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Manufacturing Vocabulary, This vocabulary is adapted from one published by Propel PLM and they have kindly given permission for the Association to pass it on in an easy to use format for students.The pdf file contains links to descriptions of over 80 terms used in manufacturing that will help students gain an understanding of the processes and usage in manufacturing settings.
Bring Learning to Life with a School Trip to the British Motor Museum, The British Motor Museum offers an unforgettable educational experience for both primary and secondary pupils. With a range of engaging workshops and the opportunity for self-led exploration, school trips to the Museum provide a unique way to enhance classroom learning. Interactive Workshops The Museum’s expert-led workshops cover a wide array of subjects, including STEM, history, PSHE, art & design, and more. These hands-on sessions encourage pupils to engage with topics in a practical and exciting way, helping to bring...
Mechanisms with a message, Age 9-11 YearsFully updated 2020 In this project children learn to make a moving message operated by a cam mechanism. The choice of message depends upon the children identifying a user and purpose but it might be linked to other school learning or issues such as healthy eating or keeping the school tidy. They explore different types of movement through investigating mechanisms and learn to construct flat cam mechanisms with lever and slider followers. They learn how a simple cam can be used with a lever or a slider to control movement, and develop...
Alarming vehicles YR 4/5/6, Years 4, 5 & 6Age 8-11First published 2007; fully revised 2019 This unit of work encourages children to develop their understanding of electrical systems through exploring ways of protecting vehicles using electrical alarms. It contains a PowerPoint presentation, teacher notes and pupil worksheets. The unit can be taught in Year 4 following from Project on a Page Simple Circuits and Switches and Simple Programming and Control, but to maximise the learning it could be delivered during Years 5/6, thus enabling the use of more complicated parallel circuits and a fuller range and...
Pneumatic systems - Make a Mascot, Pneumatic systems - Make a Mascot Years 3/4Age 7-9 yearsFirst published 2012 In this project children use pneumatics to design and make a mascot suitable for an opening celebration of an event such as a school-based version of the Olympics. They research a range of countries represented at the event and develop ideas that reflect the diversity of each country’s identity. The children explore the nature of pneumatic systems and how these can be incorporated into a design for a mascot, which they then make and evaluate. ...
TenX Thinking, Design over the years has tended to move in small, comfortable steps. Motor vehicle design for example began by firstly emulating carriages using spoked, wooden wheels and ‘coach-built’ bodies, then gradually moving towards more streamlined and sleeker-looking designs through many stages. True there have been maverick examples too advanced in design for their markets and customers, but we seem to be content with the evolution-not-revolution approach in design. At Google there is a new way of thinking being proposed: TenX. What this means is taking an existing problem or product and, rather than using...
Tools to Help Teachers, Primary School Membership Bundle - Including 'Projects on a Page' Save £85 over two years and receive two major resources with your membership, making it easier to deliver inspiring primary D&T This membership bundle is a one stop shop for primary schools. All the benefits of membership and the support from experts in Design & Technology. In year one you will access all the benefits of membership AND we will send you the highly acclaimed 'Projects on a Page' (POAP) scheme of planners, helping you deliver all aspects of...
Education and Engineering Leaders Discuss Future of STEM Education, Our CEO, Tony Ryan, attended a roundtable discussion at No. 10 today hosted by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) to address the pressing need to equip young people with essential skills for pursuing careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The session focused on pivotal strategies to ensure the UK's education system remains aligned with the ever-evolving STEM and Digital sectors. The meeting had representation from some of the UK's largest and most influential engineering companies. The Design and Technology Association were one of the...
Packaging – with links to Maths, Packaging – with links to MathsAge 7-9 yearsFirst published 2009 In this unit Year 3/4 children learn how containers are designed for specific purposes. They consider how the shape of the container will meet the needs of the product, which it will hold. Through it they will develop mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding when they draw and make nets of 3D shapes. They will develop their design skills when considering the shape of the container for practical and aesthetic reasons, and develop ideas by making initial designs in paper and...
Designing 98 pdf copy, Designing 98Summer 2014Designing magazine is a showcase for excellence in design across all phases of education, from primary schools to universities, and in commercial and industrial design. Its regular features include interviews with top designers in product design, architecture, engineering, fashion design, food, etc and includes examples of the best work taking place in schools in the UK and across the world. Designing is an inspiration to all budding designers, as well as being informative and challenging in the ideas it includes. Editorial and contentsSupport for D&T Grain ChainNewsDepartment profile Twynham...
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