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Design Technology (DT) The Design Technology links on this page mainly reflect personal subject specialities, however, teaching-resources.org.uk is a growing site and welcomes fresh information for ks3/ks4 in this area. To make this section easier to navigate, colour-coded icons are used to denote the main subject interest, the key to which is below: Key to link icons |
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 Product Design |
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 Food Technology |
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 Resistant Materials |
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 BBC Design Technology website, covering all areas of DT. |
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| BBC schools web pages containing GCSE quizzes for DT students (do teachers know all of the answers?) |
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| BBC Food. Recipies, food news and instructional videos |
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Independents |
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| Design and Tech.com is a contemporary looking site with pictorial content, making it easy to navigate. Covers most areas of DT. |
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| World Association of Technology Teachers (WATT) is a wide-ranging technology resource that includes Lesson Plans and OFSTED advice. |
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| Design Technology Department is an eclectic-looking comprehensive DT website including schemes of work and easy to follow subject links. |
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| Whilst the colours and graphics on Design Technology.info could be a little more subtle, don’t let this put you off, as it has useful content |
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| Spartacus Schoolnet provides Links to other DT sites, including Food Technology |
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| Pictorial library of kinetic models, showing engineered mechanisms and the principles of how they work |
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| Hovercraft plans and parts |
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| 'World's Healthiest Foods'. A site with altruistic intentions, with the aim of promoting heathy eating. |
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| Teaching Resources is a DT site constructed with the purpose of sharing information between teachers and seems easy to navigate. |
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| National Curriculum Online’s guide to Design Technology. View the programme of study for key stage 1, key stage 2 and key stage 3. View the non-statutory guidelines for key stage 4 and the design and technology entitlement statement. From these pages, you can also see the attainment target notes and links to online teaching resources. |
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| The Standards Site’s schemes for DT ks3. From this page a search option gives access to other subjects, such as Citizenship. |
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| British Nutrician Foundation. Popularly known, but well worth a mention. Includes evaluation aids, such as hedonic scales and star charts |
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Industrial Links |
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| Concept car website, showing images of prototypes and proposed designs |
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| A ‘Web Window’, where designers display their portfolios in order to generate interest. Graphics and Product Design will benefit from this site |
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| Colour Scheme Generator. This free software uses the colour you ‘dial in’ to form a palette of complimentary colours that can then be imported into Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator |
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Miscellaneous DT Links |
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| As more schools move towards sustainability, websites such as Garden Organic will be useful for displays and lesson content |
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| Systems and Control. How to solder guide including pictures and projects |
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| Point of Sale display stand ideas for Graphics or Product Design |
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| Plain fabric bags to print or paint designs onto. Sustainable materials used |
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| Fuad-Luke, A (2006) The Eco-Design Handbook, Thames & Hudson, London – A source book of inspiration for both Product Design and Resistant Materials, this book illustrates how innovative design can play a major role in creating an environmentally friendly society for everyone. |
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| British Standards Online. There is a British Standard for practically everything, from technical drawing to toasters. Copies of standards have to be paid for, but educational discount is available on some of them |
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| Teach-ICT describes it’s content by name. Not strictly a DT site, but ICT is obviously important in this area |
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