Powerpoint resources containing 16 different editable slides on the topic of toy design/toy safety. Several slides are designed for use as a teaching visual aid that can be displayed to students in lesson to accompany the worksheets tasks, that can be printed. Tasks allow students to analyse existing toy products considering target market and toy safety. Short questions, exit tickets and longer product analysis tasks included. Some differentiation provided on resources in the form of sentence starters, key words and sentence structures. (I use these resources with my year 6-8 classes during woodwork projects.)

This editable powerpoint inlcudes a series of resources for the beginning of a project on Textile Dolls in KS2/KS3 Design and Technology. Included are resources for analysing an existing product using ACCESSFM, re-designing products to meet a new target market’s needs as well as a resource to write a Design Specification for students own products. Resources are suitable for mixed ability groups as there is some differentiation provided. This powerpoint can be edited to suit a different project within Design and Technology easily, as the design process and structure of the tasks are relevant to most projects.

Entire woodwork based project in which students are required to design and make a wooden pencil holder shaped like a letter of choice. Pencil holder is made with pinewood and has been cut by hand to achieve the shape. Holes are drilled to hold pencils. Wood stain finish applied. Included in the download is a 58 slide power-point that covers 11, 40 minute lessons. Starter activities, main tasks, plenaries and homework tasks for each lesson. A separate PDF file is attached that has 34 pages of printable resources to accompany the power-point. (Many of my DT resources seen on this site are included in this project download such as my Designer Research Activity, Risk Assessment Template, Design a Workshop Poster Activity, accessfm Poster, Feedback slips.) Learning objectives for the project are as follows: Understand Health & Safety rules in the workshop & how to conduct a Risk Assessment Recognise different types of wood and understand their properties Use research to analyse and learn from existing products Develop isometric drawing and rendering skills Understand client needs and how to write a design specification Construct a functional pencil holder developing workshop skills cutting, filing, shaping and wood staining Identify the use of different tools and equipment Understand how to write a project evaluation Lesson plan overview: Lesson 1: Health and Safety in the workshop and Wood Theory Lesson 2: Product Safety and Product Analysis Lesson 3: Isometric Drawing Lesson 4: Design Specification and Design Drawing Lesson 5: Tools and Equipment Lesson 6-10: Manufacture Lesson 11: Project Evaluation