I have been a successful head of Design and Technology in a challenging high school since 2001. I personally deliver Edxcel BTEC Engineering and GCSE Graphics, Product Design and WJEC Food and Nutrition. I am very proficient in IT and use my skills in this area to produce engaging and easy to follow lessons. Through my lessons I have achieved and average of 80% of my pupils achieving a level 2 qualification in a school with a an average 30% level 2 pass rate over.
I have been a successful head of Design and Technology in a challenging high school since 2001. I personally deliver Edxcel BTEC Engineering and GCSE Graphics, Product Design and WJEC Food and Nutrition. I am very proficient in IT and use my skills in this area to produce engaging and easy to follow lessons. Through my lessons I have achieved and average of 80% of my pupils achieving a level 2 qualification in a school with a an average 30% level 2 pass rate over.
A revision sheet that can be easily followed by a student to do look/cover/test or make flash cards. Describes what they might be asked in an exam to familiarise themselves with questioning.
Extension task. get the pupils to create GCSE style questions from the examples given.
Food lessons
1 - 3 food lessons planning evaluating and demonstrating a flapjack
Stater
Demonstration
Mini review on demonstration
sensory evaluation using star profile
Mini review
Planning activity
Differentiated support sheets
Exit card
A lesson I gave on looking at the work of other designers focusing on Shigeru Miyamoto
Standard lesson
Starter
Video link
Scaffolding narrative about Shigeru Miyamoto
Mini Review
Task: Design an 8/16 bit pixel character
Extension task: design a pixel level
Pupils really engaged with this lesson and enjoyed the design activity
Cover lesson task or Homework
News article on Bionics with arguments for and against
Key Definitions task
Comprehension questions
60 word summary create an argument for and against.
A 4 hour learning activity/project that encourages independent learning to meet set outcomes.
This activity was developed as a short project based learning activity to compliment the work that the pupils do in school.
There are 5 milestones for the pupils to complete using the resources provided to answer a driving question.
Driving Question
When making a product for someone how do you know which materials are the most suitable, which size of material to order and what the cost will be? How can you ensure you are not left out of pocket after charging the customer?
In the resource you will find an overview sheet and 5 suitable resource sheets to help pupils complete the desired outcomes.
Description of Project
Whether you are a builder, carpenter, roofer, painter you will always need to buy the materials you need to make a product. Sometimes you are making a product to sell or providing a service and you will not want to be out of pocket.
Whenever you plan to make a product at home or in work you will need to know how much material you will need to make the product. If you order too little or the wrong size you will not be able to make the product. If you order too much you will be left with waste and will end up costing you more.
Before you start to make, you should plan out the exact size and quantity of a material you need and which stock form you need to order to get the shapes you need. You should then budget your product to make sure you can afford to make it or too calculate the cost of the product to enable you to make a profit
Wooden Table
You have been approached by a customer to make this simple coffee table and has given you a budget of £100. Before you make it you will need to work out which material would be the most suitable, how much material you need, what stock form you need to order.
Then you will have to calculate how much it will cost to make to make sure it is profitable for you to make it within the budget. Man does not work for free!
Lesson on globalisation I made for WJEC Design and Technology but could be used for business studies or Geography.
Includes
Starter
Introduction
Discussion
Video link
60 word summary
Thought provoking images Mini Review
Exit Card
Introduction to extrusion for the lesson after introduction to injection molding.
Starter
Lesson objectives
Video link
Animated process
Advantages and disadvantages
Task
Mini Review
Exit ticket
An assembly I delivered for halloween about fear and the fear of failure and but can be used at anypoint of the year (just remove the halloween specific slide) The only thing I have removed is the picture of me combatting my fear of heights, you can personalise for your own.
Lasted around 15 - 20 minutes with a link to video
Btec Engineering Learning Aim A Automated Engineering
A power point presentation with starter activity, notes, video links, tasks and plenary that cover this learning aim
An assembly I gave on New Years resolutions looking at why changes are better than resolutions.
You will need to change the first couple of slides to add your own example of your resolution to tailor it for you but the rest offers information on why we fail, what is a better alternative to resolutions and how to think SMART about targets for change.