Homework
Spring Term 2005
Year 7 Design
and Technology
KEY STAGE 3 HOMEWORK In Year 7, students have four lessons per fortnight in Design & Technology covering pneumatics, structures, control, skills/CAD, graphics and mechanisms. In Year 8, students will have five lessons (5 x 1 hour) per fortnight and will study Food and Textiles (2 hours) and Product Design (3 hours). All students will have the same experiences and cover the same work. Accordingly homework will be set once per fortnight in Product Design and once per fortnight in Food and Textiles. The homework listed in this booklet is numbered Homework 1, 2 etc rather than Week 1, 2 to hopefully avoid confusion. Year 9 students have opted to study two disciplines, spending half a year on each. The disciplines available: Product Design, Resistant Materials, Food or Textiles. They will have five lessons (5 x 1 hour) per fortnight for half a year. They will be set homework every week. Pneumatics, Structures, Systems and Control |
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| 1 | Research one example of the use of pneumatics in the real world and say why it is used |
| 2 | Design a simple toy which can be operated using pneumatics |
| 3 | Complete page of examples of different types of structures |
| 4 | Research different types of bridge. Find and draw as many different types as possible |
| 5 | Re-design your newspaper tower, showing what improvements you have made |
| 6 | Write up the evaluation of the bridge project |
| 7 | Draw a flowchart for a simple activity such as making a cup of tea |
| 8 | Give examples of three inputs and three outputs |
| 9 | Design a simple circuit which could be used as a burglar alarm (show how it would work in your house) |
Product Design Graphics |
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| 1 | Complete final design for hotel logo and present in colour |
| 2 | Research different types of shampoo bottles. Present information and pictures on one A3 sheet |
| 3 | Design a ‘Welcome’ sign for the front of the hotel |
| 4 | Design a shampoo bottle for young children |
| 5 | Design a logo for the Design & Technology department |
| 6 | Complete designing of a range of items (minimum of five) for the hotel which show the hotel logo |
| 7 | Research storage units for stationery |
| 8 | Design a name badge for a subject teacher to wear at parents evening |
| 9 | Complete the evaluation of this module |
Product Design CAD Trinket Box |
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| 1 | Make a list of different ways of storing items e.g. drawers/tins/bags etc |
| 2 | Use the internet/magazines to find pictures of existing products. Arrange neatly on A3 paper and annotate |
| 3 | Draw final idea add annotation and colour |
| 4 | Research the qualities and uses of pine |
| 5 | Finish the drawings of different ways of joining timber |
| 6 | Draw and name the tools you have used during the project |
| 7 | Write up the theory notes on plywood |
| 8 | Using the drill worksheet list the safety precautions that need to be followed |
| 9 | Evaluate the project following the guideline sheet |
Product Design Mechanisms |
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| 1 | Find pictures of five different machines/objects that contain mechanisms and try to explain how they work |
| 2 | Look around the school/home/neighbourhood and find examples of levers. If possible identify the load, effort and fulcrum and say what class of lever they are |
| 3 | Complete initial ideas sheet by adding annotation and colour to the work |
| 4 | Draw the final idea by using the intended movement |
| 5 | Draw a flow chart to show how your work has been produced |
| 6 | Start the working diary |
| 7 | Design a novel litter picker or litter bin and show how it works |
| 8 | Complete working diary |
| 9 | Write up an evaluation on the project. Follow the guidelines sheet and answer in full sentences |
Timetable
Art
Design & Technology
English
Geography
History
Mathematics
Modern Foreign Languages
Music
Religious Studies
Science
| Useful
websites: D&T (General) |
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| www.designandtech.com | (A huge database of resources) | |
| www.barstable.essex.sch.uk/DandT/home.htm | (Reputation The Uk’s premier school-based D&T site) | |
| www.dtonline.org
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(Glossary of every D&T subject area. Definitions for main subtopics within D&T) | |
| www.info.lut.ac.uk/departments/cd | (A beautifully illustrated site which will give pupils ideas of the possibilities of D&T) | |
| www.technologypupil.com | ||
| www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design | ||
| www.smile-plastics.co.uk | ||
| www.polymer-age.co.uk | ||
| www.plasticstestinglab.com/faq.asp | ||
| www.spokeanesolidwaste.org/reccodes.htm | ||
| www.greenpeace.org/~climate/smile/bfgrnd/ | ||
| www.recycle.mcmail.com/composi.htm | ||
| www.umass.edu/tei/neti/factsheets/fact7_lesser1.htm | ||
| www.umass.edu/tei/neti/factsheets/fact9_macknight1.htm | ||
| www.uglycars.co.uk/uglycar3.html | ||
| www.skyscraperpage.com | ||
| www.esel.co.uk/docs/mobiles. | ||
| htm www.hop-on.com | ||
| www.ask.com | (Ask Jeeves search engine) | |
| www.canmakers.co.uk/education | (How cans are made and filled) | |
| www.castmetalsfederation.com | (Descriptions of casting processes) | |
| www.efunda.com/processes/metal_processing | (Descriptions and diagrams) | |
| www.incpen.org | ||
| www.diecasting.org/faq/introduction | (Descriptions and advantages) | |
| www.tufnol.co.uk | (Packaging materials) | |
| www.cape.uwaterloo.ca/che100projects/biodegrade | (Biodegradeable plastics) | |
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