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Designing questionnaires
This Core Maths activity covers the key points to consider when designing an effective questionnaire.
It is suitable for a whole-class introduction to the topic, providing ample opportunities for group discussion. The practical task enables students to design their own...
Designing robots for small spaces
Inspired by the Born to Engineer video from Mathew Holloway, this resource uses the Crumble controller, setting students a design challenge that sees them create their own umbilical controlled buggy that can navigate small spaces. Although specific to the Crumble controller, this resource could be used as a design...
This book is aimed specifically at students, on their interests, experiences and environments, so that the design situations considered are a familiar and meaningful forum for the development of the techniques, concepts and attitudes important to CDT at this level.
There are four sections, the first of which...
Work by 100 of today's most forward-thinking designers have been selected for this guide. The A-Z listings include images of work and each designer's answer to the question: what is your vision for the future of...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
Designing the future
Designing the Future from Siemens is a set of activities which help students to discover the manufacturing process and how digitalisation is making factories smarter.
This resource includes an online interactive game which allows pupils to explore a smart factory highlighting the different areas in the...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
Designing the Mirror
In this activity, students will use memory metal wire to create a model of a deployable structure. The James Webb Space Telescope has several structures that must be deployed in space, including parts of the primary mirror. Students must create and evaluate a design to enable the primary mirror to fold inside the...
Designing the trainers of the future
Trainers are one of the most commonly worn shoes in our culture. They provide comfortable support for our feet as we go about our active lives. The design of trainers (and all athletic shoes) is based on how they will be used and is an example of bioengineering.
This activity introduces the concept...