KS3 Wooden Pencil Holder Project

Entire woodwork based project in which students are required to design and make a wooden pencil holder shaped like a letter of choice. Pencil holder is made with pinewood and has been cut by hand to achieve the shape. Holes are drilled to hold pencils. Wood stain finish applied.

Included in the download is a 58 slide power-point that covers 11, 40 minute lessons. Starter activities, main tasks, plenaries and homework tasks for each lesson.

A separate PDF file is attached that has 34 pages of printable resources to accompany the power-point. (Many of my DT resources seen on this site are included in this project download such as my Designer Research Activity, Risk Assessment Template, Design a Workshop Poster Activity, accessfm Poster, Feedback slips.)

Learning objectives for the project are as follows:

• Understand Health & Safety rules in the workshop & how to conduct a Risk Assessment
• Recognise different types of wood and understand their properties
• Use research to analyse and learn from existing products
• Develop isometric drawing and rendering skills
• Understand client needs and how to write a design specification
• Construct a functional pencil holder developing workshop skills
• • cutting, filing, shaping and wood staining
• Identify the use of different tools and equipment
• Understand how to write a project evaluation

Lesson plan overview:
Lesson 1: Health and Safety in the workshop and Wood Theory
Lesson 2: Product Safety and Product Analysis
Lesson 3: Isometric Drawing
Lesson 4: Design Specification and Design Drawing
Lesson 5: Tools and Equipment
Lesson 6-10: Manufacture
Lesson 11: Project Evaluation