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Introductory Skills for GCSE
http://www.teachnetuk.org.uk/projects-des-tech.htm
Introductory Skills for GCSE
This is a course of six lessons, establishing a basic knowledge of equipment, media, product analysis, presentation and drawing techniques for GCSE Graphics Products and Product Design.

The (UK) Open Universitys OpenLearn
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
The (UK) Open University's OpenLearn Welcome to The Open University's OpenLearn website - free and open educational resources for learners and educators around the world.
You are in the LearningSpace where Open University learning materials are freely available for you to study in your own time, away from any formal teaching environment.
Visit the LabSpace to share and reuse educational resources. Download some learning materials, adapt to your needs: translate, shorten, extend, add examples... and then of course, place it back for others to benefit!
| Arts and History | Business and Management | Education | Health and Lifestyle | IT and Computing | Mathematics and Statistics | Modern Languages | Science and Nature | Society | Study Skills | Technology |

TakeItApart
http://www.takeitapart.net/
TakeItApart
TakeItApart.net is all about, well, taking things apart.
This site is a resource to be used by anyone who wishes to see -- for any reason -- how to take apart certain electronic devices. We will try to post a new dissection as often as time permits.
We must recommend against, of course, the dismantling of electronic devices. (Doing so could damage them or void their warranties.)

Primary Design and Technology : Nuffield
http://www.primarydandt.org/
Primary Design and Technology : The Nuffield Foundation
On our website you'll find information about the Project, examples of pupils' work, classroom materials to download and other resources for teachers.
There are now six reports on Nuffield approaches to QCA Units of work. They include: Unit 1A, 1C, 2C, 3A, 3D, 6D. Each report contains a full description of the teaching with photographs of children's work
Each year the Nuffield Curriculum Project Centre will host a seminar in which leaders in the field of primary design & technology education research will make presentations to an invited audience of education policy makers, academics, teachers, and education managers.
The Nuffield Primary Design & Technology Project is pleased to be working with the Design and Technology Association (DATA) to contribute to the continuing professional development of primary teachers in the area of design & technology.

Design and Technology Revision and Quizzes
http://www.the-warren.org
A school based website designed to help students revise for their exams. A large number of interactive quizzes are included covering work at KS3, KS4 and A-Level. Schemes of work design frames, galleries and homework sheets are also included. Parts drawings for Prodesktop are available for download.

Mechanisms, strucutures 3D drawing
http://www.animatedworksheets.co.uk
Site dedicated to visual understanding of difficult concepts.
These animated web pages will help pupils to understand the concepts of mechanisms and perspective drawing in an easy to understand format.

MYP Design Technology \Computer Technology unit planners
http://www.geocities.com/vinucyrus/planners2.htm
MYP Design Technology/Computer Technology unit planners and evaluation rubrics for Grade 7 and 8.

Design & technology On The Web
http://www.design-technology.info
Very full site of help topics for projects and courswrok as well as revision. No adverts either !

Simple Machines
http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/pdfs/machines.pdf
Simple Machines
If you are doing a lesson on simple machines then look at this first ... guaranteed to help and save you time.
levers | pulleys | wheel | axle | inclined plane |

Booklet Education - KS3 D and T
http://www.bookleteducation.com
A site dedicated to KS3 Design and Technology projects. They come in booklet form with differentiated brief, NC guide and extension tasks.
These projects have been proven to elevate standards and de-stress teachers. What more could you want?!

MITs OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.mit.edu/
Welcome to MIT's OpenCourseWare : a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership.
MIT OCW: Is a publication of MIT course materials | Does not require any registration | Is not a degree-granting or certificate-granting activity |
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering Systems Division | Materials Science and Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |

Tech it Out UK
http://www.techitoutuk.com
Everything for Design Technology. In three areas including over 700 A4 pages of content, pictures, animations and edited links. Electronics section has 60 pages suitable for Electronics GCSE.

Newspaper Tower
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/educator/act_tower_ho.html
What's the tallest tower you can build using only two sheets of newspaper?
Here's the challenge: getting the newspaper to stand up, without using tape, staples, glue, or other materials. But you can bend, fold, or tear the paper itself.
Make a prediction about how tall a tower you can build. What is your prediction based on?
How well does your tower withstand environmental forces? Use a fan to imitate wind gusts or shake the table gently to imitate an earthquake. How can you change your design, using 2 sheets of newspaper and 20 cm of tape, to better withstand these forces?
Try It Out | Explain It | Build on It |

Disapplication of the National Curriculum
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/disapply/
Disapplication of the National Curriculum ... discusses whether or not DT can be dropped by UK schools at KS3 and KS3
Although the National Curriculum allows schools considerable flexibility to develop their curriculum to meet the needs of the majority of pupils, it may not maximise the learning and achievement of some individual pupils. Heads may, exceptionally, consider disapplying some parts of the curriculum. This guidance (also available as a paper publication) explains how to disapply aspects of the National Curriculum to meet pupils' particular needs.
Design | Technology |

Design and Technology Resources | Kent LEA |
http://www.kented.org.uk/school-effectiveness/sub-dandt.html
There are two distinct sections, Primary, supporting education of pupils from 3 years old to 11 years and Secondary supporting education of pupils from 11 years to 19 years.
In the site look for celebrations of work, files to support your work in the classroom (download and modify them to suit your needs), information (newsletters), curriculum support material (to help you plan and modify your practice), and links to other sites with useful material to share.

Nuffield Secondary Design & Technology
http://www.secondarydandt.org/home/
Design & technology is a remarkable subject. It can change the way your pupils learn and see the world. The Nuffield approach gives you the power to bring it alive in your classroom.
'This site is dedicated to helping you get the best from the Nuffield approach to D&T. Share your practice with others by emailing details of your pupils' work to the Centre.'
Use the Chooser Charts to help your pupils make and justify good design decisions in all focus areas.
We also list here a selection of companies who provide equipment and resources for use in Design & Technology teaching.
technology | design | DandT | DT | D&T | Nuffield |

AQA Electronic Products GCSE course
http://www.cornwallis.kent.sch.uk/jg/electronicsgcse/index.htm
We have just started to create a section of our school website that is devoted to the new AQA Electronic Products GCSE course.
The GCSE Project Support Booklet tells you how to get that top grade for your coursework. This booklet will be updated frequently, so keep checking.
Visiting teachers and students from other schools are welcome to use these materials in their original form for GCSE project work, provided that the source is credited.

Fenickss D and T (D&T)
http://www.geocities.com/fenickss/
Year 7 : Introduction Simple work-sheets to start your folio
Yr7 Project 1 : Year Seven Linkage Project - Additional catch-up sheets
Quiz Page - Technology Quizzes
Downloads : Worksheets and help-sheets to download to your computer
Internet sites : Technology and other useful study sites Includes most subjects
Internet KS3 : A list of sites corresponding to Key Stage 3 schemes of work

DesignandTech.com
http://www.designandtech.com
Massive site with links to sites covering all areas of Design and Technology. The site also contains an area where pupils can submit work that they have done for everyone to see. New - A poll where pupils can vote of different design related questions..

Internet Mechanical Engineer
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/vts/mechanical/index.htm
The Internet is a rich source of information and resources for students, lecturers, researchers and professionals. This tutorial covers the key information skills for the Internet environment. Learn how to use the Internet to help with your coursework, literature searching, teaching or research.
Mechanical Engineering | Design & Technology | Careers

Ldraw
http://www.ldraw.org/
LDraw is a freeware program which can create Lego models in 3D.
Programs based on James' original LDraw have been the conduit for sharing LEGO building ideas within the online LEGO enthusiast community. This community of CAD users (referred to as LCAD, for LEGO CAD) is constantly improving upon the system developing new utilities which utilize the LDraw format.

LUGNET ( Lego)
http://www.lugnet.com/
LUGNET™ unites LEGO fans worldwide through discussion groups, web pages, and services. As an independent site by fans, for fans, it is neither owned nor operated by the LEGO Company.
Find a LEGO Users Group or Train Club in your area.
Our community has collected and compiled information on more than 3,500 official LEGO products

Internet Civil Engineer
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/vts/civil/index.htm
The Internet is a rich source of information and resources for students, lecturers, researchers and professionals. This tutorial covers the key information skills for the Internet environment. Learn how to use the Internet to help with your coursework, literature searching, teaching or research. Civil Engineering / Design & Technology / Careers.

Design Council Slide Collection
http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/search.html
The Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) is delighted to announce that the Design Council Slide Collection is now searchable on-line via the VADS website.

Design Technology Department
http://www.design-technology.org/
The Design Technology Department has been created in order to provide free educational materials for schools and colleges.
Key Stage 4 Resistant Materials Lessons | Inventions and Inventors | The Bridge Lessons | Examples of Pupils Work | As and A level Materials | Handouts and revision sheets | Schemes of Work for Key Stage 3 | Schemes of Work for Key Stage 4 | Examples of Department Policies |

IDEERS
http://www.ideers.bris.ac.uk/
Introducing and Demonstrating Earthquake Engineering Research in Schools
To communicate the challenge and excitement of earthquake engineering research to young people.
Design | Technology |

The Design Technology Department
http://www3.mistral.co.uk/a.davies/index.html
Free handouts, schemes of work, online lessons, policy documents, examples of pupils work and a section on inventors and inventions. Approved by the NGfL, Learn and the BBC.
The Design Technology Department has been created in order to provide free educational materials for schools and colleges.
Key Stage 4 Resistant Materials | Lessons | Inventions and Inventors | The Bridge | Examples of Pupils Work | As and A level Materials | Handouts and revision sheets | Schemes of Work for Key Stage 3 | Schemes of Work for Key Stage 4 | Industrial and Business Links | Examples of Department Policies |

Sodaplay
http://www.sodaplay.com
Welcome to sodaplay the home of creative play ... graphic design

William Farr CADCAM Support Centre
http://www.wfs.lincs.sch.uk
The aim of this site is to provide support for Design and Technology teachers in the field of computer aided design and computer aided manufacture.
On the menu bar you will find news items, details of training courses, meetings and on-line tutorials.
You will find details of how you can obtain ProDESKTOP and ArtCAM Pro software.
You can also contact a DATA/DfEE accredited trainer for help with any problems you might have.
The links page will take you to many useful CADCAM and D&T related sites.

Technology Tasks
http://www.eggheadpublications.co.uk/Primary_Science/primary_science.html
Egghead's exciting new product Technology Tasks has just been launched. Technology Tasks is a new teaching and learning tool, a worksheet and study package for Design and Technology in the National Curriculum.

D and T Search Engine
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~magwww/Magpie/Design_Technology/design_technology_index.html
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D & T OnLine
http://www.dtonline.org/
/ electronics / packaging / environments / food / pneumatics / mechanisms / manufacturing projects / packaging designer CDROM now available

The Curriculum Connection
http://www.learning-connections.co.uk/curric/cur_dnt.html
The Curriculum Connection has links to Web sites which have useful curriculum information and resources. You can look at an individual subject and study area or search for a particular word or phrase in the site's title. The Curriculum Connection has links to Web sites which have useful curriculum information and resources. You can look at an individual subject and study area or search for a particular word or phrase in the site's title.
Biotechnology | Business | Classroom Resources | Design Resources | Electronics | Food Technology | Textiles |

TEFA
http://www.ash.org.au/teachers/tefa
Technology Education Federation of Australia .... where you can find info on ... IT / Design / Home Economics / Agriculture .... & definitions of Technology Education in Australia

IFIS
http://www.fnii.ifis.org/
International Food Information Service

Cardboard Engineering
http://www.flying-pig.co.uk/
A site for contemporary automata.....

Primary Schemes of Work (D&T)
http://www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/schemes/designtech
This site is HIGHLY recommended ... it offeres completed SoW broken down into the headings ... Objectives / Activities / Outcomes. Some of the actual SoW offered include ..... Moving Pictures / Playgrounds / Eating Fruit & Vegetables / Homes / Vehicles / Puppets / Packaging / Winding Up / Moving Monsters / Sandwich Snacks / Photo Frames / Money Containers / Torches / Storybooks / Alarms / Musical Instruments / Bread / Moving Toys / Shelters / Biscuits / Slippers / Fairground

Encyclopedia of Graphic symbols
http://www.symbols.com/

The Science Museum, Wroughton (UK)
http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/on-line/challenge/
The challenge of materials... uses interactive features to explain the uses of different materials.

The Design & Technology Association / DATA
http://www.data.org.uk/

Technology Enhancement Programme
http://www.tep.org.uk/
The Technology Enhancement Programme is an established and prestigious programme aimed at supporting and improving the teaching and learning of technology in schools and colleges. The programme is financed by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and managed b y the Gatsby Technical Education Project.

Isometrics the internet home for technical illustrators
http://www.techdrawingtools.com
Tech Drawing Tools now available online / Symbol Libraries /

The Nuffield Foundation D&T site for Primary School
http://www.nuffield.org/primarydandt/index.asp
If you have any interest in D&T and work in a primary school then this website will certainly be of practical use to you.

Toys
http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/toys/
This site teaches about the inner-workings of favourite childhood mechanical toys.... Key Stage 4 (Grade 9-12)

LEGO .... has gone computerised
http://www.legomindstorms.com/
Robots & all that.... can be designed & built to fetch you a beer from the fridge ... and other educationally valuable projects.

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