KS3 · DfE
Design and Technology
Designing, making, evaluating and technical knowledge.
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KS3
DfE
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11 units · 25 lessons
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Units and lessons
Shared foundation lessons are shown once and count wherever the same knowledge belongs in this pathway.
From brief to specification
2 lessonsTurn a design problem into a clear, testable specification.
Materials and mechanisms
3 lessonsChoosing materials and using simple mechanisms to make things move.
Food, nutrition and provenance
3 lessonsWhat makes a balanced diet, and where our ingredients come from.
Generating and communicating design ideas
2 lessonsCreative idea generation and clear ways to present a design to others.
Making skills and structures
3 lessonsUsing tools and equipment precisely, working safely, and understanding materials and structures.
Systems, electronics and cooking techniques
2 lessonsMechanical, electrical and computing systems in products, and competent cooking techniques.
Evaluating design and its impact
3 lessonsAnalysing existing products, testing your own work, and understanding design's impact on society.
Cooking and nutrition
3 lessonsNutrition, food safety, provenance and practical cooking choices.
GCSE design and technology: materials and manufacture
1 lessonsMaterial properties, working properties, scales of production and processes.
GCSE design and technology: designing and iterating
1 lessonsDesign contexts, user-centred design, specifications, iteration and evaluation.
Year 8 Design and technology: brief to prototype
2 lessonsTurning a real user need into a specification, a modelled idea and an honest evaluation.