Guidelines and activities to present a unit on bridges in years 3-6. In years 3 and 4 the work includes designing and building a bridge to cross a river. Progression is assured in years 5 and 6 by asking the pupils to design a bridge that can open and close and/or can be lit up.

PowerPoint presentation ‘Making a Puppet’, with accompanying teachers’ notes and worksheets

PowerPoint presentation ‘Moving Vehicle’, with accompanying teachers’ notes and worksheets

Pupils without any previous learning in the subject are introduced to basic electronics. Pupils are taught the skills required to make simple electronic circuitry and will engage in the design of a complete electronic product for a target customer group. Skills such as soldering, circuit assembly, circuit design and component choice are introduced.

PowerPoint presentation 'Board Game: Structure and Graphics&', with accompanying teachers&'; notes and worksheets

This lesson contains activities designed to illustrate to pupils the main features of wheels and axles and how to make a simple vehicle. The first activity shows the effects of placing axles off centre. The second shows how two axles and a chassis can make a moving vehicle.

PowerPoint presentation ‘Making a Puppet’, with accompanying teachers’ notes and worksheets.

An interactive resource that promotes healthy eating whilst encouraging pupils to consider where the food comes from and its effect on communities and the planet. Pupils use a simple database to compare and select fruits for their fruit salad before finding out how much of a carbon impact their salad has on the planet. Pupils are also given the opportunity to debate the positive and negative impacts of a global market and look at case studies of farmers around the World. This resource includes the ESDGC themes of Health, Choices and Decisions and Wealth and Poverty.

This interactive activity allows pupils to investigate simple circuits by dragging circuit components into place to make a working circuit. The activities form an introduction to practical work exploring circuits. Pupils have the opportunity to experiment with switches to control components in order to find out that a circuit will not work if there is a break in it.

PowerPoint presentation ‘Making a Swing’, with accompanying teachers’ notes and worksheets

PowerPoint presentation ‘Moving Vehicle’, with accompanying teachers’ notes and worksheets.

Packaging is a series of Powerpoints that form a Unit of Work that supports the teaching of Design, in particular Packaging. Packaging is aimed at developing the skills needed to understand the process of Packaging and how to design a suitable product that fits the needs of the consumer. The aim is for the pupils to study the process of packaging, use 3D shapes from nets, develop their own ideas and design a cereal packet. There is an optional unit to advertise the finished product.For more materials relating to this resource, please visit the NGfL site, linked below.

The first activity shows a completed hand puppet that teachers can discuss and disassemble on the whiteboard and then reassemble with input from the pupils. The second activity involves a virtual needle game where teachers or pupils have to sew online! The second screen allows pupils to create patterns using the stitching technique and choose different coloured threads. When using the resources teachers should introduce and discuss the following words and concepts: template, fabric, sewing, needle, running stitch, puppet, seam, stitch and thread.

An interactive whiteboard resource that allows children to identify the main features of wheels and axles and how to make a simple car.

A comprehensive series of multimedia materials to support the teaching of the GCSE Design and Technology Textiles Technology course. The materials can be downloaded as a complete Moodle course or as individual elements. The bilingual resources include video clips, animations, text and quizzes within Moodle and can be used on an interactive whiteboard for whole class teaching or by students on individual computers. The images included in this work, to the best of our knowledge, are from sources that their use do not breach any copyright rules. Please visit the NGfL site, linked below.

This lesson plan is designed to show pupils on screen how: • pneumatic mechanisms can lift weights • a syringe works • a closed pneumatic system works

The resource includes lesson plans and activities to produce a mobile phone holder and a keyring. There are also detailed teacher notes and ideas for projects at KS3 as well as samples of GCSE and A level work.

A comprehensive set of resources for Key Skills in the Motor Vehicle Sector, also suitable for the learner in the Workplace. These resources can support the learner in developing and applying the skills and knowledge required for applying Key Skills in a Motor Vehicle context

A comprehensive series of multimedia materials to support the teaching of the GCSE Design and Technology Textiles Technology course. The materials can be downloaded as a complete Moodle course or as individual elements. The bilingual resources include video clips, animations, text and quizzes within Moodle and can be used on an interactive whiteboard for whole class teaching or by students on individual computers. The images included in this work, to the best of our knowledge, are from sources that their use do not breach any copyright rules. Please visit the NGfL site, linked below.

A comprehensive series of multimedia materials to support the teaching of the GCSE Design and Technology Food Technology course. The materials can be downloaded as a complete Moodle course or as individual elements. The bilingual resources include video clips, animations, text and quizzes within Moodle and can be used on an interactive whiteboard for whole class teaching or by students on individual computers. The images included in this work, to the best of our knowledge, are from sources that their use do not breach any copyright rules. Please visit the NGfL site, linked below.