I wanted to create a 'one stop shop' for all the Graphics and D&T projects that you D&T teachers out there need - Please get in touch if you need something and I will see if i can make it up for you! Stay safe, y'all!
I wanted to create a 'one stop shop' for all the Graphics and D&T projects that you D&T teachers out there need - Please get in touch if you need something and I will see if i can make it up for you! Stay safe, y'all!
D&T Evaluation Worksheets
The reason behind these sheets:
I was getting frustrated with how difficult it was to get students to ‘evaluate’, rather than ‘describe’, as they often did in the D&T project evaluations. The emphasis in these worksheets is to get the student thinking and explaining by answering questions about every stage of the ‘design and make’ process. This has helped them learn the meaning of evaluation through the process of asking reflective questions.
Learning Outcomes:
In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of:
Clear success criteria to guide students on what constitutes a good outcome
Evaluation questions for every part of a ‘design and make’ project, including research methods, Design Process, Mock ups/prototype stage, Manufacture process, CAD/CAM process, including testing and conclusion
How to structure their response in complex sentences, using P.E.E., supported by using differentiated materials.
Power point:
The attractive and visual power point can be used on the white board and also printed as a worksheet, as can the question slide
Power point Worksheets/categories:
The worksheets are differentiated into two categories, so that students who have learning difficulties (LA) will not be overwhelmed and will have much more literacy support with sentence stems.
The second category that caters to the middle and higher ability student has differentiation in the form of more open ended tasks as well as ‘Challenges’. I have left super challenges blank so a student can fill this in themselves to be more independent!
In theory, one sheet could be used to support the other, or even used for lower school VS. upper school evaluations
Please leave a positive review if this helped, thank you!
Power point:
The high end, attractive and informative power point has detailed instructions and notes, step-by-step animations, with starter, main and plenary activities, as well as home learning included.
A lesson plan is also included (MS Publisher file).
Learning Outcomes:
In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of:
• Developing their drawing and visualising skills, increasing their ability to draw freehand more quickly and confidently.
• 5 different major activities, including a Super challenge task.
• The technique used for rendering a range of materials realistically, including; wood, concrete, metal, glass, rubber and plastic
• In-depth knowledge of rendering wood, metal and glass, with step by step guidance on how to get a great outcome
• How to create the illusion that an object is made from a particular material and describe how light falls on it.
• Literacy: Students will also learn a wide range of subject specific key words
Worksheets:
The worksheets are differentiated into two categories:
• ‘LA’ worksheets having additional support in terms of the outcomes as well as sentence stems, word banks, etc.
• The second category of worksheet has differentiation in the form of more open ended tasks as well as ‘Super Challenges’.
Included is a demonstration source sheet and gridded worksheet for students to copy/come up with their own designs and repeat them. Ideal for cover work as well as lessons,
This is suitable for lessons that include:
Pattern generation (Textiles)
Concept of tesselation (DT)
Art (Optical art/history of art)
Ceramics (tile art)
If these were helpful - please be the first to leave a positive review thanks!
Power point:
The high end, attractive and informative power point has detailed instructions and notes, step-by-step animations, with starter, main and plenary activities, as well as home learning included.
A lesson plan is also included (MS Publisher file).
Learning Outcomes:
In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of:
• Free hand sketching
• Gain confidence in drawing freehand squares, rectangles and circles using guidelines, proportional measurement and outline.
• This will culminate in them drawing more complex combinations of these shapes.
• Literacy: Students will also learn a range of subject specific key words
Worksheets:
The worksheets are differentiated into two categories:
• ‘LA’ worksheets having additional support in terms of the outcomes as well as sentence stems, word banks, etc.
• The second category of worksheet has differentiation in the form of more open ended tasks as well as ‘Super Challenges’.
2021 AQA Product design NEA Brief & Specification & Project management for Section A
Worried about what to teach the Year 13 DT GCSE students in September 2020? This is the perfect resource to get them carrying on and enthused with a high quality power point, with relevant visuals and animations, as well as questions, techniques and directed tasks to get them finishing off Section A and really having a much better idea of how to carry on!
I thoroughly researched this, coming up with a massive bank of relevant subject specific vocabulary/questions/processes/techniques for helping students to get top marks in this section.
Learning outcomes:
In this A-level coursework task, Students will gain an understanding of:
How to plan, structure and complete a design brief that is relevant to their context, user and portfolio, guided by the mark scheme
How to structure their Specification and the importance of basing this on prior research, to get the highest possible mark
Highly detailed and searching questions to get students started on deep lines of inquiry in their specification – these questions are also designed to get them reflecting and improving on research that they have already undertaken. This could include: additional case studies, planning, life cycle and safety analysis.
The importance of QA and QC and understanding how these are important in the NEA and the wider industry.
A detailed discussion of 3 relevant Quality control processes that students really need to think about.
Which Project management strategy out of four is best to use to go forward?
Potential learning outcomes:
Next 3 to 4 slides/pages of NEA / Length – 1-2 lessons (including student activity)
Improvement and addition of information to the research section
This is the second part of two units (so far) dealing with section A that can be recorded on power point or paper, Please look to the first resource below…
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-product-design-nea-section-a-12414616
and third resource here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-nea-product-design-primary-research-12422264
I hope these help you and your students succeed!
Please add a positive review/some stars if you found this useful as this really helps; THANK YOU!
This is the perfect resource for remote learning. This will get students enthused, confident and carrying on independently, supported by a high quality power point, 1 and half hours of (private) YouTube tutorials, stunning visuals and animations, as well as relevant questions, techniques and directed tasks to get them finishing off Section C & D
This is an extremely comprehensive resource that covers 2 units.
Learning outcomes:
How the mark scheme translates into chunked creative tasks, including:
How to draw a really well annotated generated idea from section C, including scrap views and essential links back to Specification and Brief, discussing importance of clear annotation
How to draw rectangular prisms and ellipses in isometric projection, with a strong emphasis on rendering realistic textures to communicate information on choice of materials
How to go about the cardboard modelling aspect at home with recycled materials
How to develop design ideas of multifunctional prototypes on sketch up free – also how to create separate components such as drawers and even door knobs
How to draw orthographic projections of prototypes on sketch up free
How to draw exploded wireframe views of prototypes on sketch up free
How to draw cutting lists of prototypes on sketch up free and use MS Excel to create purchase lists
How to research relevant materials (components covered above) using tables and inspiration for testing the properties of materials
How to write a Manufacturing specification
Potential learning outcomes:
Next 4 - 5 slides/pages of NEA / Length – 4 - 5 lessons (including student activity)
This is one of my 5 part TES units dealing with the 2021 GCSE NEA. Please look to the resources here for section A (first two), section B and a combination section C/D unit/power point as well as section E (which reflects the most recent changes to the marks scheme):
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-guide-to-section-e-12494870
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-guide-to-section-c-and-d-12477833
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-guide-to-section-a-12395717
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-section-a-part-2-12401619
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-guide-to-section-b-12417046
I hope these help you and your students succeed!
Please add a positive review/some stars if you found this useful as this really helps; THANK YOU!
Power point:
The high end, attractive and informative power point has detailed instructions and notes, step-by-step animations, with starter, main and plenary activities, as well as home learning included.
A lesson plan is also included (MS Publisher file).
Learning Outcomes:
In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of:
• What is annotation and how Leonardo De Vinci used it?
• What are correct graphical layout conventions?
• How to communicate using clear labelling and annotation
• How to annotate using existing designs
• How to design a unique graphic product (badge) and then annotate their own designs
• Literacy: Students will also learn a lots of subject specific key words
Worksheets:
The worksheets are differentiated into two categories:
• ‘LA’ worksheets having additional support in terms of the outcomes as well as sentence stems, word banks, etc.
• The second category of worksheet has differentiation in the form of more open ended tasks as well as ‘Super Challenges’.
I have found that the Year 13 DT GCSE students need more direction in the research section and this needs to feed into their specification. Taking a more project management style approach so that everything is planned will hopefully guide students to be more independent in their own enquiry and result in far more meaningful outcomes for this section.
I thoroughly researched this, coming up with a massive bank of relevant subject specific vocabulary/questions/processes/techniques for helping students to get top marks in this section.
Learning outcomes:
In this A-level coursework task, Students will gain an understanding of:
How to plan, structure and complete (mainly primary) research in a timely manner
How to structure research so that it links excellently to their Specification, to get the highest possible mark
An outlined 3-step process to guide students to success in outlining, developing and planning their research independently.
Far more detailed lines of enquiry using ACCESS FM+ that students can use.
A discussion of two Project management strategies to use in planning research activities
A detailed discussion of 3 relevant Quality control processes that students really need to think about.
Potential learning outcomes:
Improvement and addition of information to the research section
This is the third part of two lessons (so far) dealing with section A that can be recorded on power point or paper, Pease look to the first resource here:
2021 AQA Product design NEA Section A
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-product-design-nea-section-a-12414616
2021 AQA Product design NEA Brief & Specification & Project management for Section A (this links really closely to this resource as it deals with similar themes.)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-product-design-nea-brief-and-spec-12421572
I hope these help you and your students succeed!
Please add a positive review/some stars if you found this useful as this really helps; THANK YOU!
Power point:
The high end, attractive and informative power point has detailed instructions and notes, step-by-step animations, with starter, main and plenary activities, as well as home learning included.
A lesson plan is also included (MS Publisher file).
Learning Outcomes:
In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of:
• What is two point perspective drawing?
• How to create realistic perspective drawings, with 3 challenges including: basic cubes, letter shapes, to complex city street views
• Literacy: Students will also learn a range of subject specific key words
Worksheets:
The worksheets are differentiated into two categories:
• ‘LA’ worksheets having additional support in terms of the outcomes as well as sentence stems, word banks, etc.
• The second category of worksheet has differentiation in the form of more open ended tasks as well as ‘Super Challenges’.
6 lesson ‘all in one’ prepared resource for graphic design lessons - included are:
• Lesson 1: Draw Squares & circles freehand
• Lesson 2: Draw in Oblique and Isometric projection
• Lesson 3: Render 3-D forms using tone
• Lesson 4: How to use colour and rendering in 3-D
• Lesson 5: How to label and annotate a design
• Lesson 6: Learn about flight, design and make a glider
A fun and engaging project where students will learn the basic principles of design,explore imaginative and original ways of designing, then they will create an original graphic design product.
The powerpoints have detailed step by step instructions and a great quantity of visual examples for a project that should take between 6 and 8 lessons and differentiated booklets that can be used by subject specialists and non-D&T teachers alike, perfect for cover work as well.
If you found this resource useful, please leave a positive review :) Thanks
Year 7 Graphics Lesson 1: Draw Squares & circles freehand – needs changing in the website
Power point:
The high end, attractive and informative power point has detailed instructions and notes, step-by-step animations, with starter, main and plenary activities, as well as home learning included.
A lesson plan is also included (MS Publisher file).
Learning Outcomes:
In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of:
• The history of typography
• The key aspects of what goes into typeface, lettering, font, including serif, sans serif, spacing and kerning
• How to use visual combinations to create creative and original typography
• How to annotate an design, communicating design decisions and aesthetic.
• How to develop an idea, improving and refining the design to make it better.
• Literacy: Students will also learn a range of subject specific key words
Worksheets:
The worksheets are differentiated into two categories:
• ‘LA’ worksheets having additional support in terms of the outcomes as well as sentence stems, word banks, etc.
• The second category of worksheet has differentiation in the form of more open ended tasks as well as ‘Super Challenges’.
The rationale:
As D&T teachers return to school, we need a sit down/non-tool based project to start the students off, due to the Coronavirus.
This 6 x 1 hour lesson mini project is an ‘all in one’ prepared resource, containing lesson by lesson powerpoints and differentiated booklets that can be used by subject specialists and non-D&T teachers alike, perfect for cover work as well. The project ends with a sit down design and make lesson.
Powerpoints:
The project is driven by high end, attractive and informative power points, which have detailed instructions and notes, step-by-step animations, with starter, main and plenary activities, as well as home learning included.
Learning Outcomes:
This graphics project is aimed at Year 8 (12 year old) students, who will gain an understanding of how to:
• Lesson 1: Draw in 1 point perspective
• Lesson 2: Draw in 2 point perspective
• Lesson 3: Draw in Isometric projection
• Lesson 4: Rendering the textures of materials
• Lesson 5: Creative Typography
• Lesson 6: Design and make a learning aid (Clock for children)
Project plan:
A scheme of work is also included as a MS Publisher file. This explains the: learning outcomes, starter, main and plenary activities as well as resources required and homework.
Booklets:
The booklets are differentiated into two categories:
• ‘LA’ Booklet having additional support in terms of the outcomes as well as sentence stems, word banks, etc.
• The second category of booklet has differentiation in the form of more open ended tasks as well as ‘Super Challenges’.
Power point:
The high end, attractive and informative power point has detailed instructions and notes, step-by-step animations, with starter, main and plenary activities, as well as home learning included.
A lesson plan is also included (MS Publisher file).
Learning Outcomes:
In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of:
• Of how Graphic design is used for branding, typography and colour schemes to create the identity of commercial products
• How to use visual combinations to develop creative and original brand designs
• How to develop an idea, improving and refining the design to make it better.
• Of how to create original branding for a chocolate bar, using an original typography style and a emotive and powerful colour scheme
• How to annotate a design, communicating design decisions and aesthetic.
• Literacy: Students will also learn a range of subject specific key words
Worksheets:
The worksheets are differentiated into two categories:
• ‘LA’ worksheets having additional support in terms of the outcomes as well as sentence stems, word banks, etc.
• The second category of worksheet has differentiation in the form of more open ended tasks as well as ‘Super Challenges’.
The rationale:
As D&T teachers return to school, we need a sit down/non-tool based project to start the students off, due to the Coronavirus.
This 6 x 1 hour lesson mini project is an ‘all in one’ prepared resource, containing lesson by lesson powerpoints and differentiated booklets that can be used by subject specialists and non-D&T teachers alike, perfect for cover work as well. The project ends with a sit down design and make lesson.
Powerpoints:
The project is driven by high end, attractive and informative power points, which have detailed instructions and notes, step-by-step animations, with starter, main and plenary activities, as well as home learning included.
Learning Outcomes:
This graphics project is aimed at Year 9 (13 year old) students, who will gain an understanding of how to:
• Lesson 1: Draw in 2 point perspective
• Lesson 2: Adding cast shadows in 2 point perspective
• Lesson 3: How to draw in Isometric P.2
• Lesson 4: 3rd angle orthographic translation from Isometric
• Lesson 5: How to design branding, typography and colour
• Lesson 6: Design and make a Point of Display using a NET
Project plan:
A scheme of work is also included as a MS Publisher file. This explains the: learning outcomes, starter, main and plenary activities as well as resources required and homework.
Booklets:
The booklets are differentiated into two categories:
• ‘LA’ Booklet having additional support in terms of the outcomes as well as sentence stems, word banks, etc.
• The second category of booklet has differentiation in the form of more open ended tasks as well as ‘Super Challenges’.
Printed as two worksheets, these will help produce fun and creative lesson outcomes for students of all ages. These are ideal for lessons, cover work, home work or baseline assessment.
Including:
• Two activities of how to ‘translate’ orthographic to isometric projection
• How to draw ellipses in isometric
If you found this resource helpful, please leave positive comments, as this really helps. Thank you.
Worried about what to teach the Year 11 DT GCSE students in September 2020? This is the perfect resource to get them carrying on and enthused with a high quality power point, with relevant visuals and animations, as well as questions, techniques and directed tasks to get them finishing off Section B and really having a much better idea of how to carry on!
I really researched the hard bits, including coming up with a massive word bank of relevant words for helping students as well as an additional ACCESS FM sheet!
Learning outcomes:
In this GCSE coursework task, Students will gain an understanding of:
• How to plan, structure and complete a design brief that is relevant to their context, user and portfolio, guided by the mark scheme
• How to structure their Specification and the importance of basing this on prior research, to get the highest possible mark
• An assessment rubric that can be used to peer assess each other, to reinforce what the success criteria of this section are and to promote independent learning
• An additional, differentiated ACCESS FM literacy resource sheet that can be distributed to the students to help them in writing their specification.
Potential learning outcomes:
Next one - two slides/pages of NEA / Length – 1-2 lessons (including student activity)
This is one of my 5 part TES units dealing with the 2021 GCSE NEA. Please look to the resources here for section A (first two), section B and a combination section C/D unit/power point as well as section E (which reflects the most recent changes to the marks scheme):
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-guide-to-section-e-12494870
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-guide-to-section-c-and-d-12477833
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-guide-to-section-a-12395717
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-section-a-part-2-12401619
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-guide-to-section-b-12417046
I hope these help you and your students succeed!
Please add a positive review/some stars if you found this useful as this really helps; THANK YOU!
2021 AQA DT GCSE NEA Guide to Section E
This is the perfect resource for remote learning to get students enthused, confident and carrying on, with a high quality power point, with highly detailed guidance, examples and specialist technical knowledge, with relevant visuals and animations, YouTube tutorials, techniques and directed tasks to get them finishing off Section E!
This is an extremely comprehensive resource that covers this entire unit
Learning outcomes:
In this GCSE coursework task, Students will gain an understanding of:
How the mark scheme translates into chunked research tasks
The core and technical subject knowledge of section with strong emphasis on researching the correct tools, materials and equipment, as well as health and safety, quality control and relevance to their intended prototype manufacture
Two different pathways in representing the process of representing this intended manufacture: Either a more detailed manufacturing diary or a flowchart
How to present their final design concept, explaining its commercial viability and how it meets the requirements of their client.
How to consider viability of commercial manufacture, by comparing school vs. commercial industrial manufacturing processes, considering different scales of production in the process.
I have gone into an incredible level of detail on the manufacture processes, including:
Wasting processes, Sawing & jointing, Drilling, Turning , Polymer forming processes: Vacuum forming, Line bending , CAD CAM processes: Laser cutting, 3d printing, Metal processes: Casting, MIG welding, Soldering, Standard components and fixings, Knock down fittings, Fixings, Tensol glue, Epoxy resin, PVA glue, Finishes, Adding veneer, Painting with acrylic/stain/watercolour, and finally Varnishing. I also mention injection moulding and industrial processes.
This aspect of the power point alone makes this an invaluable resource for exam revision as it covers all the core specialist Technical knowledge aspects in the GCSE course.
Potential learning outcomes:
Next 4 - 5 slides/pages of NEA / Length – 3 - 5 lessons (including student activity)
This is the fifth part of my TES lessons dealing with the NEA that can be recorded on power point or paper, Please look to the resources here for section A (first two), section B and a combination section C/D unit/power point:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-guide-to-section-c-and-d-12477833
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-guide-to-section-a-12395717
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-section-a-part-2-12401619
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2021-aqa-dt-gcse-nea-guide-to-section-b-12417046
…to have a consistent beginning!
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Worried about what to teach the Year 12 DT A level students in September 2020?
This is the perfect resource to get them started and enthused with a high quality power point (3 part lesson), with lots of visuals and animations, as well as questions that can stimulate conversation and help reconnect to prior knowledge. This will give students guidance of:
• What is Product Design
• The structure and the theory involved in the course
• What equipment to get and what to expect – In other words, how best to start!
• How to lay out work and take notes in lessons
This tried and tested 1 - 2 hour lesson will result in an tangible written outcome of 10+ pages!, including:
• Properties of materials – Mechanical and Physical
• Classifications of the following materials:
• Papers cards and boards
• Timbers
• Metals
• Polymers
• Biodegradable polymers
• Composites
• Smart materials
• Modern materials
• With a homework task
• And start of next lesson
Please add a positive review/some stars if you found this useful as this really helps; thank you!
Power point:
The high end, attractive and informative power point has detailed instructions and notes, step-by-step animations, with starter, main and plenary activities, as well as home learning included.
A lesson plan is also included (MS Publisher file).
Learning Outcomes:
In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of:
• STEM cross curricular skills: The forces involved in flight, including thrust, lift and drag
• The component parts of a glider
• The history of flight and who are the Wright brothers?
• How to develop a range of designs, using different colour schemes
• How to develop one idea into a final design
• How to cut out, stick down and assemble a model glider.
• Literacy: Students will also learn a range of subject specific key words
Worksheets:
The worksheets are differentiated into two categories:
• ‘LA’ worksheets having additional support in terms of the outcomes as well as sentence stems, word banks, etc.
• The second category of worksheet has differentiation in the form of more open ended tasks as well as ‘Super Challenges’.
Attached is a Word document:
Learning objectives: Who is Margaret Calvert, what is a pictogram and what is important in a road sign?
Learning Outcome:
After learning about Margaret Calvert, students could consider what is the best, most simple and easy to understand pictograms to use for the following activities:
• Wear a mask! • Child walk with adult • Use safety goggles
• Slippery surface! • Don’t run! • No mobile phone in car!
The students draw and annotate these.
Please leave a positive review if you found helpful! I would really appreciate it!