DESIGN IT (1) - HARD or RESISTANT MATERIALS is a fantastic 29 page workbooklet filled with simple, visual and active tasks all about seeing objects around us and working out how they were made, with what materials and what each object’s purpose is. The booklet covers basic design ideas, use of objects, plastic/metal/wood sections and a special design project. Some of our everyday objects are simple and easy to use, and other objects can have fancier or special features made from HARD materials. Sometimes an object may look ordinary but have little buttons or switches we don’t notice at first. DESIGN IT (1) HARD MATERIALS is all about looking at the object carefully and what it has been designed to do. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also DESIGN IT (2) - SOFTER MATERIALS and DESIGN IT (3) - UPCYCLE IT. With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning. This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.

DESIGN IT (3) - UPCYCLE IT is a fantastic 28 page workbooklet filled with simple, visual and active tasks all about re-purposing and re-designing objects around us using practical, fun tasks. The UPCYCLE IT workbooklet is all about seeing objects around us and working out how we can take some parts of it and change their purpose and change its look to a new or fresher object. The object often becomes more useful or nicer than it previously was. This fantastic new workbooklet helps students find some ideas for changing some objects and looks at different uses of an object. It is full of creative tasks and their imagination will enjoy exploring new ideas! And maybe they will even be able to make some cheap and fun gifts to give to people so they can enjoy UPCYCLING too!This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also DESIGN IT (1) - HARD (RESISTANT) MATERIALS and DESIGN IT (2) - SOFTER MATERIALS. With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning. This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.

DESIGN IT (1) - SOFTER MATERIALS is a fantastic 34 page workbooklet filled with simple, visual and active tasks all about seeing objects around us and working out how they were made, with what materials and what each object’s purpose is. The booklet covers basic design ideas, use of soft material with paper/fabric/wool/food sections and a special design project. Some of our everyday objects are simple and easy to use, can save us money and other objects can have fancier or special features made from SOFT materials. Sometimes an object may look ordinary but simple design elements we don’t notice at first. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also DESIGN IT (1) - HARD (RESISTANT) MATERIALS and DESIGN IT (3) - UPCYCLE IT. With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning. This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.

A PERFECT PLAN is a 34 page technology focused workbooklet filled with over 45 tasks that focus on simple design ideas, concept ideas, hard and soft material planning, adapting materials, understanding needs and wants tasks and how to make plans to start and complete projects. t is full of creative tasks and their imagination will enjoy exploring new ideas! And maybe they will even be able to make some cheap and fun gifts to give to people so they can enjoy UPCYCLING too!This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for primary or lower secondary and special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also DESIGN IT (1) - HARD (RESISTANT) MATERIALS and DESIGN IT (2) - SOFTER MATERIALS and DESIGN IT (3) - UPCYCLE IT workbooklets With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can also deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many students will self-direct their learning. This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning feedback sheets.