The KS3 Design and Technology software contains all our latest design assignments and design and make assignments (DMAs). These assignments are often introduced using an animation so are suitable for whiteboard teaching and for work with computers. Many KS3 assignments are also available as PDF worksheets.
The KS4 Design and Resistant Materials Technology package contains all our original exercises that progress in easy stages from simple to complex.
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Product Analysis Exercises in KS3 Design and Technology |
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Guided product analysis exercises: A Rocking Motorbike | |
2. |
Desk Tidy | |
3. |
Pencil Sharpener | |
4. |
Paper Punch | |
5. |
CD Case | |
6. |
Hinge | |
7. |
Can Opener | |
8. |
Spring Bounce-About | |
Design Exercises in KS4 Design and Resistant Materials Technology
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1. |
Wooden Toy: A Rocking Duck (in the style of the Rocking Motorbike) | |
2. |
Wooden Toy: A Rocking Rabbit | |
3. |
Wooden Toy: A Rocking Horse | |
4. |
Wooden Toys: Rocking See-Saw | |
5. |
Wooden Toys: A Push-along Motorbike | |
6. |
Wooden Toys: A Push-along Car | |
7. |
Wooden Toys: A Push-along Train | |
8. |
Wooden Toys: A Pull-along Crocodile | |
9. |
Wooden Toys: A Tool Set | |
10. |
Designs with Wheels: Heavy plant pot trolley | |
11. |
Designs with Wheels: Heavy Suitcases | |
12. |
Designs with Wheels: Pianos | |
13. |
Designs with Wheels: Furniture | |
14. |
Designs with Wheels: Tool Boxes | |
15. |
Designs with Wheels: Roller Skates | |
16. |
Designs with Wheels: Inline Skates | |
17. |
Designs with Wheels: Skateboards | |
18. |
Designs with Wheels: Supermarket Shopping Trolley | |
19. |
Designs with Wheels: DIY Store Shopping Trolley | |
20. |
Designs with Wheels: Trailers | |
21. |
Designs with Wheels: Boat Trailer | |
22. |
Designs with Wheels: Caravan | |
23. |
Designs with Wheels: Wheel Barrow | |
24. |
Designs with Wheels: Lawn Mower | |
25. |
Designs with Wheels: Bicycle | |
26. |
Designs with Wheels: Mountain Bike | |
27. |
Designs with Wheels: Racing Bike | |
28. |
Designs with Wheels: BMX | |
29. |
Designs with Wheels: Tandem | |
30. |
Designs with Wheels: Trike | |
31. |
Designs with Wheels: Pedal Powered Quad Bike | |
32. |
Designs with Wheels: Pedal Powered Go-cart | |
33. |
Designs with Wheels: Pushchairs and Buggies | |
34. |
Designs with Wheels: Two wheeled Trolleys | |
35. |
Designs with Wheels: Trains and Trams | |
36. |
Designs with Wheels: Funfair Rides | |
37. |
Designs with Wheels: Vehicles with Tracks | |
38. |
Designs with Wheels: Ship's Wheel - Steel | |
39. |
Designs with Wheels: Ship's Wheel - Wood | |
40. |
Furniture: Pine Stool with a Raffia Seat | |
41. |
Furniture: Pine Chair with a Raffia Seat | |
42. |
Furniture: Pine Armchair | |
43. |
Furniture: Pine Settee | |
44. |
Furniture: Steel Stool | |
45. |
Furniture: Steel Chair | |
46. |
Furniture: Steel Armchair | |
47. |
Furniture: Steel Settee | |
48. |
Furniture: Box Section Steel Chair | |
49. |
Furniture: Plastic Chair | |
50. |
Furniture: Tables | |
51. |
Furniture: Plastic Table | |
52. |
Furniture: Pine Coffee Table | |
53. |
Furniture: Pine Table | |
54. |
Furniture: Wooden Table | |
55. |
Furniture: Steel Framed Table | |
56. |
Furniture: Steel Framed Table (2) | |
57. |
Furniture: Computer Table | |
58. |
Furniture: Pine Bed | |
59. |
Furniture: Steel Bed | |
60. |
Furniture: Plastic Bed / Sun Lounger | |
61. |
Furniture: Kitchen Base Cupboard | |
62. |
Furniture: Kitchen Base Cupboard With Legs | |
63. |
Furniture: Kitchen Wall Cupboard | |
64. |
Furniture: Living Room Sideboard | |
65. |
Furniture: Slab Construction Pine Sideboard | |
66. |
Furniture: Frame and panel construction pine sideboard | |
67. |
Furniture: Frame and panel construction bedroom sideboard | |
68. |
Furniture: Bathroom Cupboard | |
69. |
Furniture: Office Cupboard with Shelves | |
70. |
Furniture: Wardrobe | |
71. |
Furniture: Coat Hanger | |
72. |
Furniture: Sliding Cupboard Doors | |
73. |
Furniture: Door Pulls | |
74. |
Furniture: Door Handle and Finger Plate. | |
75. |
Furniture: Cabin Hook | |
76. |
Furniture: Circular Pine Table | |
77. |
Lamp Specifications & Lamp Designs | |
78. |
Desk Lamp | |
79. |
Bottle Table Lamp | |
80. |
Flower Vase Table Lamp | |
81. |
Found objects used as lamp bases | |
82. |
Hazard Warning Lamp (Road Works) | |
83. |
Dan Buoy | |
84. |
Machine Lamp | |
85. |
Designing lamp stands | |
86. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 1 | |
87. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 2 | |
88. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 3 | |
89. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 4 | |
90. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 5 | |
91. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 6 | |
92. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 7 | |
93. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 8 | |
94. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 9 | |
95. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 10 | |
96. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 11 | |
97. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 12 | |
98. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 13 | |
99. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 14 | |
100. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 15 | |
101. |
Lamp Stand Design Exercise 16 | |
102. |
Hanging Lamp Design Exercise 1 | |
103. |
Hanging Lamp Design Exercise 2 | |
104. |
Hanging Lamp Design Exercise 3 | |
105. |
Hanging Lamp Design Exercise 4 | |
106. |
Designing Wall Lamps | |
107. |
Designing Sets of Lamps | |
108. |
Torch: Modifying the design to make it suitable for specific purposes | |
109. |
Sticky Tape Roll Holder: Modifying the design to make it more suitable for a specific purpose | |
110. |
Gardening Tools: Modifying a design to make it more suitable for a particular user | |
111. |
Modifying a design so that it could be made from a particular material (1) | |
112. |
Modifying a design so that it could be made from a particular material (2) | |
113. |
Modifying a design so that it could be made from a particular material (3) | |
114. |
Modifying a design so that it could be made from a particular material (4) | |
115. |
Modifying a design so that a particular manufacturing process may be employed (2) | |
116. |
Modifying a design so that a particular manufacturing process may be employed (2) | |
117. |
Modifying the design so that the product is manufactured easier in large quantities | |
118. |
Making changes to the size, shape or weight of the product (1) | |
119. |
Making changes to the size, shape or weight of the product (2) | |
120. |
Making the product suitable for a particular environment | |
121. |
Making changes to the finish applied to the product | |
122. |
Making changes to the way a product is used | |
123. |
Making changes to (improving) the product’s use of energy (1) | |
124. |
Making changes to (improving) the product’s use of energy (2) | |
125. |
Reasons For Creating New Designs: A desire to improve customer choice (1) | |
126. |
Reasons For Creating New Designs: A desire to improve customer choice (2) | |
127. |
Problem Solving Exercise: Bottle Opening Device | |
128. |
Problem Solving Exercise: Sheared Bolt | |
129. |
Problem Solving Exercise: Lack of Desk Space | |
130. |
Problem Solving Exercise: Removing Products From High Shelves | |
131. |
Problem Solving Exercise: Container Storage System At Dockyards | |
132. |
Problem Solving Exercise: Fire Guard | |
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Problem Solving Exercise: Stair Guard for Infants | |
134. |
Problem Solving Exercise: Aid To Transporting Bicycles Over Footbridges | |
135. |
Problem Solving Exercise: Two Wheeled Trolley For Stairs | |
136. |
Problem Solving Exercise: Bicycle Theft | |
137. |
Measuring, Marking Out & Setting Up Design Exercises: Drill Jig (1) | |
138. |
Measuring, Marking Out & Setting Up Design Exercises: Drill Jig (2) | |
139. |
Measuring, Marking Out & Setting Up Design Exercises: Drill Jig (3) | |
140. |
Measuring, Marking Out & Setting Up Design Exercises: Drill Jig (4) | |
141. |
Measuring, Marking Out & Setting Up Design Exercises: Cutting to Length Jig | |
142. |
Measuring, Marking Out & Setting Up Design Exercises: Clamping Jig (1) | |
143. |
Measuring, Marking Out & Setting Up Design Exercises: Clamping Jig (2) | |
144. |
Measuring, Marking Out & Setting Up Design Exercises: Dovetail Template | |
145. |
Measuring, Marking Out & Setting Up Design Exercises: Scroll Jig | |
146. |
Measuring, Marking Out & Setting Up Design Exercises: Bending Jig | |
147. |
Design a machine for pulling a drawer in and out repeatedly. | |
148. |
Design a bench mounted disc-sanding machine | |
149. |
Design a floor mounted potters’ wheel | |
150. |
Design a portable belt-sanding machine | |
151. |
Design a mechanism for tensioning the net on a tennis court | |
152. |
Design a mechanical car jack | |
153. |
Design a mechanical yacht winch | |
154. |
Design a mechanism for hauling a boat onto a boat trailer | |
155. |
Design a method of hauling building materials onto high buildings | |
156. |
Devise a system for moving a person from one floor of a building to another, in a seated position in a chair | |
157. |
Devise a system for moving a load from ground level to the height of the bed of a flat bed lorry | |
158. |
Design a cam operated hammering machine | |
159. |
Designing couplings for misaligned shafts | |
160. |
Structures: Shelf bracket | |
161. |
Structures: A shop-front awning | |
162. |
Structures: A garden awning | |
163. |
Structures: Frame structure for a roof covering a patio | |
164. |
Structures: A pergola style shelter | |
165. |
Structures: A garden shed | |
166. |
Structures: A roof extension | |
167. |
Energy from the wind (1) | |
168. |
Energy from the wind (2) | |
169. |
Energy from water (1) | |
170. |
Energy from water (2) | |
171. |
Energy from the sun (1) | |
172. |
Energy from the sun (2) | |
173. |
Energy conservation: Heat insulation (1) | |
174. |
Energy conservation: Heat insulation (2) | |
175. |
Energy conservation: Heat insulation (3) | |
Design Analysis Exercises in |
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1. |
Food Storage: Tin Cans | |
2. |
Food Storage: Screw Top Jars | |
3. |
Food Storage: Clip Sealed Jars | |
4. |
Food Storage: "Tupper Ware" | |
5. |
Food Storage: Egg Trays For Refrigerators | |
6. |
Kitchen Roll Holder | |
7. |
Knife Block | |
8. |
Bread Board | |
9. |
Egg Slice | |
10. |
Cucumber Slicer | |
11. |
Egg cups | |
12. |
Salt and pepper grinders | |
13. |
Mortar and Pestle | |
14. |
Cork Screw (1) | |
15. |
Cork Screw (2) | |
16. |
Cork Screw (3) | |
17. |
Potato Masher | |
18. |
Cheese Grater | |
19. |
Nut Cracker | |
20. |
Garlic Crusher | |
21. |
Hob extractor | |
22. |
Food Storage: Wire Racks | |
23. |
Food Storage: Egg Trays | |
24. |
Food Storage: Plastic Trays | |
25. |
Food Storage: Wire Fruit Bowl | |
26. |
Food Storage: Fruit Bowl | |
27. |
Kitchen knives | |
28. |
Pan stand | |
29. |
Barbecue | |
30. |
Barbecue Utensils | |
31. |
Woks | |
32. |
Cooking Pots | |
33. |
Comparison of Cooking Pots | |
34. |
Craft Knife (1) | |
35. |
Craft Knife (2) | |
36. |
Mount Cutter | |
37. |
Centre Punch and Dot Punch | |
38. |
Nail Punch | |
39. |
Leather Punch | |
40. |
Paper Punch | |
41. |
Engineer's Combination Pliers | |
42. |
Shears | |
43. |
Tongs | |
44. |
C-Cramp | |
45. |
Sash Cramp | |
46. |
Mitre clamp | |
47. |
Pipe Cutters | |
48. |
Hand Drill | |
49. |
Scissors | |
50. |
Car Jack | |
51. |
Adjustable cupboard leg (IKEA) | |
52. |
Builder's prop | |
53. |
Yacht prop | |
54. |
Bottle screw | |
55. |
Wall plugs and screws | |
56. |
Transporting, Storing & Displaying Products: Laser printer drum kit | |
57. |
Transporting, Storing & Displaying Products: Instruments | |
58. |
Transporting, Storing & Displaying Products: Router bits | |
59. |
Transporting, Storing & Displaying Products: Hole saw and blades | |
60. |
Transporting, Storing & Displaying Products: "Screwpull" cork screw | |
61. |
Transporting, Storing & Displaying Products: Tea Caddy | |
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