Resources provided for hard material technologies covering Engineering, Resistant Materials and Product Design.
Designed by a former blacksmith with 8 years teaching experience and 6 years examination and moderation experience!
Resources provided for hard material technologies covering Engineering, Resistant Materials and Product Design.
Designed by a former blacksmith with 8 years teaching experience and 6 years examination and moderation experience!
Teacher powerpoint slides, individual activities and exemplars for a 14 hour project for KS3 year 7 or year 8.
This project is skills based. Students will need a USB cable (which can be recycled from a keyboard or device) and a LED card (can be purchased in bulk on AliExpress.)
The plywood base uses 18mm and 3mm ply, however the base can be made from a solid piece of timber with a slot rebated on a table router.
This pack contains.
1 - Choosing a design brief and writing a specification.
2 - Drawing design ideas in isometric, 2D and using tinkerCAD, including a PDF of exemplars.
3 - Storyboard planning task, including images and machine infographics.
4 - Pillar drill matching and writing activity (in class, cover or homework).
5 - Soldering reading/word frame activity (in class, cover or homework.)
6 - Evaluation
This activity can be extended with the use of multiple layers and embellishment on the base.
For ITTs it can be simplified using Vinyl Cut stickers on backboards that are precut, this saves time and file conversion.
YouTube CAD tutorials available.
This is a 58 page booklet that students can use to record their understand of the metals exam theory, including all processes.
There are spaces for diagrams, some reading activities and “information cards”.
One the front page there are references to each page in the AQA Design and Technology: Product Design Textbook by Hodder Education.
This is a build your own textbook and is provided as a powerpoint, but could be used as a google slides document or printed and hand written.
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 set of resources including four worksheets and a presentation that aims teach students about blended wing bodies used in the aerospace engineering sector.
The bell work is a spot the difference task that aims to encourage students to compare and contrast traditional aircraft with aircraft that have blended wing bodies.
This moves into a discussion about their advantages and disadvantages.
From this point students should be able to answer all of the questions in the worksheets. Types of questions include multiple choice questions, learning of key terms, and given statements where students have to justify the answers.
The final task is a long answer question, ideal as an extension for more able students, or a homework for all.
Please look at my other free resources if you are curious about my teaching style and want to see what's on offer before you commit to buy! Free for NQT's, just get in touch.
Three pdf worksheets aimed at teaching students the stages of investment casting.
The first resource asks students to watch a ten minute youtube clip and then write the stages of investment casting onto the worksheet.
There are times given (in minutes and seconds) where the teacher can pause the video and students are given keywords to allow them to learn the correct terminology.
This could also be given as a homework.
The second task is to revise the process by cutting and sticking the icons into the correct order.
Any questions just ask!
*Colours correted, some of the pictures were wax coloured, not aluminium coloured
Three worksheets aimed at teaching students about the stages of investment casting.
The first resource asks students to watch a ten minute youtube clip and then write the stages of investment casting onto the worksheet.
There are times given (in minutes and seconds) where the teacher can pause the video and students are given keywords to allow them to learn the correct terminology.
This could also be given as a homework.
The second task is to revise the process by cutting and sticking the icons into the correct order.
Any questions just ask!
A set of worksheets. The first asks students to copy and label the die casting process diagram.
The others are to label the stages of die casting using keywords and write the advantages and disadvantages.
Any suggestions just get in touch.
