A graphic-products (paper and card) assignment, suitable for GCSE +
Plastic straws (which are single-use items) become a large problem for the environment after they are
thrown away.
The USA alone uses over 390 million plastic straws each day (Source: New York Times), and most of
those end up either in landfills or polluting the environment.
Plastic straws create a huge problem when they are improperly disposed. When a plastic straw enters the
environment, it can get carried by the wind and rain into bodies of water (like rivers), and eventually enter
the ocean. Wheat straws would be a popular alternative to plastic straws.
Length:200mm or customized
Diameter:3-5mm
Design packaging which can hold 100 straws.
Each package should must clearly present
• the logo and name of the brand, Hay-stix in a suitable style or font
• The words “biodegradable” “100% organic” “100X Wheat straws” on the front cover
• The logo on the front and sides of the box
• A pictogram on the rear of the box showing the four steps involved in manufacturing the straws.
• A barcode on the rear of the box, and a country of origin label, and a short recipe for a mocktail.
• The packaging must have a suitable window to display the product inside.
Light following sunflower.
This is a great project for teaching about potential dividers.
As the light falling on the LDRs changes, the voltage at pin AO changes, allowing the flower attached to the servo to follow the light.
Arduino is a great option for teaching kids about programming, robotics, real-world computing and the like. Arduino boards are cost-effective which makes them ideal for use in schools.
This worksheet is designed with classroom teaching in mind, with printable worksheets that pupils can use to build projects in the classroom lab or workshop, as part of a program of teaching on electronics and coding.
Copy and paste the code from the activity from these slides into your Arduino IDE
Textiles Cover Lesson- Design a POP ART trainer.
The Right On! popular shoe brand, are launching a new trainer for the “yoof” market (13-18 year olds) (and Possibly Dads who still want to look cool), and they have asked YOU to come up with some new designs.
The designs should have “Pop-art” theme.
Use this printable resource to help your pupils develop their isometric drawings skills, pencil and colour co-ordination, understand shading, tone, saturation and blending.
Page two has a handy guide that I upload onto our learning platform, or as a classroom reference…
Hassle free, tested in the classroom, single use resource.
Ideal for one lesson or a cover lesson, just print and go. No specialist needed, but read through the instructions to the class if you can. One sheet per student. Three versions of the worksheet are available two with guidelines and shading marks, for more scaffolding.
Students apply different levels of shade and tone to a toy train. If done with attention to detail results can have a wow factor.
Graphics skills. Rendering a toy train in colour, shade and tone based on an overhead light source. This activity demonstrates how more complex objects can be built up using primitives.
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Complete Design and Technology new specification 2019 A Level exam, with mark scheme. The papers are suitable for use with any exam board. AQA EDEXCEL OCR.
Paper 1: Technical Principles.
Paper 2: Design and making principles.
Both exams include a mixture of short and long answer questions, using command terms. including mathematics based questions. The mark schemes contain detailed walk-throughs for these questions.
Both papers include product analysis questions, which show a product that must be analysed. This covers a range of topics such as materials, design processes used, influence of design styles, technological developments or socio-economic, moral, ethical or environmental influences.