Three A3 sheets, ideal for a homework after a lesson on isometric drawing. There are 3 A3 exercises. I have found them good for students to attempt the easy one and progress onto the other two, or for higher level students to attempt the more difficult one and then draw their own name on Isometric paper.

Explains packaging - stock forms, types of materials, blister, skin, insulation, security, labelling, branding, introduces flexography, lithography, screen printing, embossing, die cutting. 19 slide presentation with a lot of images to illustrate each topic.

Powerpoint presentation explaining the techniques and processes mentioned in the AQA specification - steam bending, press forming, deep drawing, drop forging, wrought iron work, vacuum forming, line bending, lay-up, casting of resins, casting of metals, extrusion, sintering, injection moulding, blow moulding, rotational moulding, compression moulding. Lots of appropriate you-tube links. 35 slides in total.

A complete explanation of logic gates, AND, OR, NOT as well as pinouts, truth tables and the need for pull down resistors. A 15 slide presentation which covers the theory from the specification on this topic.

Powerpoint that explains Legislation, Cleapss, British Standards, ISO, Risk Assessments, PPE, Manufacturing quantities - one-off, mass, continuous, batch, JIT, Quality control/assurance, micrometers, callipers, go/no go gauges, drilling jigs, welding jigs, mitre blocks, branding. 25 slides in total.<br /> <br /> Has some elements of the GCSE powerpoint also in my resources, but includes a lot more information that covers the things in the AS specification.

A 16 slide explanation of how a transistor works. I have created step by step circuit diagrams in 2D and coloured the wires to show the flow of electricity around the circuit when controlled by an LDR/pot potential divider. Also covers bias voltage, gain and a Darlington pair.

I use this for at KS 3 and 4. Students select a task to do as a homework. Each task has a suggested step on it to indicate how difficult the sheet is. The sheets also has tips and on some of them there is a small extension activity. The easy sheets have a task set with oblique drawing, the next 3 are based on isometric drawing, then some on crating and shading. I have also used these as tasks for cover lessons.

A 23 slide explanation of how a 555 timer works - astable and monostable, using step by step drawings produced in 2D Design to show the flow of electiricty at key stages. Also explains output waveform, mark/space ratio, frequency and the 556 and using a monostable timer to control an astable timer.

Includes the manufactured boards mentioned in the Product Design specification. Has an explanation and you-tube links when useful. Has 32 slides covering everything a GCSE student needs to know about Manufactured Board. Suitable for Resistant Materials students as well.

A 13 slide explanation of how counters work - including the problem of switch bounce, a step by step explanation of how a 4026 and 4017 works, JK and SR counters and binary.

Covers the topics of Environmental factors, meeting consumer needs, technology push, market pull, obsolescence, one-off, batch, mass, continuous production, CAD, CAM, JIT, FMS, EDI, CIM, QC, Tolerance, Branding. A 19 slide presentation with lots of clipart to illustrate the points being made.

Iconic designers intro. Brompton - britains leading bike manufacturer. Dyson background. Electric cars - green or not?

Three A3 sheets, ideal for a homework after a lesson on crating. There are 3 A3 exercises. I have set different students to draw different ones based on their ability and then progress onto the more difficult ones. Students can also attempt the exercise on plain paper once confident with isometric crating.

Introduces how a capacitor works

All the symbols mentioned in the AQA spec given in sections.

A simple 10 slide introduction into Smart and New materials.

A simple 9 slide introduction into Hardwoods. Covers the softwoods mentioned in the Product Design spec. It has a link to a you-tube clip.

A simple 10 slide introduction into Human Factors. Covers Anthropometrics, Ergonomics, Psychological and Physiological Factors.

A simple 9 slide introduction into Hardwoods. Covers the hardwoods mentioned in the spec. It has a couple of links to useful you-tube clips.

A simple 7 slide introduction into Laminates. Has a link to a useful you-tube clip.

Resistors Introduction