Design and technology
Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils should be taught the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in an iterative process of designing and making. They should work in a range of relevant contexts [for example, the home, school, leisure, culture, enterprise, industry and the wider environment].
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Design and Technology Challenge Task Cards
A set of 15 design challenge tasks for students.
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Binary Coding Cards
Use these binary coding cards to demonstrate how to ‘switch’ a ‘digit’ on or off.
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Binary Codes to 20 with Guide Dots - Worksheet
An activity for students to complete when learning how to read and write in code.
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Blank Binary Coding Cards - Worksheet
A worksheet to assist students in creating their own binary codes.
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Garden Design Project
Your students' task is to develop their own plan for a garden.
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Build a Pirate Ship STEM Challenge - Early Years
A STEM challenge suitable for students in the early years.
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Science and Technology Book Cover - Version 1
A Science and Technology book cover to use on your students' workbooks.
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Design and Technology Book Cover - Version 2
A Design and Technology book cover to use on your students' workbooks.
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Design and Technology Book Cover - Version 1
A Design and Technology book cover to use on your students' workbooks.
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Digital Technologies Book Cover - Version 2
A Digital Technologies book cover to use on your students' workbooks.
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Digital Technologies Book Cover - Version 1
A Digital Technologies book cover to use on your students' workbooks.
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Technology Book Cover - Version 2
A Technology book cover to use on your students' workbooks.
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Bobby's Board Games – Maths Game Challenge
Challenge students to design and make a maths board game.
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Paddock to Plate Data Sorting Worksheet
A cut and paste sorting worksheet for use when learning about raw and manufactured products.
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Networking Digital Systems Brainstorming Worksheets
A brainstorming sheet that encourages students to consider all possible devices that can be networked with a laptop, a computer and a tablet.
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STEM Challenge Cards - Middle Years
A set of 20 STEM challenge cards for students, suitable for the middle year levels.
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Occupations and Sustainability in Technology Assessment
A four-page assessment task covering occupations and sustainability in technology.
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Sustainability in Occupations Worksheet
A worksheet that allows students to research sustainability factors in a variety of occupations.
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Sustainability in the Community Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the vocabulary of sustainability.
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Occupations in Design and Technology Research Task
A research task exploring how people in various occupations need technology to perform their job successfully.
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Tablet Workstation Word Wall
A set of labels for a tablet workstation.
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Laptop Workstation Word Wall
A set of labels for a laptop workstation.
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Technology Book Cover - Version 1
A Technology book cover to use on your students' workbooks.
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Occupations and Sustainability in Technologies Unit Plan
This Technology unit has been designed to investigate the role that technology plays in occupations within the community. Additionally, it introduces and explores the concept of sustainability.
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Occupations and Sustainability in Technologies Assessment
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of occupations and sustainability in technologies.
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Sustainability in Occupations
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investiagate why occupations within the community need to be sustainable.
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Sustainability in the Community
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop an understanding of key vocabulary commonly used in relation to sustainability.
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Technology - Friend or Foe?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will examine the ways in which technology can both help and hinder our lives.
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Life Changing Technologies
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the positive ways in which technology can change lives.
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The History of Technology in Occupations
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how technology has been used within occupations throughout history.
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Occupations Using Technologies
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how technological devices are used within occupations in the community.
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Technology and Occupations
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the need for technology within occupations in the community.