S1 - S3 BGE Design, Engineering & Technology
Our S1 - 3 curriculum is split into different subject topics. We have Graphic Communication, Engineering Science, Design & Manufacture and Practical Woodworking. Scroll down to find activities for each of the different subjects.
Graphic Communication
Inventor
Step by step instructions to create a single lego brick, you can then move on to creating others by using the same skills.
Single Lego Brick | |
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The Camera Project has 3 documents to model all the different parts. They then need to be assembled together to make the final model. An image of what it should look like is also below.
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Sketching
Sketching booklet for S1 and S2. Extension work is creating one-point and two-point perspective sketches.
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Roomstyler
Sign up and have a play with Roomstyler, remember to use Google Chrome. Once you are happy using it, create the two tasks below.
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Sweet Packaging Design Challenge
Design your own brand of sweets and the packaging for it, or redesign the packaging for an existing sweet. Always an exciting thing to do!
Sweet Packaging Design Challenge | |
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Design Tasks
Get creative and come up with some solutions to these tasks.
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Engineering Science
Micro:bit
There are lots of online tutorials that you can work through for the Micro:bit. Then you can work through this booklet to control a set of traffic lights.
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Bridge Building
Put on your civil engineering hat and design your own bridge using the things you have at home.
S1 Junk Modelling Bridges | |
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Westpoint Bridge Designer
Download for free the West Point Bridge Designer 2016 and create the cheapest bridge that you can. Once you've mastered this, why not try and build your own bridge out of recyclable materials and test how much weight it can hold before it fails!
Bridge Builder Getting Started | |
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Mojo Island
A project all about renewable energy. You're an engineer who has been tasked with working out how to generate electricity on Mojo Island for each of the local communities. Present your solution as a PowerPoint.
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Community Worksheet | |
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What do Engineers do?
There are lots of different types of Engineering in the world and this tasks helps us to learn what they do.
What to Engineers do? | |
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Design & Manufacture
The Jam Sandwich Challenge
You might think Mrs Gault's lost the plot with this one, but hear me out! We've spoken about a Sequence of Operations in class when we have been making our projects, well this is what The Jam Sandwich Challenge is all about. You're going to need to be really careful with your words to make sure you get the end results you were looking for!
Have a look at this YouTube clip of the "Exact Instructions Challenge" before you get started!
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Design Tasks
Design your own 3D desk tidy using materials you have at home. (PowerPoint adapted from a fab teacher from England).
S1 Desk Tidy | |
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Get creative and come up with some solutions to these tasks.
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Design Challenges
This has been made by another Technology teacher and it's 20 different design challenges to try. Have fun!
20 Design Challenges | |
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Theory Notes
Thanks to the person who produced these notes, they are fab! They cover the different tools used, types of materials and processes with the different workshop machinery.
Design & Manufacture Theory Notes | |
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Practical Woodworking
Theory Notes
Thanks to the person who produced these notes, they are fab! They cover the different tools used, types of wood and processes with the different workshop machinery.
Wood Worksheets | |
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