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DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

INTERACTIVE MOBILE PDF APPS

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PDF FILE - CLICK HERE FOR A MAP OF ALL APPS REQUIRED FOR DESIGN and TECHNOLOGY
THEORY WORK AND REVISION
 
The layout to this pages follows the New Design and Technology GCSE. There are three main sections - CORE TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES, SPECIALIST TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES and DESIGNING AND MAKING PRINCIPLES. In addition, there is a section which suggests presentation techniques and styles suitable for the NEA and Examination.
 
These pdf apps are ideal for revision, theory lessons, preparation for examinations and independent learning. They can be stored and used on schools systems and distributed to pupils and students. They are interactive and link to further information from technologystudent.com. They can be used without an internet connection, as a stand-alone revision and learning tool. No editing, copying or converting to other formats allowed.
IMPORTANT - IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU DOWNLOAD THE PDFS
When using a PC, right click on the App Icon and select "Save target as". You will then be able to save pdf Apps to your computer /device.
 
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THE NON-EXAMINATION ASSESSMENT (NEA) MOBILE APP
 
UPDATED 28/8/19
This app includes: An introduction to the NEA, What is Iterative Design? Takes pupils through the entire iterative design process, from start to finish, from identifying a context and problem, to sketching and model making, testing, critical analysis, developing and design, feedback, evaluation and every other stage. It links to detailed examples and generic advice. A must for pupils taking the NEA.
 

THE NEA (NON-EXAMINATION ASSESSMENT)

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MATHEMATICS IN DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
 
This app includes: An introduction to aspects of Maths, that are likely to appear in the final examination. It links to detailed examination questions and worked answers. Ideal for revision.  

MATHS IN D and T

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CORE TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES
 
 
Updated 8/12/20
This app includes: Single Item, Batch, Continuous, Just in Time, Lean, Computer Integrated Manufacture, Remote, Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Globalisation
 

SCALES OF PRODUCTION

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercise on Scales of Production

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Scales of Production'.

 
This app includes: Quality Assurance, Quality Control, British Standards and the Kite Mark, Comformite European, Tolerance Checks, Standard Components, Health and Safety, Risk Assessments and Six Sigma..  

QUALITY SYSTEMS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Quality Systems'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Quality Systems'.

 
Updated for Engineering 14/9/20
This app covers: CAD, CAM, CNC, Advantages and Disadvantages of CAD/CAM, Manufacture of PCBs, 3D Printing, Laser Cuttering, Laser Sintering of Metals, Stereolithography, Water Jet Cutters and Vinyl Cutters
 

CAD / CAM

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on CAD and CAM

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'CAD / CAM'.

 

This app covers: ICT as a marketing tool, Barcodes and QR Codes, the Role of ICT in Design, 3D Models and Prototyping, E-Commerce and the Consumer - including EDI

Use this app in conjunction for the CAD/CAM app (above)

 

ICT IN DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'ICT in Design, Manufacturing, Marketing and Distribution.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'ICT in Design, Manufacturing, Marketing and Distribution'.

 
Updated 25/10/19
This app includes Planned and Perceived Obsolescence, Crowd Funding, Fair Trade, Cooperatives, Product Development, Inclusive Design, Adjustable Products, Advertising and Biomimetic Design
 

FACTORS INFLUENCING DESIGN

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercise on Factors Influencing Design

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Factors Influencing Design'.

 
UPDATED 25/10/19
This app includes: Maintenance, Repairability and Product Design, Design Strategies, Customer Profiles, Role of a Focus Group, Market Research and Design Fixation.
 

FURTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING DESIGN

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercise on Further Factors Influencing Design

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Further Factors Influencing Design'.

 
Updated 25/10/19
This app includes: What is Technology Push? What is Market Pull? Brand Identity, What is a Trend? What is Copyright? What is a Patent? What is a Registered Trademark?
 

EVEN MORE FACTORS INFLUENCING DESIGN

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Click here for mart Learning Exercise on Even More Factors Influencing Design

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Even More Factors Influencing Design'.

 
This app includes: A range of issues faced by designers, manufacturers, consumers and Governments - relating to product design, manufacture and the environment.  

MORAL, ETHICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RELATING TO DESIGN, MANUFACTURING AND THE CONSUMER

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Moral, Ethical, Environmental Issues relating to Design, Manufacturing and the Consumer.

PowerPoint version of the Smart Learning Sheets for this App.

 
Updated 27/7/23. This app includes Coal, Oil and Natural Gas, Fracking, Solar Power, Wind, Tidal, Wave, Hydro, Geothermal, Biofuels, Nuclear Power, the Archimedean Screw, Hydrogen and Assorted Energy Storage Systems. River Hydrokinetic Systems  

ENERGY PRODUCTION

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Energy Production

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Energy Production'.

 
This app includes; Mechanical Systems (Springs), Pheumatics, Hydraulics, Flywheels, Batteries, Energy Saving Devices and Large Scale Energy Storage Systems.  

ENERGY STORAGE

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Energy Storage

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, E'nergy Storage'.

 
This apps includes (updated 6/11/21): Polymorph, PLA (Polylactide), Biopol, Oxo-degradable Plastics, Flexiply, Titanium, Graphene, Metal Foams, Nano Materials and Liquid Crystals  

MODERN MATERIALS

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercises on Modern Materials

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Modern Materials'.

 
Updated 25/8/19
This app includes: Polymorph, Shape Memory Alloy (SMA), Hydrochromic, Thermochromic, Photochromic, Hydromorphic, Hydrocarbon Encaspulating Polymers, Aroma Pigments and Phosphorescent Pigments. In addition - Self-Healing Materials, (polymers, elastomers and concrete), Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTCs) and Piezoelectric Materials.
 

SMART MATERIALS

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercises on Smart Materials

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Smart Materials'.

 
This app includes: Definition of Composites, Natural Woods, Glass Reinforced Plastic, Carbon Reinforced Polymer, Concrete, Reinforced Concrete, Plywood, Kevlar.  

COMPOSITE MATERIALS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Composite Materials'.

PowerPoint Version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Smart Materials'.

 

UPDATED 29/5/10
This app includes: Hardwoods, Softwoods, Wrought Iron, Alloys (including steel), Non-Ferrous Metals, Compliant Boards (manmade boards), Thermosetting Plastics, Thermoplastics and Packaging Materials

 

MATERIALS -WOODS - METALS - PLASTICS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Materials - Woods - Metals - Plastics

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Materials - Woods - Metals - Plastics'.

 
This app includes: How Polymers are Manufactured, Thermoplastic Elastomers, Nylon (polyamide) and Polyurethane and Foam Rubber.  

MORE COMMON PLASTICS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on More Common Plastics

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'More Common Plastics'.

 
This apps includes: Includes; Strength, elasticity, plasticity, ductility, tensile strength, malleability, toughness, hardness, conductivity, absorbency, density and fusibility. The testing of materials for all the properties mentioned above. AND Commercial Testing.  

PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercises on Proterties of Materials

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Properties of Materials'.

 
This app includes: The Six Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Refuse, Rethink, Recycle, Repair. Each 'R' is covered in detail with real life examples.  

ENVIRONMENT - THE SIX 6Rs IN DETAIL - WITH REAL LIFE EXAMPLES

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'The Six Rs'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on 'The Six Rs'.

 
This app includes: Life Cycle, Life Cycle Energy Analysis, Closed Loop Recycling, Upcycling, Downcycling, 6Rs and Revision Cards  

LIFE CYCLE - RECYCLING - 6Rs

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Life Cycle, Recycling and the 6Rs'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets for, ' Life Cycle, Recycling and the 6Rs'.

 
This app includes: Recycling Symbols for common materials - Revision app, interspaced with examination questions, with links to helpful information. Suitable for D and T and Engineering. Ideal as extension work  

RECYCLING SYMBOLS FOR COMMON MATERIALS and EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

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This app includes: Carbon Footprint, Replacing the Materials Economy, Environmental Modernism (Ecological Modernism), Designed to Repair and Maintain.  

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Environmental Issues'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Environmental Issues'.

 
This app includes: Types of Forces, Movement and Motion, Struts and Ties, Static and Dynamic Loads, Mechanical Advantage, Potential and Kinetic Energy, Classes of Lever, Centre of Gravity and Centre of Rotation  

FORCES AND MOTION

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercises on Forces and Motion

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Forces and Motion'.

 
Updated 29/8/20. This app includes: CAMS (Pear, Eccentric, Drop, and many more), Quick return Mechanism, Cranks and Crankshafts, Linkages, springs and the Archimedean Screw.  

MECHANISMS

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercises on Mechanisms

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Mechanisms'.

 
This app includes: Spur Gears and Simple Gears, Gear Trains and Idler Gears, Drawing Gears, Compound Gears, Rack and Pinion, Bevel Gears, Worm Gears, Gears and Calculations, Pulley Systems, Belt Drive, Pulley Calculations  

GEARS AND PULLEY SYSTEMS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Gears and Pulley Systems.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Gears and Pulley Systems'.

 
This app includes: Systems Diagrams, Closed Loop and Open Systems, Inputs Processing and Outputs, Analogue and Digital Signals  

A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO DESIGN INCLUDING SYSTEMS PROCESSING

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'A Systems Approach to Design, Including Systems Processing'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'A Systems Approach to Design, Including Systems Processing'.

 
 
 
SPECIALIST TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES
 
WOODS / TIMBERS
 
This app includes: The World Distribution of Natural Woods, the Preparation of Timber for Commercial Use (rough sawing, seasoning and planning), Stock Forms and Sustainable Forests.  

SOURCES, ORIGINS, PREPARATION OF NATURAL WOODS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Sources, Origins, Preparation of Natural Woods

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Sources, Origins, Preparation of Natural Woods'.

 
UPDATED Jan 2023
This app includes:

Stock Forms, Standard Fittings and Components( screws, bolts, dowel, nails and hinges), Workshop Tools and Equipment (drills, drill bits, files, glass paper, planes, coping saw, back saws, fret saw, chisels), Machines and Power Tools (woodworking lathe, mortising machine, router, sanding disc, steam bending, veneers, palm sander, hand sander, table circular saw, hand held circular saw).

 

WORKING WITH WOODS / TIMBER

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Working with Wood / Timber

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Working with Woods / Timber'.

 
Updated 19/3/23
This App includes details on a range of marking out tools for wood, metal and plastics.
 

MARKING OUT TOOLS - WOOD, METAL, PLASTICS

Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Marking Out Tools - Wood, Metal, Plastics

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on Marking Out Tools - Wood, Metal, Plastics

 
Updated 21/6/23
This app includes: SDS Drill, Corded Drill, Cordless Drill, Power Screwdriver, Palm Sander, Sheet Sander, Power Planer, Router, Power Saw, Jigsaw and Hand Held Curcular Saw.
 

HAND HELD POWER TOOLS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Power Tools - PDF version

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets - Power Tools

 
First Published 19/3/23
This app includes: A range of clamps and cramps for wood including: G-Cramp, Handscrew Clamp, Sash Clamp, F Clamp, Cam Clamp, Bench Holdfast, Woodworking Vice and the Eccetric Cam T-Bolt locking System.
 

CLAMPS / CRAMPS FOR WOOD

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Clamps / Cramps for Wood

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Camps / Cramps for Wood'.

 

 
Updated 19/3/23
This app includes: A range of saws for cutting and shaping woods, metals and other materials. Back saws, ripsaw, crosscut saw, panel saw, tenon saw, dovetail saw, frame saw, coping saw, deep frame fret saw, precision mitre saw, Japanese saws, hacksaw, junior hacksaw, piercing saw, padsaw, machine fretsaw, band saw, table circular saw, hand held circular saw, jig saw and power hacksaw.
 

SAWS - FOR ALL MATERIALS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Saws for all Materials

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning |Sheets on, 'Saws for all Materials'.

 
First Published 15/3/24
This app includes: The Bobbin Sander, Combination Square, Block Plane, Screwdrivers, Drawknives and the Pipe Vice
 

MORE TOOLS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheetson 'More Tools'
PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on 'More Tools'

 

Updated 13/12/22
This app includes: Mortise and Tenon Joints, Finger Joints, Dovetail Joints, Bridle Joints, Shoulder / Rebate / Lapped joints, Housing Joints. The first in a series on Joining Materials.

 

COMMON WOODWORKING JOINTS AND GLUES

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Common Woodworking Joints

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Common Woodworking Joints'.

Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Common Woodworking Joints PART TWO

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on Common Woodworking Joints PART TWO

 
This app includes: Knock-Down Fittings, Screws, Nails, Glues for Wood, Glue for Plastics and Super Glue.  

KNOCK-DOWN FITTINGS, GLUES, SCREWS AND NAILS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Knock-Down Fittings, Glues, Screws and Nails'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Knock-down Fittings, Glues, Screws and Nails'.

 

Updated 20/9/19
This app includes: Preparation for Applying a Finish to Woods, Varnish, Wax, Oils, Paints, Shellac, Wood Dye.
Metal Finishes - Machine Finishes, Anodising, Paint, Annealing, Oil Blacking, Electroplating, Galvanising, Case Hardening, Hardening and Tempering, Planishing, Lacquer, Poweder Coating, Polishing, and Etching.

 

WOOD AND METAL FINISHES

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Wood Finishes'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets for, ' Wood Finishes'.

Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Metal Finishes'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets for, 'Metal Finishes'.

 
METALS
 
UPDATED 27/5/2019. This app includes: Extraction of Iron Ore to the manufacture of Iron Ore Pellets, Where is Iron Ore Mined? The Blast Furnace, The Modern Converter Process (steel), Aluminium Production and Stock Forms of Metals.  

SOURCES, ORIGINS, IRON, STEEL AND ALUMINIUM

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Sources, Origins of Iron, Steel and Aluminium

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Sources, Origins, Iron, Steel and Aluminium'.

 
Updated for Engineering Jan 2023
This app includes: Stock Forms, Standard Fittings / Components (pop rivets, cold rivets, screws, bolts, split pins, lock nuts etc...), general Workshop Tools and Equipment (drilling, hacksaw, junior hacksaw, machine hacksaw, punches, buffing, files), Using Jigs, Engineering Machines (centre lathe, horizontal miller, vertical miller, shaping machine, compression moulding), Casting (Aluminium, Pewter Casting and Lost Wax), Metal Spinning and Press Sintering of Metals.
 

WORKING WITH METALS
PART ONE

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Click here for the First Set of Smart Learning Sheets, for Working with Metals 'Part One'.

PowerPoint version of first set of Smart Learning Sheets for, 'Working with Metals - Part One'.

Click here for the Second Set of Smart Learning Sheets, for Working with Metals 'Part One'

PowerPoint version of Second Set of Smart Learning Sheets for, ' Working with Metals - Part One'.

 
This app includes: Hand Vice, Machine Vice, Spring Dividers, Calipers, Trammels, Toolmakers' Clamp, Vee Blocks, Angle Plates, Dial Indicators, Folding Bars, Manual Sheet Metal Folding Machine, Tinman's Snips, Bench Shears and Engineers Spirit Level.  

WORKING WITH METALS
PART TWO

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets for 'Working with Metals - Part Two'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets for, 'Working with Metals Part Two'.

 
This app includes: Combination Pliers, Stillson Wrench, Open Ended Spanners, Adjustable Spanners and Mole Grips  

HAND-HELD GRIPPING TOOLS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Hand-held Gripping Tools

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on Hand-held Gripping Tools

 

(Updated 23/9/20) This app includes: Pop Riveting, Cold Riveting, Brazing, Gas Welding, TIG, MIG, Electric Arc and Spot Welding, Plasma Cutting, Permanent and Temporary fittings such as split pins, lock nuts...…...

 

JOINING METAL INCLUDING TUBE

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Joining Metal including Tube'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Joining Metal Including Tube'.

 
This app includes: The basic tools and equipment used by Jewellers, Soldering Techniques and Solders, Engraving, Texturing, Repousse, Etching, Planishing, Enamelling and Inlaying of Materials.  

JEWELLERY AND SILVERSMITHING -1

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets relating to the App above - Jewellery and Silversmithing -1 PDF version

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets relating to the App above - Jewellery and Silversmithing -1

 
This app includes: Pewter casting (various methods), lost wax casting including silicon rubber moulds, cuttlefish bone casting, casting with charcoal blocks, tufa stone casting and delft casting.  

JEWELLERY AND SILVERSMITHING -2

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets relating to the App above - Jewellery and Silversmithing - 2 PDF version

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets relating to the App above - Jewellery and Silversmithing - 2

 
This app includes: Jeweller's draw plates, twisting decorative wire, forming rings and chain, using a former to form rings / chains, cleaning and polishing.  

JEWELLERY AND SILVERSMITHING -3

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets relating to the App above - Jellewery an Silversmithing - 3 PDF version

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets relatig to the App above - Jewellery and Silversmithing - 3

 

This app includes: Preparation for Applying a Finish to Woods, Varnish, Wax, Oils, Paints, Shellac, Wood Dye.
Metal Finishes - Machine Finishes, Anodising, Paint, Annealing, Oil Blacking, Electroplating, Galvanising, Case Hardening, Hardening and Tempering, Planishing, Lacquer, Poweder Coating, Polishing, and Etching.

 

WOOD AND METAL FINISHES

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Wood Finishes'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets for, ' Wood Finishes'.

Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Metal Finishes'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets for, 'Metal Finishes'.

 
POLYMERS
 
This app includes: covers Crude Oil to Polymers and Plants to Bioplastics.  

SOURCES / ORIGINS OF POLYMERS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Sources / Origins of Polymers

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Sources / Origins of Polymers'.

 
Updated Jan 2023
This app includes: Polymers Stock Forms and Sections, Standard Fittings and Components, Workshop Tools and Equipment, Glues, Commercial and Industrial Process such as Injection Moulding, Blow Moulding, Compression Moulding, Vacuum Forming, Rotational Moulding, Laser Cutting and more.......
 

WORKING WITH POLYMERS

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Click here for the First Set of Smart Learning Sheets on 'Working with Polymers'

PowerPoint Version of, 'First Set of Sheets'.

Click here for the Second Set of Smart Learning Sheets on 'Working with Polymers'.

PowerPoint version of, 'Second Set of Sheets'.

 
This app includes: Paint Spraying, Rubberising, Heat Transfer, Vinyl Decals, Vinyl Stickers, Flocking, Polishing, Laser Etching, Electroless Plating and Hydrographic / Immersion Printing.  

FINISHES FOR POLYMERS - PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Finishes for Polymers - Processes and Techniques'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets of, 'Finishes for Polymers - Processes and Techniques'.

 
 
 
PAPER AND BOARDS
 
This app includes: Sustainable Forests, How Paper and Card are Manufactured, the Structure of Corrugated Card, Composition of Laminated Card, Card and Board - Stock Forms.  

SOURCES, ORIGINS, PAPER AND BOARDS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Sources, Origins, Paper and Boards.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Sources, Origins, Paper and Boards'.

 
This app includes: Common Papers and Boards - Cartridge Paper, Tracing Paper, Duplex Board, Solid White Board, Corrugated Board, Foil Lined Board, Paperboard, Box Quality Board, Bleed Proof Paper, Grid Paper, Ink Jet Card, Layout Paper, Newsprint  

MATERIALS - PAPERS AND BOARDS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Materials - Paper and Boards'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Materials - Paper and Boards'.

 
This app includes: Workshop Tools and Equipment, Basic Manufacturing Techniques, Standard Components, Seals and Sealing Techniques, Binding Techniques.  

WORKING WITH PAPERS AND BOARDS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Working with Paper and Boards'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Working with Paper and Boards'.

 
Updated August 2020. This app includes: Letterpress, Rotary Press, Screen Printing, Lithography, Foil Blocking, Photocopying, UV Varnishing, Laminating, Embossing, Die Cutting, Direct Printing, Sublimation Printing, Flexographic Printing and Web-Fed Systems  

PRINTING PROCESSES

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Printing Processes'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Printing Processes'.

 
This app includes: Functions of Packaging, Packaging Materials, Smart Materials for Packaging, Die Cutting, Common Symbols, Blister Packaging and Biodegradable Inks  

PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on 'Packaging and Associated Information'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets for, 'Packaging and Assoicated information'.

 
This app includes: A Wide Range of Symbols - Recycling, Sustainability, Quality, Food Related Symbols, Information and Ingredients and many more. In total, 38 slides of symbols and their meanings.  

PACKAGING SYMBOLS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Packaging Symbols'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets for, 'Packaging Symbols'.

 
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL COMPONENTS
 
This app includes: Common symbols for circuits, from switches to diodes, to resistors and lots more......required for electronic circuit design.  

ELECTRONICS - CIRCUIT SYMBOLS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Electronics - Circuit Symbols'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Electronics - Circuit Symbols'.

 
Updated 27/6/22
This app includes: What are PCBs? Designing a Circuit, Manufacturing Printed Circuit Boards, Adding Components to a PCB, Industrial Production of PCBs, Video - Soldering a PCB
 

PCBs AND SOLDERING

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'PCBs and Soldering'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'PCBs and Soldering'.

 
Updated 2/7/2022: This app includes: an introduction to ICs and a range of standard components such as Batteries, LEDs, Bulbs, Resistors, Preset Resistors, Variable Resistors, Diodes, Zener Diodes, Light Dependent Resistors, Thermistors, Thyristors, Transistors, relays, and a range of switches  

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND STANDARD COMPONENTS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Integrated Circuits and Standard Components'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Integrated Circuits and Standard Components'.

 
This app includes: An Introduction to the 555 Timer, Monostable and Astable Circuits  

555 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on the, '555 Integrated Circuit'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, '555 Integrated Circuit'.

 
This app includes: An Introduction to Resistors, Resistors in Series and Parallel Circuits, Potential Dividers, Light Dependent Resistors, Thermistors, Preset Resistors and Potentiometers / Variable Resistors.  

RESISTORS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Resistors'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Resistors'.

 
Update 23/7/2019: This app includes: An Introduction to Transistors, Simple use of Transistors, Darlington Pair, Transistor Breadboard Circuit, Transistor Formulas, Dual Transistor Multivibrator Circuit, Field Effect Transistors (FETS).  

TRANSISTORS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Transistors'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Transistors'.

 
This app includes: An Introduction to the 741 Op-Amp, Op-Amps used as Amplifiers with Sensors, Op-Amps as Comparators and Videos of 741 Circuits.  

741 OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER AND COMPARATOR

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, '741 Operational Amplifier and Comparator'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, '741 Operational Amplifier and Comparator'.

 
This app includes: an introduction to PIC Microcontrollers including software and programming, Inputs-Process-Outputs, Example Microcontroller Circuits.  

PIC MICROCONTROLLERS

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'PIC Microcontrollers'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'PIC Microcontrollers'.

 
This app includes: What is Digital Electronics, logic Gates, Logic Tables, A Range of Sample Logic Circuits, Examination Questions and Answers.  

DIGITAL LOGIC GATES

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Digital Logic Gates'.

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, 'Digital Logic Gates'.

 
 
STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION
 
 
 
DESIGNING AND MAKING PRINCIPLES
 
This app includes; Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Cubism, De Stiyl, Bauhaus (Modernism), Art Deco, Pop Art, Studio Alchimia and the Memphis Group.  

ART MOVEMENTS

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercises on Art Movements

PowerPoint Version of Smart Learning Sheets on Art Movements

 
Updated 25/10/19
This app includes eleven designers including:
Philippe Starck, Charlotte Perriand, Zaha Hadid, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Margaret Kalver and Jock Kinneir, Micheal Thonet, Eileen Gray, Marcel Breuer, Robin Day, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Harry Beck
 

DESIGNERS - PART ONE

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Click here for Smart Learning Exercises on Designers

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on, ' Designers'.

 
Updated 8/1/22
This app includes eleven designers including:
Sir David Adjaye, Ron Arad, Marc Newson, Patricia Urquiola, Lella and Massimo Vignelli, Florence Knoll, Daisuke Kitagawa, Verda Alexander, Norma Merrick Sklarek, Fumie Shibata, Hella Jongerius, Dieter Rams
 

DESIGNERS - PART TWO

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Click here for Smart Learning Sheets on Designers - Part Two

PowerPoint version of Smart Learning Sheets on Designers - Part Two.

 

This app includes eleven designers including: Christopher Dresser, Archimedes, Charles And Ray Eames, Owen Maclaren, David Constantine, Otto Lilienthal, Barnes Wallis, Ali Ibn Khalaf Al-muradi, Su Song, Vladimir Shukhov, Nicolas-jacques Conté, James Watt
 

DESIGNERS - PART THREE

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This app includes eleven designers including: Leonardo da Vinc, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Richard Roberts, Johannes Gutenberg, John Smeaton, John Harrison, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Reginald Joseph Mitchell, Ettore Sottsass, Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis
 

DESIGNERS - PART FOUR

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This app includes eleven designers including: William Morris, Gerrit Rietveld, Alessandro Mendini, Julia Krantz, Frank Lloyd Wright, George Nakashima, Christopher Cockerell
 

DESIGNERS - PART FIVE

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Updated 18/9/19
This app includes: What is an Iconic Design? and an explanation of sixteen more iconic designs - Polyprop Chair, Thonet No14 Chair, Sydney Opera House, Juicy Salif, LC4 Chaise Longue Chair, Whistling Bird Kettle, Anna G Corkscrew, Apple iPhone, Mackintosh Chairs, Eames Lounge Chair, London Underground Map, Bibendum Chair, Charlton Dresser, Barcelona Chair, Mclaren Buggy, MB 118 Chair,
 

ICONIC DESIGNS

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UPDATED 18/4/19 This app includes: Why make a Model, Physical Models, CAD Models, Spreadsheets, Modelling Materials, Model Making Tools and Equipment and Sample Models (Architectural, Systems, Card etc...)  

MODEL MAKING AND PROTOTYPES

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This app includes: What is Primary Data? What is secondary Data? Examples of Primary and Secondary Data Collection, What is Market Research? How Market Research can be carried out.

 

RESEARCH, INCLUDING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA COLLECTION

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This app includes: A Range of Companies - Alessi, Apple Incorporated, Harley Davidson Motorcycles, Tesla, David Constantine and Motivation, Zaha Hadid Architects.  

COMPANIES

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SUGGESTED PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES
GRAPHICS INCLUDING SHADING

 
This app includes: Shading Flat Surfaces, The Line Technique (Flat Surfaces), Shading Curved Surfaces, The Line Technique (Curved Surfaces), Coloured Pencil Shading Exercises, Shading technique for Natural Wood.  

SIMPLE SHADING TECHNIQUES
COLOURED PENCILS

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This app includes:
This knowledge map takes pupil on a journey of colours starting with the Colour Wheel, Primary, Secondary, Complementary and Tertiary Colours.
The map moves on to the Feelings, Emotions, Atmosphere relating to countries and cultures.
 

ALL ABOUT COLOURS

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This app includes: Using Felt Pens (Fine and Brush Pens), Video Demonstrating Fine and Brush Felt Pens, Drawing a Craft Knife (exercise stage by stage) Including Felt Pen Rendering, MP3 Player - Draw and Render, Video Demonstratiung the MP3 Exercise.  

RENDERING WITH FELT PENS

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This app includes: Thick and Thin Line (Two Tone), Line Technique with Colour, Hatching Technique, Highlighting with Felt Pens and Coloured Pencils, Video (all the techniques)  

THICK AND THIN LINE TECHNIQUE
AND HIGHLIGHTING

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This app includes: An Introduction to Third Angle Projection, Adding Dimensions, How to Draw in Third Angle Orthographic, First Angle Orthographic Projection.  

ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION

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ORTHOGRAPHIC DRAWING EXERCISES
These exercises are designed to introduce pupils to Third Angle Orthographic Projectioin. Each page / exercise has links and QR Codes that lead to instructions on each exercise.
 
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SECTIONAL VIEWS - Exercise Set Three

PDF FILE - Exercises on Sectional Views
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This app includes: Isometric Drawing and Designers, Isometric Projection - an Explanation, Drawing an Isometric Cube, Isometric Grid Paper, Drawing Isometric Circles, Drawing Isometric Cylinders, Isometric Exercises.  

ISOMETRIC DRAWING - 1

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This app includes: Sketching Isometric Circles, Cubes, Curves, Cylinders and more advanced sketching exercises. It also includes Shading Techniques.  

SKETCHING IN ISOMETRIC

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ISOMETRIC DRAWING EXERCISES
These exercises are designed to introduce pupils to Isometric Drawing. Each page / exercise has links and QR Codes that lead to instructions on each exercise.
 
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EXPLODED DRAWING EXERCISES
These exercises are designed to introduce pupils to EXPLODED VIEWS and how to draw them. Each page / exercise has QR Codes that lead to instructions on each exercise.
 
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This app includes: An Introduction to Oblique Projection, How to Draw Basic Shapes, Circles and Cylinders in Oblique, Drawing a Camera in Oblique.  

OBLIQUE PROJECTION

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This app includes: An Introduction to Single Point Perspective, How draw in Single Point Perspective and a series of more Advanced Exercises.  

SINGLE POINT PERSPECTIVE DRAWING

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This app includes: An Introduction to Two Point Perspective Drawing, How to Draw in Two Point Perspective, A Series of Exercises, from Basic to more Complex.  

TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE DRAWING

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This app includes: An Introduction to Estimated Perspective Drawing, Three Exercises (increasing in difficulty).  

ESTIMATED PERSPECTIVE DRAWING

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This app includes: Nets, Developments, Tessellations, Pyramids, Cones, Cuboids, Cylindrical Nets, Triangular Prisms, Popular Nets for Packaging and Projects  

NETS AND DEVELOPMENTS

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This app includes: Pop-Up Letters and Characters, V-Fold Mechanisms, Constructing Symmetrical Pop-Ups, Rotary and Parallel Slide Mechanisms, Internal Stands, A Moving Face and Mouth, Pop-Up Projects.  

CARD MECHANISMS AND POP-UPS

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This app includes: An Introduction to Graphic Writing Styles, Typography - The Basics, The Sun - Exercises and Examples, Energy and Emergency - Exercises and Examples, More Writing Style Exercises  

GRAPHIC WRITING STYLES

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This app includes: Setting Up Paper on a Drawing Board Accurately, Basic Use of a T-Square and Set Square, Printing Accurately in Block Capitals, Printing in Lower Case Letters, Drawing Angles with Set Squares, exercises with T-Squares and Set Squares.  

T-SQUARES AND SET SQUARES

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This app includes: Questionnaire to Pictogram, Sample Pictograms, Examination Question, Flowcharts, Pictorial Flowcharts, Sequence Drawings and Instruction Diagrams.  

PICTOGRAMS, FLOWCHARTS, SEQUENCE DRAWINGS AND INSTRUCTION DIAGRAMS

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