Resources for a wood working tool activity that requires students to find information on tools and interpret it onto a work sheet. There is a differentiated worksheet for slower or lower ability students in the class with some parts filled in for a guide. The Information sheets can be placed around the classroom so students have to find the tools, recognise them and find the points they need in the text for their sheet. Shows great knowledge retention of tools and understanding of what they are used for.

Resources to aid the understanding of electronic components. This includes a number of cards which explain various components designed to be set up in 'stations'. Students then fill in their worksheets moving around the class to find the information. There are two worksheets one of which is differentiated for students that struggle with literacy. There is also a starter task for the next lesson or a way of consolidating the learning of the different components.

Worksheet which lays out the orthographic projections of an example shape. Students need to complete the views to create an orthographic drawing of the shape. Good extension task or for teaching students about orthographic projections. Completed drawing example included also.

A variety of different sentence starters that can be used for students developing their designs through drawing and modelling of ideas.

Resistor Value worksheet. Variations of working out resistor values, including tolerances and kilo and mega ohms as well as working backwards from the values to the colours. Includes a table explaining the colours and their values, can be used as a homework or extension task or just to teach about values of resistors.

6 different worksheets that can be used for various cover in both art and design and other areas around the school. There are worksheets for designing a football shirt, a racing car livery, a meme creator, design a garden, design a computer game cover and a pop art phone case.

Full lesson on Seasonal Food and Food Miles including the PowerPoint and worksheets. The PowerPoint goes through the lesson explaining the parts in the notes section. Bell task, followed by the starter and new information which is written onto the Seasonal food work sheet. Students then use information sheets to create resources to teach the other students about their argument on food miles. Plenary which links the learning to the students everyday life and why it is important. Included: PowerPoint, Work sheet on seasonal food and food miles including numeracy and literacy tasks. Differentiated version also. Information sheets about food miles for the teaching task and a summary sheet for the students to summarise their learning and have a reference. Plenary sheet which links the knowledge to the real world. (The Learning Objectives and SC have been removed so you can add your own tailored versions.)

PowerPoint and worksheets for a lesson on the colour wheel and other elements of colour. The PowerPoint asks questions of students and their perceptions of colours with colour tricks and colour blindness tests. There is also a worksheet for the students to work through for their reference. Plenary task included which asks students to explain their knowledge of the colour wheel.

Double sided questionnaire sheet for use in market research, good for KS3, 4 and 5. Students come up with questions and answers and then complete the survey to give them data. The sheet also has boxes for students to explain what the results mean to the research they are doing. Students can use this and then move onto Excel to create graphs of the data.

Help sheet that explains the different parts of the ACCESSFM acronym with a number of questions. The sheet can be printed one sided for high ability students but it also has an another side which can be printed 2 sided to differentiate for lower ability students in the group. this side gives more information and what they should be looking for and commenting on.

Electronic component worksheets used to consolidate the knowledge of simple electronic components used in most school projects, looks at resistor values and LEDs, Capacitors and Battery Clips. Two versions of the worksheet to aid different ability students.

2 different resources that can be used for lessons that need to be covered last minute. A lesson based on plastics knowledge and a lesson to teach product analysis skills. Have used successfully for a few years, printed out and laminated and left in a draw for when a lesson needs last minute cover. Can be used by any specialism teacher and students can work in books or on paper. Based on a hierarchy system that differentiates the outcomes from a flash task, to a hulk task and finally an incredible task for high ability students.

3 powerpoints for a quick metal project on making a keyring from a piece of mild steel. Lots of pictures to explain and all the steps are laid out in each of the presentations. Includes starters and plenaries.

Worksheet looking at a number of different electronic components used in schools and their features. Also used to test students on their knowledge of soldering and the techniques used. Differentiated worksheet included to aid lower ability students.

2 different resources that can be used for lessons that need to be covered last minute. One lesson based on tool knowledge and one based on wood knowledge. Have used successfully for a few years, printed out and laminated and left in a draw for when a lesson needs last minute cover. Can be used by any specialism teacher and students can work in books or on paper. Based on a hierarchy system that differentiates the outcomes from a flash task, to a hulk task and finally an incredible task for high ability students.

This is a lesson about taking products apart and how it can help in the design process. The lesson is based around students obsession with taking pens apart and turns it into a learning activity! There is a power point that guides through the tasks and lesson, a worksheet for the pens and a help sheet to aid writing the results.

This is 2 lessons based around New and Emerging Technology. Covers: Robotics, Augmented Reality, Smart Sensors, Artificial Intelligence, The Internet of things and Autonomous Vehicles. There are 2 powerpoints each with their own information sheets for students to explore the technologies themselves and a worksheet to explain the information and the impact they might have. Good discussion lesson, engages students through teacher input and the students exploring the new technologies.

3 different moodboards used to explain the difference between a collection of images and a well thought out moodboard that can influence the design process. Based on a passive speaker project but can be used to model how a moodboard can be more effective to the design process. Can also be used for differentiation purposes.

Lesson that follows on from a previous lesson that introduces the ideas of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and builds on this with examples of the metals and the joining and treatment methods. Two activities, one is a card matching activity while the other is an information gathering activity which leads to group discussions about the learning. Starter and plenary on the presentation. See other resources for lessons that link to this one.

Help sheet with materials and their properties to aid students whilst they are designing and developing ideas.