An Introduction lesson to inspire learners to take up an engineering subject. Includes detailed lesson plan. Aims and Objectives: Students to investigate the meaning of the word engineering. Students to analyse the different job types within engineering. Students to evaluate an area of engineering – turbine/energy engineering in the form of a mini project.

PSE: Diversity and Discrimination - Full lesson plan and resources for an engaging PSE session.

Students to evaluate how built-in obsolescence in new products has led for a ‘throwaway’ culture. Students to investigate offshore manufacture of mass-produced products in developing countries by multinational companies. Students to investigate how tolerance of different cultures to avoid offence influences the designing and manufacturing of products. Resources include full detailed lesson, with videos and engaging activities.

Learning Objectives: For students to be able to differentiate and be able to select the correct tools and equipment when marking out and measuring. Students to be able to distinguish the tools’ uses, advantages and disadvantages.

3 Lessons: Students to analyse how to use various adhesives and the preparations involved. Students to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of adhesives. Students to analyse how to use various heat treatments to alter the properties of metals and the preparations involved. Students to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of heat treatment. Students to analyse how to use various finishes to improve the performance, quality and appearance of manufactured products. Students to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of finishing techniques.

Learning objective: Students to investigate the main design periods through history.

Sustainability of materials card sort - Activity to work out the order of the sustainability of materials life cycle. A good lesson starter or in lesson activity.

BfL 3-2-and-1 count down Count down timer on PowerPoint using animation to countdown 3-2-and-1 in order to give students warning to stop talking and listen to the teacher.

Full lesson resource includes full PowerPoint presentation, lesson plan and activity sheet. Aims and objectives: 1) Students to evaluate existing packaging graphics used in chocolate boxes. 2) Students to create packaging graphics for a chocolate box.

Exploring childcare careers Card Sort with a video exploring careers in childcare.

Learning Objectives: 1)To investigate the correct method of measuring and marking out timber, metal and plastic. 2)To work collaboratively

Full lesson resource includes full PowerPoint presentation. 1) Students to investigate different types of packaging. 2) Students to analyse why different materials may be better for different items. 3) Students to compare the difference between die cutting and creasing, and learn about registration marks.

Instructions: Common Drill bits CARD SORT activity. Students to match the Drill Bits images with it’s name, and with it’s characteristics. Cut the cards around the dashed lines.

Instructions: 1)Types of Hinges for use with plastics CARD SORT activity. 2)Students to match the Types of Hinges image with it’s name, and with it’s characteristics. 3)Cut the cards around the dashed lines.

Learning objective: 1) Students to investigate what product analysis is. 2) Student to evaluate how product analysis is used to improve new products.

Match the Names and Images Metal based protections and finishes with Characteristics. Working in PAIRS.

Common types of metal fixings CARD SORT

Full lesson resource includes full PowerPoint presentation. 1) Students to investigate the relevance of safety for the product user. 2) Students to analyse that designers and manufacturers have a both a moral and a legal responsibility for he products they create.

Advantages and disadvantages of CAD/CAM Card Sort activity. Students to sort the cards into Advantages and Disadvantages. Cut the cards around the dashed lines.