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How to make a cardboard car
This resource encourages pupils to make a card model of a car body from a net. Pupils will learn about nets, wheels and axles. They will combine these technologies to make the base and body for a vehicle made from card. This activity introduces and builds on knowledge of nets to make a complex three-dimensional...
How to make a Christmas cracker
In this resource from the IET, children use a net to make their own Christmas crackers and hats. The resource also includes a word challenge and spot the difference activity.
How to make a crown
Having a celebration? Use these handy guides and templates to bring design and technology skills in to your classroom, adding a touch of skill to your crown making. Suitable for four to eleven year olds, the template is easily adaptable for all head shapes and sizes. Use the templates provided to cut out, spend...
How to make a grabber
This resource could be used as a short design and make project in Key Stage 2, or as the design and modelling stages of a project to make a grabber out of resistant materials.
In this activity, students will make a 'grabber' device from card.
How to make a magnetic Newton's cradle
This is one of a set of resources developed to support the teaching of the primary national curriculum. They are designed to support the delivery of key topics within science and design and technology. This resource focusses on producing a Newton’s cradle that uses magnets instead of the usual metal spheres.
...How to make a quantum bit
This video explains that to compute the prime factors in a 2048 number would take a classical computer years, yet the ability of a quantum computer to use superposition, which reduces the number of steps to complete a computation, makes it possible in minutes.
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How to make a rocket at home
Dallas Campbell shows how to make a simple rocket out of an old film canister and an effervescent tablet mixed with water. He explains how this links to Newton’s Third Law.
How to make a simple electrical circuit
In this activity, students assemble a simple electric circuit. This develops understanding of how electric circuits function.
How to make a simple electronic switch
In this activity, students assemble a variety of different switches from commonly available items. This develops understanding of how switches are used, electrical conduction and how electric circuits function.
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