A lesson where students exchange information to develop their understand of the following tools and what shape profiles they cut in materials; counter bore, center drill, twist drill bit, flat-bottomed drill bit, tap, die, countersink, reamer, facing tool, turning tool. The lesson starts with speed dating (instructions included) where students read out slips to each other (sounds a bit naff but works really well if they are not a group that engages well with writing and has a clear oracy element.) Team discussions and teacher lead discussions moves on to a highlight keywords and explain their meaning sheet. Finally the students have to try and identify which tools create which profiles from given diagrams using the descriptions. Support students moving from Pass to Merit, helps less able to engage with L1 identification of tools, with less writing and more speaking. Probably an hours worth of teaching, identify the profiles could be given as a consolidation homework if you run out of time. All text editable in download. Compliment my other Unit 7: Machining resources. Any feedback greatly received!

Two short lessons, or one lesson and additional homeworks used to teach and consolidate the powder metallurgy process. Starter: Write down success criteria,complete a powder metallurgy flowchart. Task 1 : Watch a youtube clip, teacher to explain each stage of process. Task 2: Cut and paste the stages and stick them in the correct order. Task 3: Homework to encourage students to think about applications and consolidate. Task 4: Similar cut and paste exercise with pictures of each stage, students to annotate each picture. Advantages and Disadvantages to be covered in a separate lesson in comparison to the three casting techniques!