One worksheet activity requiring students to design a mug logo for a teacher. Includes brainstorm template to consider client needs and a blank mug template to draw the design idea.

This resource includes 2 worksheets with questions relating to toy safety. Ideal for starter/plenary.

Example risk assessment for a DT workshop in a secondary school.

Writing resource to help students discuss and evaluate Morris’ style and design features and explain how his patterns will inspire their work. Includes exemplar sentences, sentence starters and key words. Has been used to aid GCSE students in DT during a textiles project however could be used similarly in Art.

List of various descriptive words and their meaning suitable for Design and Technology and Art. Resource that helps students when analysing designer/artist work or writing about their own work. Words are broken into sub-categories such as colour and tone and visual characteristics.

Example risk assessment for a wood based DT project including hazards such as environment, tools and equipment like disk sander, hand drills, saws and wood stains.

Sample risk assessment for an acrylic based DT project using the laser cutter. Hazards considered include the workshop environment, working with sharp tools during model making, use of the laser cutter and working with glue adhesive.

1 sheet activity that allows students to practice rendering isometric shapes to look like materials with coloured pencil, Includes stretch and challenge questions. Ideal for a cover lesson or within a scheme of work on isometric drawing/design drawing.

Single sheet activity ideal for cover. Task requires students to research 4 main design movements and fill in a table of information including examples of products from the movement, key features and designers. Stretch and challenge questions added.

Single worksheet ideal for a cover lesson or as homework. Activity requires students to identify and understand the safety symbols around a DT workshop, write health and safety rules and use this information to design a workshop poster. Graphics used are sourced from Google images

One sheet activity to get students thinking about the theme of a new project, potential products they could make, potential clients and the design process. Can be used at the start of any design and make project.

This is a fully editable power-point slide that can be used to analyse and existing product. In the current example, students are encouraged to analyse a kid’s clock and re-design/modify it to suit a adult target market. This activity can be edited to suit any product and fit into a scheme of work.

Single page worksheet that requires students to design a hand washing leaflet for the food prep kitchen. Prior to designing the poster, students should list the steps involved to wash hands effectively when handling food, as well as identify the situations in which they should wash their hands in the kitchen. This resource can be used during a cover lesson or as part of a scheme of work on hygiene, cross-contamination etc.

Template for product Design Brief. Ideal for KS2/KS3 or Low ability/SEND/EAL learners. Fully editable.

This single sheet activity requires students to design a poster about the Four C’s. Prior to designing, students should identify the symtoms of food poisoning, list the conditions needed for bacteria to grow and list and explain the four c’s. This is ideal for a cover lesson or as part of a scheme of work on the topic of hygiene/cross-contamination. Graphics used are sourced from Google images.

Single worksheet activity requires students to design a hygiene poster for the food prep kitchen. Prior to this, students must identify the difference between personal, kitchen and food hygiene rules, as well as write 4 additional rules. ideal resource for a cover lesson or part of a scheme of work on the topic of Hygiene/ Cross-contamination etc.

Risk assessment template for KS2 or KS3 DT practical lessons. Resources helps learners assess the hazards and risks when in the workshop and encourages them to come up with control measures to prevent and limit risks. Fully editable.

Quick starter/plenary task to questions learners knowledge of Motion. ideal for KS2 or KS3. Fully editable.

Design Specification Template for a product using ACCESS FM headings and sentence starter. Useful for KS2 or KS3 and Lower ability/SEND/EAL learners. Fully editable.

PDF template for a learning relay race on the topic of Natural and Manufactured Timber. Aim of the task is to quickly get students to retrieve prior learning on the topic. One student starts by writing all the information they can about the topic. After a set time, they must pass the worksheet to the next student and they must add more information that the previous student did not write down and so on.