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Design
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Dazzle
Textiles Project |
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Berwick Middle School using Dazzle for computer aided design. |
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D & T Clipart |
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D&T clipart
covering construction, food, electricity and textiles. |
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Lever Linkages |
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click here Three animated lever linkage mechanisms with accompanying
worksheets. |
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A Simple Cam Mechanism |
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A project to build a
simple cam mechanism. |
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Make
a minbeast kit |
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Resources to support a simple
design and make project for Key Stage 1 pupils. |
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My
World D & T Screens |
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7 design and
technology screens for use with MyWorld. |
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The Machine Shop |
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Eight design and make
projects for you to try out with pupils.
Visit the machine shop or use the short cuts below to different
projects. |
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A parent's
guide to Food Technology |
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Leaflet produced by
Northumberland teachers. |
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Northumberland
Design Technology Network |
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This site is designed to be a focus
for the sharing of ideas and good practice in Design Technology. |
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Millennium
Tapestry Project |
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An opportunity to view
the work produced by First, Middle and Special schools. |
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Machine shop
project 1 - Skittles Game |
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The simplest project
of the lot - but with plenty of fun guaranteed. It consists of a
card ramp and any number of 'skittles' which can be made easy or
difficult to knock over. It can make an ideal introduction to
sawing wood or the wood can be substituted very easily. |
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Machine shop
project 2 - Pop up Troll |
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This uses a simple linkage to make
the 'troll' spring up when the end of the wooden beam is pressed
down.
Of course, it doesn't have to be a troll, but this IS ideal for
setting up under a bridge - where it can lie in wait for a passing
billygoat! |
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Machine shop
project 3 - a proud mum |
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Push up the rod and
the mother kangaroo will proudly display her youngster. This
simple model, using levers and linkages, is made from card and
paper fasteners. Templates are provided to help with the shapes -
but there's a host of other animals waiting to be created. |
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Machine shop
project 4 - Gravity motor |
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Use a falling
weight to drive a simple machine. The basic project requires only
simple cutting and gluing skills. It is shown here fitted with an
adjustable airbrake to control the speed. Within the capabilities
of younger children but developments to gain more sustained power
output, or to change the design from being hand-held, are perhaps
too difficult for KS1 and early KS2 |
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Machine shop
project 5 - Paper rod puppet |
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All puppets are fun
but the rod puppet is perhaps the best. it's more expressive than
a glove puppet yet much easier to operate than a string puppet.
Rodney here is made almost entirely from thin coloured card with
artstraws and string for the arms. He's not much of a dancer but
he can tell a good story! |
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Machine shop
project 6 - Mechanical hammer |
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The worksheets show
a single hammer while the picture here shows a multiple hammer
[x4]. The single hammer is very easy to build, but for multiples a
greater level of accuracy is required to make the units fit easily
together. Great fun to build and to play with. Single hammer can
become a nodding animal with a paper face - multiple hammers allow
for fascinating exploration of complex rhythms. |
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Machine shop
project 7 - Steerable vehicle |
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Not much to look at
perhaps, but a very useful vehicle for all sorts of investigation
and development of wheels and motion. The basic frame can be
constructed by experienced boys and girls in 5 minutes. Leaving
lots of time for the bits that work! Ideal for fitting a simple
battery drive and plenty of room between the rear 'forks' for a
gear box or a cone of pulleys. Light enough to be wind driven
(though you might need longer axles or counterweights for sailing
across the wind. |
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Machine shop
project 8 - One-string fiddle |
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A musical instrument capable of
playing a tune. This model allows you to experiment with a variety
of plastic containers as ready-made sound boxes. You can pluck the
string - or 'bow' the string - to produce the notes. |
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