Worksheet for evaluating existing products

One sheet has Cavalier Oblique grid to make it easier, one is plain for more able pupils

Worksheet for researching materials

Useful for GCSE projects for Mid to Low ability pupils. Can also be used for KS3 projects as well.

Worksheet for researching processes

Worksheet for client and user information

worksheet for researching tools and equipment

worksheet for a critter project that can be used as a homework, or cover lesson after discussion of the protein that humans get from eating insects and other critters. Includes edited video excerpt from "idiots abroad'

Nice starting off point for designing. Initial ideas area and Final design area, with key user details and specification points on the side as a reference, or can be used as call outs for annotation.

Use as a homework task or as a plenary after a practical lesson

A cut out clock face with hands. You will need to print on thin card, or use glue sticks to glue an A4 print to card, and a box of paper fasteners. These can be used as individual clocks for pupils to learn to tell the time. When the lesson is done, pupils can set the time and write it in the box provided. Then the whole class can display their work and you will have a useful display/resource available to you from then on. So a fun lesson or two ... and an interactive display to freshen your walls, before the headteacher starts mooching around and tutting about OFSTED, all in one go ... bargain.

Simple sheet to show development of ideas. Can be used individually or will work in pairs or small groups as pupils help each other to develop ideas.

A4 Isometric worksheet

Useful for GCSE projects for Mid to Low ability pupils. Can also be used for KS3 projects as well.

Helps to focus pupils on a range of aspects for specification. Three levels of importance and a bullet point list for a summary of key features

AO1-A - IDENTIFY INVESTIGATE & OUTLINE DESIGN POSSIBILITIES For the 1-9 GCSE. As this is still a new GCSE there is going to be confusion amongst both teachers and pupils. AQA have not provided any great depth of information for anyone, and so I think this will be the best way to go forward. Yes it is a workbook and AQA have said that we should not use them. This just gives the pupils and us a foundation structure. I use it with Yr10 to make them aware of the new assessment criteria. I have found that lower ability candidates use this in Yr11 as a framework to guide them and help them to collect the right information, and that it can then be used a little like a scrapbook to ‘cut and paste’ their work into another folder. This is a 4 page document for the AO2- E and AO3 sections, and worksheets guide pupils to achieve the AQA assessment criteria.

AO1-B - PRODUCING A DESIGN BRIEF AND SPECIFICATION For the 1-9 GCSE. As this is still a new GCSE there is going to be confusion amongst both teachers and pupils. AQA have not provided any great depth of information for anyone, and so I think this will be the best way to go forward. Yes it is a workbook and AQA have said that we should not use them. This just gives the pupils and us a foundation structure. I use it with Yr10 to make them aware of the new assessment criteria. I have found that lower ability candidates use this in Yr11 as a framework to guide them and help them to collect the right information, and that it can then be used a little like a scrapbook to ‘cut and paste’ their work into another folder. This is a 3 page document for the AO1-B section, and worksheets guide pupils to achieve the AQA assessment criteria.

Useful for GCSE projects for Mid to Low ability pupils. Can also be used for KS3 projects as well.

GCSE Design and Technology 9-1 A presentation to suggest what pupils should be doing for the first section of their major project.

GCSE Design and Technology 9-1 Originally for Yr11 AQA examination 2018 but still a valuable project for Yr10 pupils. The theme is remote control storage and I have produced this to show pupils a range of possible design ideas that they can use in the examination. Also information to help them to understand how each design would be made, and a simple evaluation of each design. These comments are added as note within the powerpoint and teachers can choose how to use them, depending on the groups they teach.