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William Morris Writing Resourse
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William Morris Writing Resourse

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Writing resource to help students discuss and evaluate Morris’ style and design features and explain how his patterns will inspire their work. Includes exemplar sentences, sentence starters and key words. Has been used to aid GCSE students in DT during a textiles project however could be used similarly in Art.
Descriptive Word Bank
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Descriptive Word Bank

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List of various descriptive words and their meaning suitable for Design and Technology and Art. Resource that helps students when analysing designer/artist work or writing about their own work. Words are broken into sub-categories such as colour and tone and visual characteristics.
KS3 Wooden Pencil Holder Project
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KS3 Wooden Pencil Holder Project

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Entire woodwork based project in which students are required to design and make a wooden pencil holder shaped like a letter of choice. Pencil holder is made with pinewood and has been cut by hand to achieve the shape. Holes are drilled to hold pencils. Wood stain finish applied. Included in the download is a 58 slide power-point that covers 11, 40 minute lessons. Starter activities, main tasks, plenaries and homework tasks for each lesson. A separate PDF file is attached that has 34 pages of printable resources to accompany the power-point. (Many of my DT resources seen on this site are included in this project download such as my Designer Research Activity, Risk Assessment Template, Design a Workshop Poster Activity, accessfm Poster, Feedback slips.) Learning objectives for the project are as follows: Understand Health & Safety rules in the workshop & how to conduct a Risk Assessment Recognise different types of wood and understand their properties Use research to analyse and learn from existing products Develop isometric drawing and rendering skills Understand client needs and how to write a design specification Construct a functional pencil holder developing workshop skills cutting, filing, shaping and wood staining Identify the use of different tools and equipment Understand how to write a project evaluation Lesson plan overview: Lesson 1: Health and Safety in the workshop and Wood Theory Lesson 2: Product Safety and Product Analysis Lesson 3: Isometric Drawing Lesson 4: Design Specification and Design Drawing Lesson 5: Tools and Equipment Lesson 6-10: Manufacture Lesson 11: Project Evaluation
Cover Activities - Mini Design Briefs
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Cover Activities - Mini Design Briefs

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9 separate worksheets including 9 different design activities. Design a mug logo for your teacher Design a Christmas tree decoration suitable for laser cutting Design a pair of flip flops for a surfer Design a book cover for your favourite book Design an Autumn themed cushion cover Design a household robot that helps around the house Design an Earth Day Poster Design a birthday gift bag for a 2 year old girl Design a chocolate bar Easy to follow activities perfect for cover work or early finishers/stretch and challenge tasks.
Analysing Toy Design Resources
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Analysing Toy Design Resources

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Powerpoint resources containing 16 different editable slides on the topic of toy design/toy safety. Several slides are designed for use as a teaching visual aid that can be displayed to students in lesson to accompany the worksheets tasks, that can be printed. Tasks allow students to analyse existing toy products considering target market and toy safety. Short questions, exit tickets and longer product analysis tasks included. Some differentiation provided on resources in the form of sentence starters, key words and sentence structures. (I use these resources with my year 6-8 classes during woodwork projects.)
Sample Risk Assessment for DT Project 2
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Sample Risk Assessment for DT Project 2

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Sample risk assessment for an acrylic based DT project using the laser cutter. Hazards considered include the workshop environment, working with sharp tools during model making, use of the laser cutter and working with glue adhesive.
DT Cover Activities
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DT Cover Activities

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Bundle of 10 Design and Technology activities. These resources are generic to fit into any lesson or can be perfect for cover.
Designer Research Task_Phillipe Stark
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Designer Research Task_Phillipe Stark

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2 page activity requiring students to research the designer Phillipe Stark. Task 1: Create a moodboard of the designers work + questions Task 2: Research and write facts about the designer + analysis of his work This resource can be used as a starter, plenary, homework or cover task.
DT Rendering Task
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DT Rendering Task

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1 sheet activity that allows students to practice rendering isometric shapes to look like materials with coloured pencil, Includes stretch and challenge questions. Ideal for a cover lesson or within a scheme of work on isometric drawing/design drawing.
DT Design Movement Research Activity
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DT Design Movement Research Activity

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Single sheet activity ideal for cover. Task requires students to research 4 main design movements and fill in a table of information including examples of products from the movement, key features and designers. Stretch and challenge questions added.
DT Client Needs Activity
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DT Client Needs Activity

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Printable activity cards for DT on the topic of client needs. Sheet 1 provides two options of clients and their problems. Students are required to identify the client’s needs and write/sketch a design solution. Sheet 2 provides a blank client needs template in which students can make up a client with a problem and provide a solution. Alternatively, this can be used as pair work. Partner A can create the client and their problem and partner B can identify the needs and provide a design solution. R
DT Project Planning Sheet
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DT Project Planning Sheet

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One sheet activity to get students thinking about the theme of a new project, potential products they could make, potential clients and the design process. Can be used at the start of any design and make project.
DT Client Profile/Needs
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DT Client Profile/Needs

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2 sheet activity for Design and Technology KS3. Activity requires students to produce a client profile for their product as well as investigate the needs of the client. Transferable resource that can be used for any design and make project.
Food Prep - Design a Hand Washing Leaflet
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Food Prep - Design a Hand Washing Leaflet

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Single page worksheet that requires students to design a hand washing leaflet for the food prep kitchen. Prior to designing the poster, students should list the steps involved to wash hands effectively when handling food, as well as identify the situations in which they should wash their hands in the kitchen. This resource can be used during a cover lesson or as part of a scheme of work on hygiene, cross-contamination etc.
Food Prep - Design a Hygiene Poster
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Food Prep - Design a Hygiene Poster

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Single worksheet activity requires students to design a hygiene poster for the food prep kitchen. Prior to this, students must identify the difference between personal, kitchen and food hygiene rules, as well as write 4 additional rules. ideal resource for a cover lesson or part of a scheme of work on the topic of Hygiene/ Cross-contamination etc.