With over 30 years leading D&T departments and 20 years moderation and examining experience, the author is the winner of the 2021 Design and Technology Excellence in D&T award for 'Innovation and Creativity'.
He has extensive experience as a curriculum consultant, resource producer, trainer and presenter, and as a commercial designer, visualiser and illustrator. He is also a prolific writer on the subject of D&T whose Subject Genius D&T blog was shortlisted in the 2016 TES awards.
With over 30 years leading D&T departments and 20 years moderation and examining experience, the author is the winner of the 2021 Design and Technology Excellence in D&T award for 'Innovation and Creativity'.
He has extensive experience as a curriculum consultant, resource producer, trainer and presenter, and as a commercial designer, visualiser and illustrator. He is also a prolific writer on the subject of D&T whose Subject Genius D&T blog was shortlisted in the 2016 TES awards.
This PDF is intended as a guide for students to help them through their NEA in the new GCSE Design and Technology. It is a 32-page printable booklet which can be used digitally or is ideal for an A5 size pamplet (using just 8 sheet of A4). It has no worksheets or questions but describes each section of the NEA with illustrations taken from the accompanying exemplar folder which is available separately or as part of a bundle at a reduced price. Because this is a generic guide linked to a sample context, it does not constitute a writing frame so can be given to students to support them in their GCSE NEA.
It is designed to support the AQA syllabus but can be used for other examination boards.
This PDF is intended as a guide for Advanced Level students to help them through their NEA tasks in AQA Product Design but much of the guide could be used for other specialisms. While similar in format to the GCSE guide available here, it does have A Level specific material and addresses all the Assessment Objectives for AS and A Level. It is ideal for giving to students in a digital format or as a printed phamplet style booklet to provide an easy to use and understand overview of the NEA.
An exemplar folder produced to accompany the new AQA GCSE to illustrate how students can approach the NEA. This is NOT endorsed by the AQA but is produced by an experienced designer, teacher, moderator and consultant to reflect expectations for a Level 9 NEA project. It is supported by a new GCSE student guide, a checklist (which should not be used as a writing frame) and a tracker and grade prediction spreadsheet which uses grade boundaries derived from the boundaries on the old spec. There will be no official boundaries for some time so this will help you to give some prediction in the meantime. This now includes a comprehensive assessment spreadsheet that generates comment banks to minimise requests for remarks. Updated August 2018 with a new exemplar folder, student guide and a tracker with 26 name slots.
This is my own take on what I believe an A* folder could look like for the new Cambridge IGCSE in Design and Technology. Supplied as both self-running Powerpoint Show and printable PDF file, there are around 40 slides in the folder each with a commentary, summary and checklist at the end of each component as well as extra slides at the end to support the process. In total there are now over 70 slides here but the extra slides are for the benefit of the teacher, or to explain and justify the marks awarded.
There is evidence in the folder of SketchUp, Solidworks, Photoshop and the use of CNC equipment and 3D printing. It is not endorsed by any examination board but can inspire you in your approach to teaching the IGCSE in your school to a very high standard.
I worked as an examiner and moderator for the AQA for 20 years with 27 years D&T teaching and leadership experience where many students achieved 100% for their coursework. This is based on that experience and a culmination of assessing thousands of folders coupled with industry design experience. Additionally, I have consulted for DATA, TES, V&A, Routledge, PGOnline, Doddle and the BBC.
This PDF is intended as a guide for students to help them through their major project in the IGCSE Design and Technology. It is a 36-page printable booklet which can be used digitally or is ideal for an A5 size pamplet . It has no worksheets or questions but describes each component with illustrations taken from the accompanying exemplar folder which is available separately or as part of a bundle at a reduced price. Because this is a generic guide linked to a sample context, it does not constitute a writing frame so can be given to students to support them in their IGCSE.
It is adapted from my own AQA exemplar to match and support the Cambridge International syllabus but could be used for other examination boards.
This is a poster with simple diagrams derived from the A Level presentations available in the TES shop. It is designed to provide students and teachers with a ‘quick glance’ revision of the material groups, processes and finishes.
It is included in the A Level Theory bundle.
These resources are additional ‘breakout’ style lessons to support the various aspects of the course. This resource consists of:
EX1: Introduction to lateral thinking
EX2: Products and prototypes
EX3: An ugly prototype
EX4: Development methodology
EX5: Ergonomics
EX6: Communication methods
These will be included in the full bundle. Additional lessons will be added in due course and there may be a price increase but anyone buying the resource will get these free of charge.
This resource consists of 29 lessons that cover the theory to support the Paper 1 written examination and the major project that is Component 1.
It can be used with the updated IGCSE tracker (grade and level versions) to check and consolidate learning after each lesson and to form an assessment of the project and the student’s theoretical knowledge.
The presentations are in Powerpoint Show format so they will run without having MS Office installed, but they can be opened in Power Point for editing.
Please consider these as a companion to the Collins textbook and adapt to support your own teaching style.
This resource consists of 20 lessons that cover the theory to support the written examination Paper 3: Resistant Materials.
It can be used with the updated IGCSE tracker (grades and level versions) to check and consolidate the learning after each lesson and to form an assessment of the student’s theoretical knowledge.
The presentations are in Powerpoint Show format so they will run without having MS Office installed, but they can be opened in Power Point for editing.
Please consider these as a companion to the Collins textbook and adapt to support your own teaching style. They provide a structured framework with assessments but we all have our own teaching styles so please personalise them to your needs.
A set of 49 individual lessons to delivery the theory content for Paper 1: Product Design and Paper 3: Resistant Materials for the Cambridge IGCSE.
Also bundled are grade and level versions of the tracker which you can use to assess the theoretical knowledge each week and to obtain an overall average. This can then be used for reporting purposes and to predict grades/levels until mock examinations.
These are ‘lockdown’ friendly as students can work through the presentations online and answer questions afterwards.
This bundle saves 33% on buying the individual resources.
This is a growing collection of additional ‘breakout’ style lessons in support of the AQA GCSE D&T theory resource. It allows teachers to take a particular topic and spend more time exploring it with their class.
Currently the resource comprises:
EX1: Ergonomics
EX2: :Lateral thinking
EX3: Prototyping
EX4: Development methodology
EX5: Mechanical devices
EX6: Design history
EX7: Design communication
EX8: Form, function and aesthetics
EX9: The environment
As new lessons are created they will be added to this resource at no additional cost.
Designed to be used for the outgoing GCSE and the new 2017 syllabus, this checklist can be used to ensure that a complete folder of work is produced. It can also be used to produce the relevant sheets for a digital folder or as an assessment tool and progress tracker. Easy to edit to suit the needs of the centre, subject or students, this is based on the AQA NEA requirements.
A blank AS and A Level checklist for the new Design and Technology syllabus for first teaching in 2017. This is based on the AQA NEA requirements but can be adapted for other AO's.
This workbook support the theory presentations for 3.2 Specialist technical principles with the focus on textiles.
Without the theory presentations, the content and questions may not seem as relevant, but they are structured in a way that follows the syllabus.
The resource is in PowerPoint format so can be edited to suit, but a PDF version is also supplied.
This workbook support the theory presentations for 3.2 Specialist technical principles with the focus on paper and board.
Without the theory presentations, the content and questions may not seem as relevant, but they are structured in a way that follows the syllabus.
The resource is in PowerPoint format so can be edited to suit, but a PDF version is also supplied.
A resource aimed at Primary level teaching that encourages the use of Tinkercad to design components using CAD which can then be 3D printed.
The resource contains a 40 PDF cocument with guides for how to create all the components but also has the components ready to 3D print in a zipped file.
The resource also considers the use of mechanisms within the curriculum.
A DIY kit for making a rotational moulding machine. Unzip the parts, 3D print them, then follow the instructions supplied to build your own working Rotational Moulding kit.
All you need to provide, other than a 3D printer, is 10mm square wood, glue, screws and washers.