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Design Technology |
| DT Unit links | Links to specific DT units |
| How Stuff Works | The fascinating stories behind everyday technologies may be used to foster children’s curiosity, creativity and quest for knowledge. Each of the sites listed here provides a wealth of information useful for finding out about products and systems and supports links between D&T and science. |
| Simple Cam Mechanism | This Northumberland site shows an example of a cam working with full instruction on how to make a working model with a cam. |
| D and T Mechanisms | Mechanisms online explains simple mechanisms with simple animations showing how they work. |
| LEGO | From
the LEGO site children can access the LEGO club, games and activities
pages. |
| In the Design Studio | The
'Design Studio' web pages of the GridClub website provide ideas
an information to support children's designing and making across
a number of contexts. Instructions for making products include:
mechanisms,minigreenhouse with timer to remind when plants need
watering,masks, kites, jewellery, savoury snacks, food as gifts,
greetings cards, containers, puppets and clothing. |
| Puppet Patterns | More information on puppets and clothing |
| Inventive Kids | A resource about invention and innovation that encourages and provides inventive experiences for children through educational games. |
| What? Where? When? Why? | The What? Where? When? Why? pages of the BBC Scotland Education site are very visual and provide simple explanations on topics including textile technology and homes. |
| Flying Pig | The Flying Pig site provides information for teachers and children of all ages and specifically supports the topics of mechanisms through animation and illustrations. |
| Cabaret Mechanical Theatre | Excellent examples of mechanisms on this site. |
| Food Standards Agency Wales | The
Food Standards Agency (FSA) Wales provides a selection of interactive games, in both Welsh and English, to support teaching and learning about food safety and healthy eating for 5–11-year-olds. |
| Food
Forum Warburtons Wright’s Flour Flour Advisory Bureau |
These sites give information on bread and breadmaking. |
| How
do fruit and vegetables grow? |
The Soil Association pages address organic farming issues and the impact of design and technology on the environment. |
| An exciting site from which to explore Fairtrade issues, thereby incorporating aspects of citizenship and education for sustainable development into D&T.This helps children to understand that trade connects us to people around the world, about paying a fair price for the products we use, eat and wear, and ensuring that the people who produce them get paid fairly. | |
| Organic Gardening for Schools | Linked to the HDRA this site gives advice and ideas for school gardens. |
| MAPE Big Books | A selection of big books made with the MAPE big book maker. |
| MAPE Big Book Maker | The Big Book maker itself, allowing books to be created. |
| Pop up books | A website devoted to pop up books. Includes links to other websites, lists of the authors books, videos of pop ups being made and downloads of different pop ups for you to make. |