Health & Safety Sign Association March 3, 2010
Posted by Gareth in : Design & Technology, P.S.H.E. , add a commenthttp://www.education.hssa.co.uk/
The Health & Safety Sign Association has a selection of resources for primary school students aimed at improving their recognition and understanding of standard safety signs. Activities and resources on the site introduce the colours and shapes, used in safety and informational symbols, and get students to design their own signs.
Botham’s Guide to Bread March 17, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : Design & Technology , 1 comment so farhttp://www.botham.co.uk/seed/first.htm
This site, from Yorkshire bakers Botham’s, is really useful for those classes that are looking at making bread in their design & technology lessons. There’s information about how bread is made commercially, a history of bread through the ages and some really simple bread recipes. It’s obviously been around on the Internet for quite some time but I think that it’s still worth taking a look at.
Cracking Ideas December 3, 2007
Posted by Gareth in : Design & Technology , add a commenthttp://www.crackingideas.com
The Wallace & Gromit-themed Cracking Ideas site has been produced by the UK Intellectual Property Office. It ties in with an annual competition but there are plenty of standalone resources on the site targetted at the upper end of KS2.
For teachers there are three units of work (Year 6), a great one hour lesson plan (Year 5/6), details on copyright & patents and handy tips on how to encourage innovation in your classroom.
For students there are profiles of ten famous inventors, examples of current innovations and crackpot ideas, home invention activities and tips on how to create, improve and market cracking ideas.
The only slight grumble I have about the site is the tiny text!
Devices of Wonder September 19, 2007
Posted by Gareth in : Design & Technology, History , add a commenthttp://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/devices/flash/
Explore the ways our ancestors entertained themselves with this fun site from the Getty Museum in the US. You can ’play’ online with a lot of cool toys and gadgets, many several hundred years old.
Primary Design & Technology September 7, 2007
Posted by Gareth in : Design & Technology , add a commenthttp://www.primarydandt.org/
This site from Nuffield links to their commercial primary solutions scheme but includes a lot of free downloads. You can access any of their 24 units of work, see examples of work by children and obtain additional units linked to or developed from the QCA ones.
1001 Inventions September 7, 2007
Posted by Gareth in : Design & Technology, P.S.H.E. , add a commenthttp://www.1001inventions.com/
Subtitled ‘Discover the Muslim Heritage in our World’ this website is accompanied by a touring exhibition, a book, educational posters and a teachers pack. The site and teachers pack are aimed at secondary level students and teachers but there’s plenty of interest here to prompt discussions in primary schools as well.
Great British Design Quest August 27, 2007
Posted by Gareth in : Design & Technology , add a commenthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/cultureshow/designquest/vote/
The BBC’s Culture Show and the Design Museum have been organising a vote to discover the public’s favourite British design icon. It’s about to reach the final stage with voting opening on the top 3 tonight. The Top 10 & Top 25 design icons are listed on the site above and they make interesting viewing. Many of the icons (and the information on the site about them) would provide an interesting starting point for discussions about design in D&T lessons in a similar way to the Icons website that I’ve mentioned in a previous Blog entry.
