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.

A selection of eight worksheets with exam style questions and learning activities for - Drop Forging (3 sheets) Shearing (2 sheets) 3 worksheets covering - Sand casting Investment casting Powder metallurgy Die casting Would make good follow up learning for my manufacturing processes lesson, more detailed than the homework/revision pack worksheets available in my resources area. Thanks for looking.

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.

This is a team work based game that introduces students to the following topics: Surface mount technology CNC machinery Pick and place robotics Drop forging Shearing Teams of four/five are assigned roles (I've assigned teams of 4 because I have classes of 20+) but you could do teams of three by merging the writer/explainer role. Five paragraphs (1 about each process) are put out on different tables and students have to work as a team to produce a quick poster of each process using words and pictures. I'm going to give the team with the best 5 posters a prize at the end. Students are each given specific tasks and their are rules to keep them in check. A five minute timer and two minute timer are in the powerpoint to help you move them on and keep the pressure/pace of the competition going. They could even vote for the winning team at the end or you could get the teams to swap posters and add in anything they think was missing.

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.

A presentation that covers the basics of nano technology. Slide 1-4 - A maths task helping your high achievers transfer their knowledge of SI to engineering and to help your less able to understand the nano means very small. Also a reading task with a few nano sized facts to consolidate. Slides 5 - The slow mo guys (two young geeks on you tube) explain the principles of hydrophobic materials with some amazing slow motion videos that usually grab the attention of the students. (As a teaser you can promise to show other slow motion video at the end of the lesson but be careful which ones you choose some covering explosions contain inappropriate language and in others the geeks undertake seriously dangerous/reckless activities.) Whereas others have a much more scientific focus. Slide 7-9 - The applications covered in brief (tyres, clearcoat and petrol/oil). Slide 10 - The disadvantages. The first worksheet asks students to write the definition of nanotechnology and then explain three areas where they might be used in the automotive sector. The second worksheet is a series of pictures which students can cut and classify into two or more groups of their choice (alone, as a group or with a neighbour.) They then need to annotate on the meaning of each picture. The powerpoint takes about 10-15 minutes, the students can spend most of the lesson completing the main sorting and annotating task and the answers can be discussed with each table as you wander around the room telling them to stay on task and stop drawing on the tables..... Every resource is in powerpoint and fully editable. Enjoy.

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.

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!

Eight A4 portrait worksheets covering the use of the following tools: twist drill bit, centre drill, counter-bore, flat bottomed drill bit, tap and die, dead centre, live centre, countersink, and reamer. The tasks are varied, some word frame/reading tasks, some sketching tasks, some question based tasks. Lots of keywords for those learners who struggle with the new vocabulary, excellent and essential Assignment 1 preparation. Activities are appropriate for those students looking to gain a Pass/Merit grade as advantages and disadvantages are not covered in detail. Any suggestions welcome (the file was created as a .ddp hence the pdf format but I'm happy to edit upon request), More Level 2 resources coming soon. A full lesson teaching students about the same tools is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/level-2-btec-engineering-unit-7-machining-what-makes-a-tool-useful-11163145

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.

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!

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

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.

A student friendly tracker for self assessment or teacher assessment to help identify areas of strength and areas of weakness for The Engineered World exam. Created in excel, completely editable. Can be used along side my mock exams and other resources. Free to NQT's just get in touch.

Two short lessons, or one lesson and additional homeworks used to teach and consolidate the powder metallurgy process. Starter: Write down success criteria,complete a powder metallurgy flowchart. Task 1 : Watch a youtube clip, teacher to explain each stage of process. Task 2: Cut and paste the stages and stick them in the correct order. Task 3: Homework to encourage students to think about applications and consolidate. Task 4: Similar cut and paste exercise with pictures of each stage, students to annotate each picture. Advantages and Disadvantages to be covered in a separate lesson in comparison to the three casting techniques!

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.

A 16 question, editable 50 mark mock exam including the follow topics. (PDF also included for those who don't have publisher.) Modern high performance materials. Renewable Energy. Machining; Milling, Drop forging, Sand casting, Welding, Shearing, Turning. Health and Safety. CNC manufacture. Continuous Production. Surface mount technology.

A 16 question, editable 50 mark mock exam including the follow topics. Modern high performance materials. Composites The 6 R's Renewable Energy Machining Health and Safety Robotics Mass Production. See my other mock exam for different questions! Free for NQT's, just get in touch.

This lesson on telematics has a range of activites starting with a discussion about SATNAV and Global Navigation Satellite Systems moving towards their use in the automotive sector. Powerpoint and three worksheets that are fully editable. The lessons are differentiated and tasks are marked cleared with P, M, or D so that students can understand the level of detail required for their target grade. If you like this please look at my other BTEC resources. All reviews /advice greatly appreciated! Free for NQT's just get in touch.