45 IDEA Analysers Resistant Materials Design Technology Literacy Keyword Starters Settlers Cover

45 starter-style I-D-E-A (Identify, Describe, Explain, Apply) starters covering 45 topics, tools and equipment. Students complete the ones they are comfortable with (eg lower ability complete 'Identify' where they simply can list their thoughts, higher ability complete 'Explain' and 'Apply' where more detail and sentences can be used. Some of the next one can then be completed based on what they thought, to push them a little further.

1. Adhesives
2. Design Process
3. Materials
4. Metals
5. Saws
6. Wood Joints
7. Woods
8. Workshop Equipment
9. Workshop Safety
10. Coping Saw
11. Files
12. G Clamp
13. Glue Gun
14. Hacksaw
15. Junior Hacksaw
16. Enamelling Kiln
17. Pillar Drill
18. Rasp
19. Tenon Saw
20. Chisel
21. Hammers
22. Pliers
23. Screwdriver
24. Twist Drill Bit
25. Bakelite
26. Bending
27. Blow Moulding
28. Brass
29. Bridges
30. Hand Tools
31. Power Tools
32. Bench Hook
33. Bolts
34. Bradawl
35. Hand Drill
36. Anthropometrics
37. Biomimicry
38. Brazing
39. Brittleness
40. CAD CAM
41. Chisels
42. Composite Materials
43. Cuttlefish Casting
44. Ergonomics
45. Smart Materials

Includes space for students to explain the keywords and suggested extension activities.

Ideal for the start of a lesson, a quick filler, part of a cover lesson or as a plenary on the board with a whiteboard pen.

The idea behind these is to get students to become more literate and think independently about the words that could be used to describe the topic being taught. Often the students will pick up on things that you would not normally expect!