3 WORKSHEETS EXPLORING IDEAS FOR IPAD / TABLET DESIGN: W1: icons........ students to design icons for a tablet touch screen. W2: case design ........ students design a range of ideas on a specific theme given to them for a protective case. W2 PERSONALISED DESIGN ......... students produce a theme sheet then produce a customised design of their own choice. The worksheets are designed for cover work as they are relatively self explained, however they can easily be integrated into existing schemes of work

13 slide presentation on basic types of card and paper used in industry / design. suitable for KS3 and KS4 D&T as well as Art and Design

22 slide ppt covering all the major information required about Hardwoods, Softwoods and Manufactured Boards. Includes an activity to produce a fact sheet on Natural woods or Manufactured boards Suitable for KS3 and KS4 Resistant Materials and Product Design / Engineering.

A seven slide presentation on how to produce and effective mood board and product analysis for a given product, in this case a lamp. I use this to introduce the first introductory Product Design project.

15 slide ppt explaining with 2 student centered activities what a Life cycle assessment is and how it relates to everyday products includes starter activity

19 Slides of interactive GENERAL revision for the GCSE GRAPHIC PRODUCTS EXAM

7 Page Resistant Materials / Product Design exam / test.

7 worksheets on the theme of designing products to celebrate Halloween. D&T Graphics based to enhance design and analytical skills. could as easily used in art too.

A4 SHEET 10 odd one out questions based on common materials used in Product Design / Resistant Materials space for student to give justification for answers answer sheet included suitable for KS4 / KS5 revision

POP up CARD activity power point 13 slide power point, showing how a pop up card can be created from minimal materials (instructional). shows techniques, and ideas for presentation. suitable for KS3 / KS4 D&T as well as Art and Design. all you need is some thin white card and general stationary

A4 WORKSHEET PRO-FORMA for students to complete also includes short ppt to assist.

38 slide Power point looking into the evironmental impact of products on the earth. and the impact good and bad design has on us. Primarily aimed at KS5 would also be suitable for KS4

A 13 page font style presentation and activity involving text designing. includes theory on DECORATIVE, SCRIPT, SERIF AND SANS SERIF. as well as a innovative designing activity, where students have to design a range of decorative font styles on a chosen theme.

11 PAGE student centred booklet on the theme of Chinese Takeaway packaging. Consists of front cover, analysis of the task, specification, research tasks, design tasks and 2 final self evaluation tasks. Can also be adopted as long term cover work too, as the tasks could be introduced and explained by non subject specialists.

A nine slide power point explaining using examples, bad design in a range of real life situations. suitable for KS3 (7,8,9) and KS4 (10.11)

A PAIR OF PRINTABLE PRO-FORMA'S FOR STUDENTS TO FILL AS A DRAFT OR FINAL PRESENTATION. Including, evaluating against specification point, modifications and testing.

An interim assessment test to test understanding of logo design and simple design of storage in wood to a theme, together with analysis. approx 50min - 1hr exam

8 fabric flashcards print- fold - glue double sided MATERIALS COVERED: cotton viscose wool acrylic silk nylon linen polyester

11 page student centered booklet. Front cover, research tasks including mood board, idea development sheets. templates for final designs with ongoing evaluation and 2 self evaluation sheets. Could easily be adopted for cover work / lessons.

5 Documents, I use to help structure coursework. . . . from trialing design ideas through to evaluation.