design and make project.The structure of this course has been planned with reflective and thought-provoking questions. We do advise that you complete this course at your own pace with breaks between...
William Farr School Wins Sustainable Design Competition!, We are thrilled to announce the winner of our exciting competition, held in collaboration with The Sustainable Design Studio! After receiving an array of impressive entries from talented Key Stage 3 and 4 students across the country, the judging panel has selected a Year 11 student from William Farr School, submitted by their teacher Neil Wright, as the overall winner. The competition, which was open exclusively to D&T Association members, challenged students to showcase their creativity and innovation while incorporating...
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