BLOK teaching resource

BLOK is a new type of STEM ‘building block’ intended for educational use and also developed for commercial production and sale.

**UPDATE **(June 2023). The 3D files for the basic BLOK/BLOX are now included in the resource.

PLEASE NOTE: The BLOK product is not yet available to buy in retail stores, but the 3D files will be shared in a forthcoming resource, and the resource has instructions on how to make your own components.

This resource uses the BLOK as a case study to cover many aspects of the design and manufacturing processes used in Design and Technology and 3D Art.
It is not a linear resource and you can refer to any of the units at any time for reference or as tutorials. Using the BLOK product as a reference, the resource contains 20 separate units covering the following topics:
BLOK1: Introduction to the BLOK resource
BLOK2: The story of BLOK
BLOK3: Investigation and research
BLOK4: The iterative design process
BLOK5: Modular approaches to design
BLOK6: Sketching with BLOX
BLOK7: CAD modelling BLOK
BLOK8: Materials for manufacturing BLOK
BLOK9: Prototyping BLOK
BLOK10: Manufacturing BLOK
BLOK11: Branding, packaging, and promotion
BLOK12: Enterprise and Intellectual Property
BLOK13: Testing and evaluation
BLOK14: Functions of BLOK
BLOK15: Developing for BLOK
BLOK16: Advanced sketching with BLOX
BLOK17: Advanced CAD modelling BLOK
BLOK18: Sustainability in design
BLOK19: Modelling BLOK with SketchUp
BLOK20: Digital sketching and composition

It also includes one extra unit*:

BLOKEX1: Joe Blox Solidworks tutorial

The units are provided in print and presentation friendly PDF format along with supporting high quality JPEG illustrations and posters.

*Additional units may be added to the resource in the future.