Textiles Cover Lesson- Design a POP ART trainer. The Right On! popular shoe brand, are launching a new trainer for the “yoof” market (13-18 year olds) (and Possibly Dads who still want to look cool), and they have asked YOU to come up with some new designs. The designs should have “Pop-art” theme.

This is a lesson observation form.

Marks have been left blank for you to allocate. Hint: take the class through one tool in lesson so that they feel they have made a start!

This is a revision or crib sheet showing some tools and processes for wood, metal and plastic working.

Hassle free, tested in the classroom, single use resource. Ideal for one lesson or a cover lesson, just print and go. No specialist needed, but read through the instructions to the class if you can. One sheet per student. Three versions of the worksheet are available two with guidelines and shading marks, for more scaffolding. Students apply different levels of shade and tone to a toy train. If done with attention to detail results can have a wow factor. Graphics skills. Rendering a toy train in colour, shade and tone based on an overhead light source. This activity demonstrates how more complex objects can be built up using primitives. If this was a great resource for you, please rate it or drop a comment to me if you have suggestions for improvement. Thanks!

This is a work book designed to accompany a practical project for year 7 or perhaps 8. It invloves cuting out fish shapes with a coping saw, drilling a 4mm hole (for the eye!) and inserting a piece of steel rod for magnetism. I am using 2 sheets glued together to reduce breakage. There is also an interlocking box which could be cut out of ply or MDF. And a rod with a magnet.

Create flashing LEDS. Page 1 of a workbook

Use this printable resource to help your pupils develop their isometric drawings skills, pencil and colour co-ordination, understand shading, tone, saturation and blending. Page two has a handy guide that I upload onto our learning platform, or as a classroom reference…

An ideal, self contained worksheet, on natural fibres. Ideal for class or homework.

Give your students the practice and edge with this brand new,2019-2020, original content Design and Technology mock new AQA style specification GCSE exam. The exam follows exactly the AQA format with sections A,B and C, with a total of 100 marks. This exam comes with a full, easy to use and detailed marks scheme, designed to minimize your workload. The exam can be used as a full pre-public exam, in the classroom or for home-learning tasks. Both the sample and 2019 exams from AQA were carefully examined to ensure that the has been little or no overlap in terms of content and the format of this paper follows as closely as possible the style of the most recent 2019 exam and of course it’s still a powerful and relevant resource if you are following one of the other exam boards. Please message me if you have any questions, or to give feedback, thank you.

Take the stress out of preparing mock and assesment materials for your A Level classes in DT. Design and Technology new specification complete exam sample materials with mark scheme. completely new and original material. Together the exams run to 39 pages so are excellent value for money. Complete Design and Technology new specification 2019 A Level exam, with mark scheme. The papers are suitable for use with any exam board. AQA EDEXCEL OCR. Paper 1: Technical Principles. Paper 2: Design and making principles. Both exams include a mixture of short and long answer questions, using command terms. including mathematics based questions. The mark schemes contain detailed walk-throughs for these questions. Both papers include product analysis questions, which show a product that must be analysed. This covers a range of topics such as materials, design processes used, influence of design styles, technological developments or socio-economic, moral, ethical or environmental influences.

A graphic-products (paper and card) assignment, suitable for GCSE + Plastic straws (which are single-use items) become a large problem for the environment after they are thrown away. The USA alone uses over 390 million plastic straws each day (Source: New York Times), and most of those end up either in landfills or polluting the environment. Plastic straws create a huge problem when they are improperly disposed. When a plastic straw enters the environment, it can get carried by the wind and rain into bodies of water (like rivers), and eventually enter the ocean. Wheat straws would be a popular alternative to plastic straws. Length:200mm or customized Diameter:3-5mm Design packaging which can hold 100 straws. Each package should must clearly present • the logo and name of the brand, Hay-stix in a suitable style or font • The words “biodegradable” “100% organic” “100X Wheat straws” on the front cover • The logo on the front and sides of the box • A pictogram on the rear of the box showing the four steps involved in manufacturing the straws. • A barcode on the rear of the box, and a country of origin label, and a short recipe for a mocktail. • The packaging must have a suitable window to display the product inside.

A classroom worksheet to learn about Light Dependent Resistors and servos. This is a great way to demnstrate voltage dividers. A servo is different from a motor in important ways. It does nor continuously rotate when current is applied. Instead you can set the position of the rotor to any direction. This makes servos important in robotics, model aeroplanes and cars, for example. Arduino is a great option for teaching kids about programming, robotics, real-world computing and the like. Arduino boards are cost-effective which makes them ideal for use in schools. This workbook is designed with classroom teaching in mind, with printable worksheets that pupils can use to build projects in the classroom lab or workshop, as part of a program of teaching on electronics and coding.

A new free resource for introducing programming, real-world computing nad robotics with Arduino UNO. Arduino is a great option for teaching kids about programming, robotics, real-world computing and the like. Arduino boards are cost-effective which makes them ideal for use in schools. This workbook is designed with classroom teaching in mind, with printable worksheets that pupils can use to build projects in the classroom lab or workshop, as part of a program of teaching on electronics and coding. This project consists of three activities of increasing complexity, and they have been designed with flexibility in mind, so that they can support various resource levels found in schools. You can focus on the model building and just use the code supplied. Pupils can work in small groups on this project, soldering LEDs together, making the traffic light etc. The traffic light can be made according to whatever resources available, there are two examples shown, one with 3mm MDF, dowel and a base, and the other done with the laser-cutter. Or just make the projects as breadboard only, and focus on the coding. I’ve found when working with these projects, that a bit of both works best, as it allows pupils to find their own leve, and that approach really helps with resource management, as you might not have enough quipment for one each! The code for each project is included in the pack, or just copy and paste it from these slides. Once each project has been built, pupils can try out different things, like changing LED timings via delay, for example.

A classroom worksheet to learn about potentiometers and servos. A servo is different from a motor in important ways. It does nor continuously rotate when current is applied. Instead you can set the position of the rotor to any direction. This makes servos important in robotics, model aeroplanes and cars, for example. Arduino is a great option for teaching kids about programming, robotics, real-world computing and the like. Arduino boards are cost-effective which makes them ideal for use in schools. This workbook is designed with classroom teaching in mind, with printable worksheets that pupils can use to build projects in the classroom lab or workshop, as part of a program of teaching on electronics and coding.

This is a mini graphics activity, which can be used as a test or discrete activity.

This is a help sheet designed to help students assemble a transistor switching circuit. The circuit is made by cutting out the PCB layout on the vinyl cutter, the acid etching.

A complete booklet for a mechanical teaching aid. This has a biblical theme so is suitable for Christian or church schools. Constructive coments welcome, please email if you would like the Publisher original or TecSoft support files, Alex

A practice GCSE style question for RM, suitable for any exam board I suppose.

This s a GCSE/A' level exam style question based on a camera. You could expand it to include some design ideas or CAD. I'm including the original full res. images in the publisher file - cause I'm a great guy :-/