Design Technology

Key Stage 3

CAD/CAM

Leadership – leading other pupils within certain components of the lesson ie demos in the use of software.
Advanced work skills on software being used.
Use of more advanced software programmes.
Look to design more complex end results through the choice of designs.

Woodwork

Extension tasks that push your learning – making of advanced features for practical tasks using different tools and machinery.
Choice of wood joints to use – choose the more complex wood joints in order to construct your practical pieces.
Use of different materials to advance understanding of their uses and capabilities.
Leadership – leading other pupils within certain components of the lesson ie demos in the use of tools/equipment.

Food

Technical recipes challenges – choose the recipes with some stages/instructions missing so that you have to ‘fill in the gaps’ and work it out for yourself.
Additional dish components – bring in extra components for your dish e.g. icing for cakes, in order to enhance the overall presentation of the final dish.
More technical presentation challenges – try a different way of presenting elements of your dish to what you have been shown, e.g. piping mashed potato on a shepherd’s pie.
Research different recipes at home using the skills learnt in class and experiment with new or different ingredients you would usually use.
Leadership – leading other pupils within certain components of the lesson ie demos in the use of tools/equipment.

Food

Research different recipes at home using the skills learnt in class and experiment with new or different ingredients you would usually use.
Organise’ Come Dine with Me’ style dinner parties.
Research multicultural foods and experiment using more unusual ingredients.
Research and use ethical product manufacture e.g. fair trade and organic items.

Product Design

Recycle, reuse and repair as much as possible to develop creativity alongside economically and environmentally minded responsibilities.
Research and use ethical product manufacture e.g. fair trade and organic items.
Enter external competitions relating to Design and Technology.
Watch films charting key design or technological advances.
Identify technologically related articles in newspapers, websites and magazines.
Embrace opportunities to enhance knowledge of cultural design and manufacture.
Research smart materials looking at how they could be integrated into your product.

Resistant Materials

Help with DIY and using tools at home - gives an awareness of tools, equipment and machinery e.g. you could help assemble flat pack furniture to understand what is needed to make it and how each component is used.
Research smart materials looking at how they could be integrated into your product.
Identify technologically related articles in newspapers, websites and magazines.
Embrace opportunities to enhance knowledge of cultural design and manufacture.
Research and use ethical product manufacture e.g. fair trade and organic items.

Here are some useful books:

Here are some useful websites:

www.ted.com
www.technologystudent.com
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVdt.htm
www.brainpop.com/
www.design-technology.info/home.htm
www.coolmax.invista.com
www.vogue.com
www.design-council.org.uk
www.bbcgoodfood.com - numerous ideas and recipes
www.jamieoliver.com –Jamies campaigns, ideas and recipes
www.nigella.com -recipes
www.foodafactoflife.org.uk – a wide range of information on food and nutrition
www.eatwell.gov.uk – the Governments guide to healthy eating, food hygiene, current ideas
www.hairybikers.com - recipes
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk – information on all aspects of school meals

Here are some useful films / TV programmes that could help with your research:

Here are some designers that could help to inspire your work:

Here are some trips and visits that may be useful to you to gain primary research:

Further afield

Design Museum – London
The Crystal – London
Theme Parks – Alton Towers and Thorpe Park both offer talks on how Design Technology is used within their theme parks.
Madame Tussauds – London, there are downloadable activity packs for KS3 available through the website.
Car production plants – Tours are readily available throughout the year to understand the manufacturing process of vehicles.
New Designers – London, graduate design exhibition.