Almost x60 retrieval and revision activities aimed to help GCSE D&T Pupils (mainly Product Design, but many cover D&T core knowledge). Currently used as starter (Do Now) activities in KS4 lessons, recapping/retrieving previously taught content. All pupils have a printed A4 booklet and answer the respective question in the alloted time. Wide range of activities, preparing GCSE pupils for the exam.

Here is a PowerPoint presentation that I used to teach both of my year 9 classes how to draw in oblique projection. The PowerPoint contains a printable slide that I printed out onto A4 and each pupil completed the task in 10-minutes. The PowerPoint contains lesson objectives at the start and also a plenary slide to close the lesson. The printable handout (slide 5) was designed for AEN pupils. To differentiate for higher abilities you can always remove some of the red guidelines on the handout. An extension activity for slide 7 was that pupils could draw any 2Dimensional shape, then draw it using oblique projection. To differentiate this, you could easily mock up an oblique drawing tool on 2D-design and laser-cut it off onto scraps of 3mm acrylic.

A trialled and tested excellent activity for pupils transitioning to secondary/high school. Challenge: Design and make a bridge using limited modelling materials, under timed conditions, against a set criteria. The session ends by testing each bridge to destruction and declaring your winners. This can be completed in a stand alone classroom with basic equipment. We usually add a school branded A6 sketchbook and basic stationary as prizes for the winning group.

A staff and pupil friendly checklist of the theory content required for the WJEC GCSE D&T Product Design written exam.

I use these in almost all of my lessons from year 7 to year 11. I use it for creating design specifications and also when generating design ideas to improve the quality of annotation. Pupils work in groups, each point of the ACCESS FM sheet is cut out and each pupil is given a minimum of x1 point. For Specifications - Each group is given a different product to analyse. They then follow sentence starters given to think about what the design specification for their product was. Same process for designing - Pupils annotate a design idea in groups or even their own work. Collate their work as a group before feeding back to the class and thus implementing knowledge into their design work.

Can be used and dispersed in lessons covering ohms law, resistor values, component symbols. Good starter or plenary activity.

Excellent lesson - especially if pupils have just covered isometric drawing as the plenary recaps on this. Used for a higher ability year 9 class where pupils are creating a casing for their picaxe project (Cyberpet). I regularly use mini whiteboards in my lessons. I have a selection of whiteboards varied in colours and use this to differentiate learners discreetly. (see slide 6). All pupils draw a suitable net for their Cyberpet. Each group member explores a different construction method (displayed on board) All pupils were placed in groups of mixed ability groups of x4. All pupils given graph paper/card printed on A3. Each group is given a worksheet (see slide 16) printed on A3. The resource includes incidental Welsh - which is great if you're in teaching in Wales! This lesson has plenty of opportunities to explore topics in further detail i.e. scale, material selection, permanent/temporary methods of construction etc.