Design and Technology
Welcome to the Design & Technology Learning Extension page. We hope that you find the materials here helpful in supplementing the work you do in lessons and, importantly, that it may inspire you to look further into Design & Technology and its place in the STEM subjects you study.
We rely so much on Technology in our modern lives, and School provides you with a foundation of knowledge, understanding and skills. Which links catch your attention and make you go 'Wow' or 'I never know that'? Who are the people behind the Designs? What will you have a go at or follow for updates? Be Safe and Have Fun
Focus Education Software - A great resource for many areas of Design & Technology: http://www.focuselearning.co.uk/u/1015/AqvqftebeszqEpqDlshmamjcfwmAxtrg
5 minute crafts!: https://www.youtube.com/@5MinuteCraftsPLAY/featured
Bloodhound Land Speed Record!: https://www.youtube.com/@bloodhoundssc
Real Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/@RealEngineering
The Design Museum: https://designmuseum.org/
The Science Museum: https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/home
Welcome to the family of art, design and performance museums, where everyone is invited to enjoy the power of creativity; The Victoria and Albert Museum: https://www.vam.ac.uk/
Bath Fashion Museum: https://www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/
Free to use, Online basic CAD - Tinkercad: https://www.tinkercad.com/
Free to use, More advanced CAD - Sketchup: https://www.sketchup.com/
Free to use, Industry standard CAD - Onshape: https://www.onshape.com/en/
How to sketch and present like a pro designer: https://www.youtube.com/@productdesignermaker
The Fashion & Textile Museum: https://www.fashiontextilemuseum.org/
Amazing Projects created in a garage!: https://www.youtube.com/@colinfurze
Cool designs: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/search/pins/?q=cool%20designs&rs=typed
Designer Makers: https://societyofdesignercraftsmen.org.uk/our-makers
A great resource for all matters Design & Technology; LOADS of activities in here: https://www.technologystudent.com/
The European Space Agency: https://www.esa.int/
North American Space Agency (NASA): https://www.nasa.gov/
The James Webb Space Telescope WOW: https://webb.nasa.gov/
SpaceX and their reusable rockets created by rapid build and testing, often to destruction to find the weak point and then EBI!: https://www.spacex.com/