In this lesson students will gain an understanding of how designs/products are modified to make them more efficient to manufacture and disposal. Through a series of practical activities students will understand how the choice of materials affects its use, care and disposal. They will also be able to apply the six...

What is the Internet of Things (IoT) and how can it help firefighting in the future?

These activities explore how design can improve the equipment that fire fighters use, improving safety for both the general public and the fire fighters themselves.

The single-lesson one-hour activity requires no...

Make supports students to invent and explore multiple possibilities, testing them openly and often, and learning quickly before making well-informed decisions about the right ideas to develop.

This stage involves:  

• Brainstorming multiple ideas
• Filtering and selecting ideas
• ...

Sustainable design is fast becoming a matter of global...

This resource introduces sustainability and how life on Earth depends upon our environment for resources such as food, water, and raw materials. Pupils learn about the materials life cycle, where raw materials come from, how to reduce waste and how raw materials may be used and recycled. The activities encourage...

Mini NEA - Inclusive design is a set of 5 lessons where students will apply their product analysis studies to create inclusive design ideas for a range of described clients. In ...

Mini NEA - Inclusive design is a set of 5 lessons where students will apply their product...

Mini NEA - Inclusive design is a set of 5 lessons where students will apply their product analysis studies to create inclusive design ideas for a range of described clients. In this lesson students will learn and develop confidence in drawing quick, thumbnail sketches which demonstrate solutions to the problem with...

Mini NEA - Inclusive design is a set of 5 lessons where students will apply their product analysis studies to create inclusive design ideas for a range of described clients. In this lesson students will learn about anthropometrics and will...

Mini NEA - Inclusive design is a set of 5 lessons where students will apply their product analysis studies to create inclusive design ideas for a range of described clients. In this lesson students will develop an understanding of the...

Students will review their analysis studies and pick one product and one disability which they model a solution for and test to see if the problem has been resolved. A detailed evaluation will follow using the provided question prompts reflecting ACCESS FMM. This resource works well when delivered with ...

These resources provide revision materials for testing student understanding of the new and emerging technology section of the GCSE Design and Technology specification. The resources include a revision presentation, mock exams and revision cards.

These materials, from Waste Watch (part of Keep Britain Tidy), have been developed to make explicit links between sustainability and packaging for students following GCSE level design and technology courses. The scheme of learning includes suggested activities for five active learning sessions, supported by the...

This guide is suitable to support a full introductory wearable-technology project using Arduino. It gives an overview of the Arduino system as well as the key terms surrounding ‘making’ and ‘hacking’. After a brief review of basic electrical theory, a closer look at the inputs and outputs of a basic board, and of...