Key Stage 3 Design and Technology

KS3 Design and Technology main features

KS3 Design and Technology is our biggest software package. It covers the design and resistant materials technology aspects of the KS3 D&T specification and much of KS4 D&T Resistant Materials and Product Design syllabuses.

The main features of the software are that:

design and technology concepts and processes are explained using animations, detailed notes, exercises, graphics and photographs
many design and make assignments (DMAs) and other exercises are introduced using an animation
there are exercises that may be completed by students using a computer, (our digital worksheets and interactive exercises)
there are PDF versions of worksheets for easy printing.

KS3 Design and Technology contents

Contents: Key Stage 3 Design and Technology
Designing Directory Designing Models of the design process Designing Designing by addition, wastage, bending, reforming, rearrangement Design basics: line shape proportion use of Divine Proportion in architecture symmetry form function colour texture movement Identifying problems and design opportunities Problem solving: how to solve problems Considering people's needs and values Safety Factor of Safety Moral Issues in design and technology Cultural issues in design and technology Quality in design and technology Quality: technical considerations Quality: aesthetic considerations Environmental considerations Recycling Sustainability Designing for disassembly Ergonomics and anthropometrics Principles of good design The design opportunity Design Brief open brief closed brief Specifications design specification product specification Hazy impressions of a design New designs: designing from natural form Using existing ideas Developing designs design development animation changing existing designs Evaluating Analysing analysis analysing a design brief product analysis Communicating and modelling ideas: modelling ideas recording ideas notes and sketches isometric drawing 1 point perspective drawing 2 point perspective drawing oblique drawing orthographic projection parts drawing	Exercises Short exercises Focused practical tasks (FTPs) Design and make assignments (DMAs) Exercises in PDF format Teacher's notes
	Research What is research Product analysis Value analysis Library search Internet search Experiments Observation Case study Interviews Survey Role play
	Quality Quality in design and technology Inspection Quality control Quality Assurance Total Quality Management (TQM) Quality exercises Technical Considerations Quality of timber and manufactured boards Quality of metals: structure, shape, finish Quality of manufacturing, systems, products Aesthetic Considerations Description of aesthetics.
	Planning Making a list of tools, materials and activities Bubble chart Flow chart Gantt chart Parts drawing Product specification Cutting list Safety & risk assessment
Safety Workshop safety rules Safety in detail: Designer's safety responsibility Risk assessment Safety rules and defined procedures Hazard warnings and instructions Safe materials Safe storage of materials Tool safety Safety features on tools Safe working practices Safe working area Product safety Risk assessment exercises	Making Metals Making metals/processing metal ores: iron basic oxygen steel making process electric arc furnace secondary steel making formation of slabs, bloom and billets hot rolling plate mills hot rolling strip mills hot rolling long products cold rolling and drawing coating aluminium aluminium alloys copper lead zinc tin manganese molybdenum strontium nickel platinum silver cadmium chromium titanium tungsten vanadium Timber and Manufactured Boards Timber and manufactured boards (animation) Trees as a renewable resource Processing timber logs Timber conversion Manufactured boards Timber Products Hardwoods and softwoods Timber conversion Timber defects Cup shake Heart shake Star shake Splits and shakes Fungal attack Woodworm (beetle attack) Twisting, checks, bowing, resin sacks Seasoning Cutting veneer plywood blockboard faced chipboard Medium density fibreboard (MDF) Solid timber boards Advantages/disadvantages of timber and manufactured boards
Measuring and Marking out Marking out tools and processes (animation) Measuring tools and processes (animation) Measuring & marking out test (interactive)
Assembling Parts Temporary fixing methods Semi permanent fixing methods Permanent fixing methods Silver soldering & brazing (+ animation) cleaning after soldering pickling (+ animation) soft soldering tinning the soldering iron using a soldering iron using a blow torch tinning parts to be soldered joining metals by forge welding joining metals by gas welding joining metals by electric arc welding joining metals by riveting (+ animation) pop riveting joining wood: gluing wood to wood wood joints (animation) gluing laminates to sheet materials joining wood using screws joining materials using adhesives
Applying finishes introduction plastics metals painting steel lacquering metals galvanising and zinc plating electroplating (+ animation) electroforming anodising patination bluing enamelling plastic coating etching (+animation) abrading, filing and grinding (+ animation) planishing knurling milling Wood finishing processes abrading (+ animation)
Considering People's Needs and Values Market research Target group Identifying: physical needs of target group emotional needs of target group intellectual needs of target group sociological needs of target group Using the information in design proposals	Moral, Cultural, Environmental issues Moral issues: the design opportunity the design specification the design choice of manufacturing material recycling materials use of energy the manufacturing process quality health and safety transporting the product sales after sales Cultural issues: culture cultural evidence cultural diversity cultural change cultural identity cultural tourism souvenirs Environmental issues: designed environments transport industry
Recycling recycling symbols
Transporting, Storing & Displaying Products packaging resistant materials packages important features of a product package
Structures notes and animations Introduction: what is a structure? Frame structures Shell structures Combination of frame and shell structures Stone structures Brick and block structures Concrete structures Composites Loads Forces: compression tension torsion shear Structural sections Joints in wooden structures Knock-down fittings Joints in metal structures welding soldering and brazing riveting nuts, bolts, screws Joints in plastic structures Physical and chemical properties, and characteristics of materials used in structures Support and reinforcement of structures Equilibrium Centre of gravity Moments Force diagrams parallelogram of forces triangle of forces Testing structures Interactive Exercises: exploring the qualities of structures / calculations / interpreting numeric information Bridges (details opposite)	Bridges Animation beam bridges continuous span bridge simple span bridge cantilever span bridge cantilever with suspended span bridge Warren deck truss bridge Warren (through) Truss Pratt Truss (through truss) Howe Truss (through truss) Lattice Truss (through truss) Plate girder bridge Deck beam bridge Orthotropic beam bridge Rigid frame (inclined legs) Rigid Frame (with V- legs) Stone arch bridge Open spandrel deck arch bridge Spandrel braced arch bridge Cantilever through truss bridge Trussed deck arch bridge Trussed through arch bridge Ribbed arch bridge Suspension bridge Cable stayed bridge
Graphics & Design Development Animations Recording ideas and designs using notes and sketches (animation) Design development animation Isometric drawing animation and exercises Oblique drawing animation 1 point perspective drawing animation and exercises 2 point perspective drawing animation and exercises Parts drawing and cutting list animation Orthographic projection Evaluation Animation	Wood Joints Animation The reason that wood joints are used Butt joint Lapped joint Tongue and grooved joint Finger joint / comb joint Dovetail joint Lapped dovetail joint Housing joint Corner bridle joint Through mortice and tenon joint Stopped mortice and tenon joint "T" halving joint Bare faced tenon joint Dowelled joint Cross halving joint "T" bridle joint
Measuring Tools Animations steel rule micrometer digital micrometer vernier caliper height gauge depth gauge micrometer depth gauge internal caliper external caliper combination set dial gauge screw pitch gauge feeler gauge limit plug gauges (GO / NOGO gauges) limit ring gauge snap gauge drill gauge radius gauge protractor spirit level electronic devices	Marking Out Tools Animations pens and pencils scriber marking knife engineer's square woodworker's try square dividers trammel odd leg calipers marking gauge cutting gauge mortice gauge centre punch dot punch mitre square centre square sliding bevel bradawl surface gauge straight edge vee block angle plate templates surface plate
Hand Tools Animations The hand tools animation consists of: planes: jointer plane jack plane smoothing plane bench plane sizes plane parts sharpening angles for plane cutting irons grinding and honing frog angles rebate plane marking out a rebate planing a rebate shoulder plane bull nose plane spokeshaves wood chisels: firmer chisel bevel edged chisel mortice chisel using a mortice chisel gouge cold chisel tinsnips and shears using tinsnips saws for wood: tenon saw dovetail saw cross cut saw rip saw coping saw hacksaw junior hacksaw abra file hammers and mallets: engineer's ball pein hammer sledge hammer rubber mallet plastic faced hammers soft faced hammers rawhide mallet bossing mallet raising hammer planishing hammer doming hammer cross pein hammer claw hammer woodworker's mallet files: description roughness of cut hand file flat file half round file round file square file three square file knife file needle files Swiss wax files drills: brace and bit how to use a brace and bit twist drills countersink riveting with countersunk head rivets hand drill / wheel brace Taps and dies: taps and tap wrench tapping a thread die and diestock cutting an external thread drunken threads.	Machine Tools Animations The machine tool animations illustrate: CNC: description of computer numerical control links between CAD, CAM and computer control main difference between manual and CNC machines 5 axis CNC miller CNC lathe buffer: using a buffer pickling etching sanding machines disc sander orbital sander belt sander reciprocating sander spindle sander abrasive papers and cloths abrading emery cloth grinding machines: bench grinder surface grinder angle grinder drilling machines: pillar drill chuck key safety portable power drill twist drill bit SDS drill bit taper shank drill bit grinding angles for drill bits reamers centre drill countersinks masonry drill bit brad point drill bit auger bits flat bit Forstner bit counterbore and plug cutter hole saw vertical milling machine router (power router): router cutters router collet setting the depth of cut using a power router routing jig router safety horizontal milling machine centre lathe: lathe parts holding work in a three jaw chuck holding work in a four jaw chuck turning between centres facing off parallel turning taper turning cutting tools cutting tool grinding angles power hacksaw planer / thicknesser: planing a face planing an edge thicknessing wood saws: bandsaw using a bandsaw circular saw circular saw power tool jig saw fret saw: parallel arm mechanism parallel link arm mechanism C-arm mechanism morticer: using a morticer wood lathe: belt and pulley arrangement turning between centres turning on a face plate scraping action cutting action chisels, scrapers and gouges Shears: bench shears pneumatic guillotine press tool.
Timber Products Hardwoods and softwoods Timber conversion Timber defects Cup shake Heart shake Star shake Splits and shakes Fungal attack Woodworm (beetle attack) Twisting, checks, bowing, resin sacks Seasoning Cutting veneer plywood blockboard faced chipboard Medium density fibreboard (MDF) Solid timber boards Advantages/disadvantages of timber and manufactured boards
Mechanisms Animations types of motion levers: Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, bell crank lever linkages pulleys and belts: used to transmit motion and torque change speed of rotation stepped cone pulleys pulley belts used to transport products pulley belts used as bandsaws pulleys used for lifting and hauling chain and sprocket drive chain parts Gears: spur gears gear train bevel gears worm gear rack and pinion cams, rotary and linear, cam followers ratchet and pawl crank mechanisms crank and slider application of screw mechanisms: for clamping to control movement for lifting ball screws couplings flanged split flexible universal joint friction used to oppose motion: brakes clamps grips / knurling reducing friction by the use of lubricants and bearings lubrication bearings: bush ball bearing roller bearing mechanisms used on a bicycle.	Plastics Notes and Animations (in KS3 D&T) description of "plastic" the main ingredients of most plastics thermoplastics thermosets thermoforming: line bending vacuum forming commonly used materials plug & yoke expanded polystyrene (EPS) structural foam commonly used materials rotational moulding commonly used materials injection moulding commonly used materials gas assisted injection moulding injection blow moulding extrusion blow moulding commonly used materials inserts in plastic mouldings blown film thermosets resins hand lay-up of glass reinforced plastic (GRP) sprayed polyester resin and reinforcing material resin transfer moulding pultrusion process injection moulding compression moulding: dough moulding compound (DMC) sheet moulding compound (SMC) commonly used abbreviations of the names of polymers.
	Riveting Rivet types Riveting with countersunk head rivets Riveting with snap head rivets Pop rivets
Also includes animations of: Casting pewter, Soldering and brazing, Electric arc welding, Beaten metalwork: making a copper dish.

Key Stage 3 Design and Technology
Suitable for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students ( 11 - 16 years of age)
Develops students' literacy
Develops students' knowledge of D&T terminology
Develops students' knowledge of a broad range of design and technology theory
Has a broad range of exercises that can be used for classwork and homework
Learning resources are in HTML format for use with computers and whiteboards, includes some PDF exercises
Can be used for whole class teaching, can be used on an interactive whiteboard
Can be used for individual learning on computers, enables students to work at their own pace
Information is presented using a range of media including easily understood animations
Motivates students to learn and to achieve high scores
Supplied as msi installer software but can be supplied in a format suitable for Apple Macs. upon request

What does it cost?

KS3 Design and Technology

Single User Licence £40
School Site Licence £80

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