Introduction to smart materials when you just don’t have enough time or resources to give everyone a smart material to experiment with. Good revision lesson too. Includes: Video link introduction Key Vocubulary Smart Material animations Mini Review Scaffolding Tasks Example GCSE Questions Exit Card.

Revision lesson to cover the surface finishes and treatments that are available to enhance functional and aesthetic qualities in materials. Mini reviews Video resources Past paper questions and knowledge check tasks Handouts

By the end of this lesson, students will understand the concept of sustainability, recognise the impact of human actions on the environment, be familiar with fossil fuels, and apply the principles of the 6R’s in designing a sustainable product. Introduction (10 minutes) Start with a discussion on how human activities harm the planet (e.g., pollution, deforestation, overconsumption). Show images and video depicting environmental damage caused by human actions. Defining Sustainability (15 minutes) Define sustainability as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Discuss the importance of sustainable practices in preserving natural resources and maintaining ecological balance. Understanding Fossil Fuels (10 minutes) Explain what fossil fuels are (coal, oil, natural gas) and how they are formed over millions of years. Discuss the environmental impact of burning fossil fuels, such as air pollution and climate change. The 6R’s of Sustainability (15 minutes) Introduce the 6R’s: Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Repair. Discuss examples of each R and how they contribute to sustainable living (e.g., using reusable bags, repairing instead of replacing items). Activity: Designing a Sustainable Product (30 minutes) Task each group or student with designing a product (e.g., water bottle, backpack) with sustainability in mind. Encourage them to consider materials, energy use, recyclability, and end-of-life disposal. Have groups present their designs and explain how they incorporated sustainable principles. Conclusion and Reflection (10 minutes) Wrap up the lesson by revisiting key points on sustainability, human impact, fossil fuels, and the 6R’s. Ask students to reflect on how they can apply sustainable practices in their daily lives.

A simple set of design and technology activities that could be used as emergency cover. 15 activities in total suitable for year 7 - year 10 I created these quickly as a teacher called in sick in the morning and needed some activities that students could work through independently without much instruction. They are not perfect and done in a rush but they did they job!

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Emergency Cover Work/busy worksheets for general DT Last minute Design tasks, Question tasks, Copying tasks for when cover is required.

Introduction into sustainability What is sustainability the 6R’s How to be more sustainable design activity

A lesson to guide students on how to answer the exam question on processes and the suitabililty of material used in the process to manufacture the product. Processes Materials Properties Example questions

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First lesson introduction to plastics for Memory Game Definitions Literacy Thermo forming and Thermosetting Types of plastics Properties

Includes Updated power point 2020 This lesson follows on from my Vitamins lesson. Pupils should use the investigation technique to scan and skim information to find facts form the fact sheets on minerals provided. There is a short video on minerals a show me game and plenary. Also a piece of homework for them to produce their own fact sheet on water. Please leave feedback!

Introduction to plastics What are they why we use them What are their properties Design a reuseable plastic product kept it simple for year 7’s being taught by a non specialist. Avoided all the plastic term names like polyethylene etc and tried to make it engaging. You could add plastic names to stretch higher ability pupils Useful for that quick lesson you just don’t have the time to create

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

An investigation lesson on vitamins including a starter, link to a great vitamin video, table for pupils to complete as a group and 6 fact sheets for pupils to investigate and get the information they need. Extension task of class discussion about vitamins and an exit card.

Introduction to ACCESS FM getting pupils to analyse a product Lesson contains Starter Hook Mini Review Class Discussion Independent Task Exit Card

Example assignment for unit 3 assignment Btec engineering health and safety in engineering. The assignment includes all feedback and Btec sheets that should accompany it. Assignment were praised by external moderator as good examples.

4 Christmas activities for ks3 DT. Not the greatest stretching activities but I had to provide some quick cover work for a teacher for a non specialist. Might be useful to someone else too

Quick resource I created for a cover lesson for my year 8 food class. We are currently learning about staple food ingredients. Could be useful for someone.

This lesson follows on from the revision of a designer lesson in my resources. The reasonong behind the lesson is to reiterate the work of the designer but to also focus on some sketching skills and design thinking. There are 3 tasks. 1 Practicing sketching - Straight lines, Curves, Ellipses, Perspective, Coverging lines 2. Practicing shading and contering (if you are not great at product design then I suggest you use this video from you tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-UqGtsjKiU ) 3. Design a clock using sketching skills in the style of Phillipe Stark There are some visual images that you can use for inspiration as well. Not my greatest resource but could come in handy