This is a powerpoint for a STEM lesson about making a boat out of a piece of A4. This is a stand alone 1 hour lesson that can be used as a fun activity but also explains the design process, from initial ideas, research, developed ideas, modelling, testing and evaluating. All you need is a piece of card for each team, tape and some weights. 100g weights up to 1kg works well. (And some water).

2 different resources that can be used for lessons that need to be covered last minute. One resource is based around learning flowcharts and the other is about metals 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 resource that includes a presentation around Alessi and different designers. Included are a powerpoint, 6 Alessi designers moodboards and a design sheet. The lesson asks students to design in the style of an Alessi designer using a mood board of that designers work to help them. There is also a ‘guess the price’ task at the end to show the impact of good design.

This is a power point and worksheet for teaching inputs and outputs for electronic circuits and circuit diagrams. There is a worksheet and information sheet for teaching students about different inputs and outputs and the power point reinforces that knowledge by asking students to draw different circuit diagrams using the information they have.

A worksheet with 4 different shoe outlines to turn into graffiti shoes using the images around them. Great resource for a cover lesson or a creative lesson.

This is a full resource for the Pearson BTEC Tech Award in Engineering Level 1/2 Component 2C. The making task based around the multi tool as used in the exemplar materials. In the pack is a powerpoint with multiple lessons to explain each of the tasks from production plan, manufacturing, write up and evaluation. There is a booklet to fill in with photos taken and write up about each task. A dimension sheet for the tool, help sheets for the production plans and an example. This has been used and moderated at all levels of Pearsons laid out expectations for Level 2 Pass, Merit and Distinction.

7 Workshop posters for each of the common machines in a Design and Technology Workshop. Pillar Drill, Band Saw, Belt Sander, Centre Lathe, Milling machine, Scroll saw and Shot blaster. Designed to be easy to read for students as well as factually correct using most of the HSE terms and rules. Can be mounted to boards with the official risk assessment placed behind for higher ability students.

This is a mini project which looks at all the aspects of the design process over a two lessons. There are product sheets for 6 different toys and a worksheet for analysing these products, writing a specification, design ideas and an evaluation. The presentation goes through each stage of the process and aids the teacher and students to complete the lessons to a high outcome with expectations and tasks clearly laid out.

This is a lesson about materials and what they are used for. The lesson looks at different metals, woods and plastics. Students recognise different properties for materials using the help sheets provided and link these to the example products given.

This is a series of resources for a lesson about product impact looking at different iconic products and their good and bad points. There is a power point which has a number of tasks to explain why a product might be divisive, there are information sheets for the products and a worksheet to fill in information for each. The divisive products included are, the AK-47, plastic, car, the Internet, AI and the Smallpox vaccine.

Two worksheets that can be used to aid in a Point of Sale lesson or used as an extension task. One sheet asks students to label parts of existing points of sale with a differentiated version for different ability students. The other is a sheet with two blank POS display units that students can use to design their own POS for the project they have done.

Instruction and Help sheet for Autodesk Inventor. This double sided sheet explains the steps in both written and pictorial form for creating basic shapes, adding filets and chamfers to edges as well as how to create a revolves and sweeps in the program. Great resource for letting students explore the program and build on the skills on the sheet. Goes through the basics for anyone to follow and more complex modelling techniques. Great resource for less confident users of the program to aid their own ability and get to grips with the basic functions quickly. See my other resources for a help sheet on assembling parts in Autodesk Inventor.

A worksheet which asks students to compare the nutritional content of different similar recipes. They also need to explain why they think they are healthier and how they could be made healthier. There are also 3 recipe sheets with different recipes that students can compare on the sheet. Great extension task for high ability students.

Presentation document on design movements, there are 8 pages of different design movements that can be used in presentations or printed off for use in a classroom. There are also two activity pages that relate to the design movements featured.

Presentation and resources that explain the theory of aerodynamics and streamlining. Presentation starts with a video on aerodynamics that students have a question sheet to fill out. There is a worksheet that has a differentiated version for students. This is used to show the knowledge they have gained and to help them explain the ideas of aerodynamics and streamlining. This will take about 30 minutes and can lead to some practical experiments using wind tunnels or fans and shapes to prove the theory.

This is a resource that prints off 15 pages each with two commonly misspelt words used in Design and Technology. Fills a standard large display board.

Simple little plenary task to explain the process for creating sketches in a Design lesson.

Starter task that asks students to name the product that each of the different packaging solutions are used for. Nice simple intro to a packaging lesson. Answers: 1. Coca Cola 2. Pringles 3. IPod Nano, 4. Football, 5. Drink, 6. Chewing Gum

Lesson starter or Bell task that asks students to consider products they have used that use electricity and how they might have done the same thing before electricity was discovered. Exploration of electronics and products, can be group or individual work.