Introduction to smart materials when you just don’t have enough time or resources to give everyone a smart material to experiment with. Good revision lesson too. Includes: Video link introduction Key Vocubulary Smart Material animations Mini Review Scaffolding Tasks Example GCSE Questions Exit Card.

A selection of posters for your DT classroom. Tools Plastics Metals Wood Jobs in DT Famous designers/ engineers DT vocabulary and Welsh words All editable

Introduction to plastics What are they why we use them What are their properties Design a reuseable plastic product kept it simple for year 7’s being taught by a non specialist. Avoided all the plastic term names like polyethylene etc and tried to make it engaging. You could add plastic names to stretch higher ability pupils Useful for that quick lesson you just don’t have the time to create

Follow on lesson from simple carbohydrates to explain complex carbohydrates (Polysaccharides) and their role in your diet Cellulose Fibre Starch Glycogen Also outlines diabetes and hypoglycaemic and foods rich in fibre Mini reviews Scaffolding Tasks Exit Card

Lesson to explain simple carbohydrates Monosaccharides Glucose Fructose Galactose Disaccharide’s Sucrose Lactose Maltose Mini reviews Scaffolding Tasks Exit Card