Teacher of Design and Technology in its various forms for 25 years.
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Teacher of Design and Technology in its various forms for 25 years.
Please leave feedback - good or bad. It all helps.
Most resources are free and will continue to be so as they are added. Those with a fee (although small) represent the time and effort put into compiling them and making sure they are not a copy of anyone else's work.
Part 1 - Where metals come from, Extraction, Ferrous and Non Ferrous, how aluminium and steel are made
Part 3 - Stock forms of metal
Part 4 - Metal processes; turning, milling, blanking, polishing, sand casting, pewter casting, welding, riveting.
GCSE level Plastics - used with my GCSE groups as a teaching aid and as revision for pupils to take.
Plastics 1 - Covers; oil and the extraction, distillation and types of plastic.
Plastics 2 - Covers; Thermosetting and Thermoplastics, Resin codes.
Plastics 3 - Covers; moulding processes - extrusion, injection, blow, rotational, vacuum, calendaring, line bending. Laser cutter discussed.
Plastics 4 - Covers; environmental impact of disposal, bioplastics, biodegradable plastics and recycled plastics.
These were locked on the first day - sorry. They can now be edited.
Presentation 1 covers - Structure of a tree, hardwoods and softwoods, conversion of timber, seasoning and common faults in timber. There is a short test on the last slide.
Presentation 2 covers- Veneers, plywood, MDF, chipboard and blockboard - some youtube links attached to slides.
Presentation 3 covers - a pictoral guide to the common uses for common timbers (Pine, Beech, Oak, Mahogany).
Presentation 4 covers - a brief guide to wood joints - quick reminder of joints we (you) might have completed with pupils. Exam style question asking pupils to show how a product would be made (help sheet included).
Presentation 5 covers - Fixings and fittings; screws, nails, pins, dowels, hinges. Knock down furniture and the advantages/disadvantages and the fittings used.
Presentation 6 covers - Environemtal impact of single species forests, deforestation.
Mid project worksheet and presentation on quality control. Used with year 7 pupils designing and making a small wooden storage box. Assessment follows PIXL ‘steps’. Presentation supports the worksheets. Pupils asked to discuss quality of Lap Joints, these can be swapped out for whatever project you are doing.
I did not write this it is adapted from the AQA information on the website. This is the AQA content for the core principles simply added to a spreadsheet for ease of reading - I added RAG columns for us to work through our planning. Its free... not to profit from colleagues :)
3 differentiated worksheets for Peer Assessment. I use this with year 7 and 8, they assess each others work before they evaluate their own. Uses PIXL steps for levels, pupils move around the room looking at each others work then complete the front page AFTER thay have read all the comments from their Peers.
Same idea - but the process is modified slightly for different abilities of groups.
