A series of resources and lesson plan for 2-3 lessons that focus on preparing students to explain the advantages and disadvantages of different tools. In the main lesson students share different tool advantages and disadvantages and play forehead detective (where they stick one short slip of information on their forehead) and then sort themselves from most important to least important. This helps them to learn what the different benefits and pit falls of tools without having to sit and learn them on rote. It contains short bursts of reading and no writing so will keep your "lads" occupied and weaker students engaged, focusing all learners whilst helping your strong students understand how to approach D1. p.s. Student will be one their feet for most of the lesson! The follow up lesson gives the stronger students the opportunity to record the advantages and disadvantages of the tools they need to in a simple tick box audit. (Both the main PowerPoint and audit are editable if your centre has chosen different tools to mine or you think of anything I've missed, it's past midnight and I've got a full day tomorrow!) I've also thrown in a M1 diamond nine, "which tool is most useful worksheet?", which could be used before or after this lesson, or could be completed by your Pass grade students whilst your Merit and Distinction students take the audit. I gave mine the choice if they were Pass/Merit to do either and made the Distinction students do both, because I am a horrible person. Please note that students will need to include work holding devices to achieve M1 and D1, I am going to be looking at preparing work for these next so watch this space.

A lesson where students exchange information to develop their understand of the following tools and what shape profiles they cut in materials; counter bore, centre drill, twist drill bit, flat-bottomed drill bit, tap, die, countersink, reamer, facing tool, turning tool. The lesson starts with speed dating (instructions included) where students read out slips to eachother (sounds a bit naff but works really well if they are not a group that engages well with writing and has a clear oracy element.) Team discussions and teacher lead discussions moves on to a highlight keywords and explain their meaning sheet. Finally the students have to try and identify which tools create which profiles from given diagrams using the descriptions. Support students moving from Pass to Merit, helps less able to engage with L1 identification of tools, with less writing and more speaking. Probably an hours worth of teaching, identify the profiles could be given as a consolidation homework if you run out of time. All text editable in download. Compliment my other Unit 7: Machining resources including https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/level-2-btec-engineering-unit-7-machining-effectiveness-applications-of-tools-11118336 . Any feedback greatly received!

A lesson all about the applications, advantages, and disadvantages of Bionic eyes Prosthetic Limbs Mechanical Hearts/pacemakers Breast Implants Cochlear Implants The first pages are to encourage debate and to classify the pictures and also helps the teacher to gauge the level of prior knowledge in the room (lots of the information will overlap with you top set Science students, if you have any.) The presentation is designed to raise some important issues about disability and health in relation to the applications of bionics. (Might be worth preparing the LADS for a serious discussion, especially when it comes to breast augmentation and cancer.... You could always create new slides on artificial windpipes instead but I fancied a challenging debate and not a lesson where issues such as disability, cancer, deaf/blindness and injury caused through war etc. became topics of banter.) There is then a group task, each group gets a fact sheet about one of the five suggested bionic applications and another sheet with questions that they need to answer and present to the rest of the group. I'm going to give my A2 sugar paper, marker pens and 20 minutes. There's no plenary, I think it'll be a push to get through all five presentations in one lesson. I might use the following lessons to produce a "How much can you remember?" Mindmap. Will being delivering this lesson soon so will be able to give better time/activity guidance. No worksheets, just an editable powerpoint.

This is a step by step guide to enable your students to create a mind-map that recaps the following materials; Titanium Tungsten Duralumin Optical Fibres Modern Metallic Foams Carbon Fibre GRP Kevlar Tungsten Carbide There are two pathways (hard for merit/dist students and easy for L1/pass students) or you could just print my version and add it to a revision pack. I might include timers when mine undertake the task to prevent procrastination. Could be used for a different subject applying the same principles.

Slide 1: Bell - Highlight the five most important words from each smart materials definition. Slide 2: Review the words for piezoelectricity with the group. Slide 3 & 4: Two youtube clips - one explaining cigarette lighters (because they are universally liked by all teenagers) and one that covers ultrasound. Slide 5: Slide that covers benefits and limitations (Your high ability can copy these out while the rest answer the key question at the top of the page. ) Slide 6: Review of the 5 words for electrochromic glass with the group. Slide 7: Grand designs electrochromic glass clip. Slide 8: Same as 5. Slide 9-15: Same structure repeated for SMAs and SMPs covering a range of applications. Slide 16: A wordle with the key terms from the lesson to enable your students to write their own definition of a smart material. Worksheet with some key questions for everyone to be completed during powerpoint and to avoid them getting that glazed look and break up the note taking/clip watching. This can also be used as evidence to later mark (and then remark in order to close the loop just in case ofsted rock up.) Save yourself a day's worth of hunting for appropriate videos and download this fully editable resource. Happy Sunday.

A comprehensive lesson with bell task, starter game, definitions worksheet, identification mind map and test your knowledge plenary. Any queries or suggestions please let me know. Free for NQT's, just get in touch.

Fully editable document containing 28 differentiated homework/revision tasks including: Material properties. Bionics Manufacturing processes. Scales of production. Machining techniques. Selecting and using tools for drilling, milling and turning. Engineering sectors. The 6 R's. Material properties. Tasks are rated as easy, medium, difficult. I tell my students that they should attempt the task that is closest to their target grade easy (pass) medium (merit) difficult (distinction) but preferably one grade above. Sometimes there is choice element to the activities so that student will engage more fully with the tasks. There are a range of tasks that are designed to take students 20 minutes at home.

The biggest hurdle in BTEC is to ensure learners achieve a level 2 pass in the online exam. Our less able learners don't/won't/can't revise especially as the pressure mounts and they loose the will to write generate statements on rote! This is a set of fully editable multiple choice tests (55 marks in total) which could be given to those L1/P learners whilst other students focus on long answer questions or used as starter tasks. I've tried to cover all/most topics. Answers sheets included (I think I'll laminate mine) for students to self/peer assess the answers (making it look like you've done enough marking to statisfy your senior leaders/OFSTEDS unquenchable thirst for evidence.) Some are manufacturing process ordering questions, some are generic questions similar to those in the online test. Enjoy! Any suggestions/comments please get in touch.

This booklet allows students to gather information on woods, metals, polymers using material properties. This pack should upload into google drive or classroom with little formatting (or as an editable pdf.) I plan to use this so that I can monitor my students progress, how easy it is for us to assume they have made their own notes... And even more frustrating that deep down we know they don't. There a 9 pages in total including the relevant section of the specification. I plan to create a booklet for each section! Thanks for looking.

This booklet allows students to gather information on each of the design movements in the specification. This pack should upload into google drive or classroom with little formatting (or as an editable pdf.) I plan to use this so that I can monitor my students progress, how easy it is for us to assume they have made their own notes... And even more frustrating that deep down we know they don't. There a 7 pages in total including the relevant section of the specification. I plan to create a booklet for each section! Thanks for looking.

This booklet allows students to gather information on papers, boards, textiles and smart materials using material properties. This pack should upload into google drive or classroom with little formatting (or as an editable pdf.) I plan to use this so that I can monitor my students progress, how easy it is for us to assume they have made their own notes... And even more frustrating that deep down we know they don't. There a 7 pages in total including the relevant section of the specification. I plan to create a booklet for each section! Thanks for looking.

This booklet allows students to gather information on methods used to join different types of materials. This pack should upload into google drive or classroom with little formatting (or as an editable pdf.) I plan to use this so that I can monitor my students progress, how easy it is for us to assume they have made their own notes... And even more frustrating that deep down we know they don't. There a 14 pages in total including the relevant section of the specification. I plan to create a booklet for each section! Thanks for looking.

Hi, This is an editable ten page A3 powerpoint proforma for students to complete as part of the Component 1 - Exploring different engineering sectors coursework. Each stage of assessment is clearly labeled. I’m planning to use it with google classroom as this topic is research heavy.

In an attempt to stimulate a little bit of independence from our level 2 learners we’re working on a “create your our textbook” principle. This is a 21 page booklet. Each page has a generic layout with 4 boxes (because we all know that boys like to have a clear grasp of what they are going to see and what they need to do to get out of lesson when the bell goes, instead of staying behind and face 10 minutes of self reflection…!) Each slide has a process name as the title “drilling” these manufacturing processes come from the specification. The first box asks students to collect a picture, animation, youtube video, draw a sketch or a photograph of someone completing the process. You could provide learners with a range of information and specify the task, we’ll be using google classroom and slides so they can find something memorable of their own. The second box asks them to collect products made using the process which can be “taught” at the beginning of the lesson or self directed. A few of the processes they collect other information “different shaped file profiles” is an example. The third box gives them a range of tasks that are literacy related and tie into MAGENTA principles which are differentiated and if students have had a writing heavy day or a good understanding of the process already or are less able they can complete an easy one. See below. Use ten keywords. Three bullet points. Copy and paste a description of the process then highlight ten important words. Describe the process in four stages. Write a detailed paragraph including advantages and disadvantages. (More able moving onto L3 students should really consider using this final task. We can live in hope.) The final box asks students to explain which materials the process can be used in conjunction with. The slides are extremely similar, but this should help us (and you) move away from lots of loose worksheets that get lost to a photocopied booklet or online booklet where everything is together. (It also means that if they end up in the inclusion unit they can just carry on independently and cover lessons need minimal resources and have routine built in.) Happy September!

This resources is an adaptable lesson PowerPoint including worksheets covering the advantages and disadvantages of Titanium, Tungsten, Superalloys, Modern high performance ceramics, Kevlar and Optical Fibres. In the bell task students can annotate the first slide in pairs or teams to establish prior knowledge. The main task is a series of six fact slides, one for each material. I print and place these on the tables and then students can move around the room to each table copying down the facts. However, you could a copy of each material slide to a table and use KAGAN strategies (5 minutes - 10 minutes per slide to copy each and swap) if they are a lively bunch or you want them to remain seated. Discussions for a plenary or save for your next starter. If you are unsure there are some free Unit 1 resources for other topics available so that you see my resources in more detail before committing to buy! Free for NQT's, just get in touch.

A lesson and worksheet for modern material foams.

A short lesson on the advantages and disadvantages of JIT for Year 10/11 engineering. If you like this resource you'll love my other BTEC Level 2 Engineering Unit 1 resources.

Worksheets that cover Kaizen.