Primary design, engineering and technology resources

Pupils design and make their own Paddington pop-up book. Pop-up Paddington is inspired by the joy of Paddington's second film adventure, Paddington 2 (in cinemas November 10). Activities support and encourage pupils to develop communication, active citizenship, problem solving and creative skills. Pop-up Paddington culminates in the creation and evaluation of a pop-up book featuring Paddington carrying out ‘odd jobs' around the community. Pop-up Paddington is designed for learners in Key Stage 2/Second level, with guidance to simplify or extend activities to suit the variety of skills and abilities demonstrated by pupils aged 7-11. It has been created in partnership with STUDIOCANAL. You can round off your Paddington-inspired work by giving each pupil a competition entry form for their chance to win official Paddington goodies for their whole class, plus a special Paddington 2 prize for the winning entrant! Find out more in the competition leaflet which can be downloaded here https://www.intofilm.org/resources/1354. Not yet Into Film? Start your free Into Film Club at www.intofilm.org/clubs

In this lesson, students learn more about famous structures and landmarks in Rome, Italy and the individuals who created them. Students choose the landmarks they will research and then choose the software they will use to showcase their research. Students can choose to create a presentation, a brochure, or a newspaper using Web 2.0 tools (free, no download needed) or by using Microsoft Office or Google Apps. For classrooms with limited technology, this lesson can be completed with students working in pairs or small groups. The completed presentations can be shared with the rest of the class if the teacher chooses. This is a great activity for a social studies or history class, or for a technology class. This lesson was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used in upper elementary grades or high school as well. Files included: • Teacher & Student Resources • Student Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric

A complete 6 week English Scheme of Work related to The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. All resources, worksheets, presentations and planning included and differentiated. All you need is a copy of the book.

The Iron Man - DT Lesson linked to LKS2 English SOW Children to design and make their own Iron Men. To be displayed and shown in assembly

This unit of work runs for approx 8 hours of lessons and is aimed at 9-11 year-olds. Using creature descriptions from Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass as springboards, students create drawings, paintings and models from their interpretation of the text, culminating in a pop-up book style artwork which helps develop Design Technology skills. Included are exemplars from my class.

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These are simple decorations for children to make this Christmas, for the classroom or to take home. Fine for students from Year 1 up to Year 5. They involve cutting and sticking and all the materials used are readily available.

Get your students to drawing in 2 point perspective homework task. WALT: Create a two point perspective drawing of a city. Expected: Carefully draw the city layout and add some colour Good: Successfully draw the city layout and begin to personalise it independently and add some colour. Outstanding: Neatly and accurately draw the city layout and personalise it adding colour and shading to give the drawing an extra 3D element

This resource combines suspenseful writing of a creepy story and the creation of a horror movie using light and shadow. Links provided to digital copies of documents for editing and sharing on Google Classrooms and Seesaw.

In this lesson, students learn more about famous structures and landmarks in Washington, DC and the individuals who created them. Students choose the landmarks they will research and then choose the software they will use to showcase their research. Students can choose to create a presentation, a brochure, or a newspaper using Web 2.0 tools (free, no download needed) or by using Microsoft Office or Google Apps. For classrooms with limited technology, this lesson can be completed with students working in pairs or small groups. The completed presentations can be shared with the rest of the class if the teacher chooses. This is a great activity for a social studies or history class, or for a technology class. This lesson was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used in upper elementary grades or high school as well. Files included: • Teacher & Student Resources • Student Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric

I've done this Design Technology project a few times now and it's always a winner - I've never known a class that wasn't absorbed by this so I'm really happy to be offering it to you. Students work in pairs (they can work individually if they wish). I've included the power point which details each step so the class can look at it together at the start of each session. I've also included a checklist so students can make sure they haven't forgotten anything along with a basic, student-friendly assessment sheet. I hope you have fun with it!