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Design and Technology: links to websites for KS3 &
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National
Association of Advisers and Inspectors in Design and Technology
Support and
guidance materials available. Also links to D&T online which has
some interactive pupil materials.
The
Design and Technology Association
Good site with
information on national initiatives and DATA support materials. Also
useful links to other D&T sites.
Design
& Technology Online
An excellent site
with
interactive resources for students and teachers. For example, the
electronics designer allows simple circuit development using a systems
approach or the food section has data under different headings such as
snacks, sugar, vegetables, fruit etc. Try the packaging section which
also has a cd-rom version of the packaging designer for use on PC's
without Internet access.
- Scotty's
Center for Tech Education
Large, personal
site with various ideas, references and links to D&T.
- Epicurious
Food Dictionary
A site for research
and information gathering. Dictionary can be searched to provide
further starting points for investigation i.e. try searching for
something straight forward like bread.
How
Stuff Works!
How stuff works !
Explanations of all those things you wondered about...from toilets to
telephones... some with animation.... the mind boggles!
- Flying
Pig Gallery
Commercial site
with resources on card modelling. Good graphics and well presented
site. Good section on mechanisms and structures with animated
sequences to introduce different types of movement.
- Design
Council home
Links to education
and training with different resources available from the Design
Council
- Vegetarian
Pages
Diverse site with
information ranging from dairy products to animal rights. Includes
recipes, nutrition and health information.
- Welcome
to the British Nutrition Foundation
Education section
has resources and materials for teachers in all key stages.
- www.tep.org.uk
An excellent range
of resources and project ideas for all key stages. The T.E.P.
catalogue also offers materials, work sheets and posters at
competative prices. At key stage 3 and 4 the projects provide a simple
introduction to sophisticated aspects of electronics or mechanical
design work in schools. T.E.P. also provides training.
- Manufacturing
by Design
National project
providing free copies of Design view software to schools. The National
Manufacturing Council aim to support the use of CAD in Design &
Technology at KS3 and KS4 and to promote electronic communication
between schools/companies using the Internet.
- Centre
For Alternative Technology
Alternative
technology resources and information. Site has an online shop where
resources can be ordered.
- Food
Directory
The Food Directory
provides access to a range of services, resources and information
sources relating to the use of food within schools.
- Design
and Technology Education Index
Commercial site
with some online projects and accompanying worksheets. D&T
teachers should find the fuse tester interesting.
- DOCTRONICS
Educational Publishing
A commercial site
with links to the popular D&T electronics software Crocodile
clips. Materials suitable for Key stage 3 to ‘A’ level.
- Packaging
Education Programme
The industry
council for packaging and the environment site. Good resources
covering a range of aspects of packaging. Lots of support materials
for teachers and pupils.
- Young
Engineers - The National Network of Science, Engineering and
Technology Clubs
Young engineers
clubs official web site. Information on projects, how to enrole etc.
- Design
and Technology Times
General D&T
site with information and links to other D&T sites.
- Cabaret
Mechanical Theatre Education
Good site with a
variety of educational resources available. Many schools will be
familiar with the shop in Covent Garden and the work of the CMT
designers from D&T televison programmes. Resources are available
to buy ranging from videos and books to actual mechanical models.
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