Technology and Design

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Technology and Design
Key Stage 3
Suggested Ideas for Project work!
To providing open-ended learning opportunities to
help pupils develop as thinkers," with the
skills, knowledge, and ways of thinking that can
lead to success in a modern society
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Raymond Moffatt WELB.
Technology Education Centre Omagh
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"All life is an experiment. The more experiments
you make the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Capacity building
• Reculturing versus restructuring
• Leadership sponsorship
• Collaborative work cultures

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Equity and Parity ? All subjects have equal
recognition eg Languages French, Spanish,
Irish, Polish Sciences Physics, Chemistry,
Biology
Management of Change ? NI Curriculum
(Revised Curriculum)
Quality of Learning and Teaching ? Monitoring Eval
uation
HEADS OF DEPARTMENT
Leadership Skills ? Vision for Department Subject
contribution to Whole School Agenda
Data Analysis ? KS3 results KS4
results Identifying under- achievement
Target Setting
Team Building/Capacity Building
Professional Development
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Learning and Teaching

• Planning for the Curriculum

Features Characteristics of good practice
Comprehensiveness Breadth, balance and progression Clear learning outcomes Meeting individual needs Evaluation Clear, coherent planning for all areas Promotes continuity and steady progression Clear identification of knowledge, skills and understanding Differentiation Evaluation is an integral part of the planning process and informs future planning
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Effective planning should include

• Progression in the learning opportunities
• Appropriate learning outcomes
• An appropriate variety of teaching strategies
• Activities to motivate and challenge the pupils
• An outline of an effective range of resources,
  including ICT
• An outline of how the learning is to be monitored
  and evaluated both regularly and effectively

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Being Creative
Thinking, Problem Solving Decision Making
Thinking Skills
Managing Information

Personal Capabilities

Self Management
Working with Others
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Self peer review
What we were good at ?
What have we learned for next time?
                                 
What was I good at?
What have I learned for next time?
 
 
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Reference to Nature
The Thinking Fountain's Spider Gliders inspired
us to send spiders running up the side of our
classroom wall. This activity gave the students a
first hand simulation of how a spider uses its
dragline to travel back and forth and to get out
of harms way.
"During a spiders life time how much dragline can
it make?" "Do the spider's spinnerets ever get
clogged?" "And if so how does the spider gets
them unclogged?"
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1. Cut a long piece of string.
2. Thread string through straw.
3. Inflate balloon.
4. Put clothespin on neck of balloon.
5. Tape balloon onto straw.

What if you use different kinds of string? Try
balloons with different shapes. How could you
add wings to your rocket? Launch your rocket up
a steep incline. Time your rocket and race a
friend.
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Make your own balancing butterfly.
Butterflies are examples of bilateral symmetry.
Symmetry
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Build a whirligig in a box
We experimented with motion by building whirligig prototypes using shoeboxes and coat hangers. Collect materials from around your home or classroom and design your own.
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Motion Machine Design a machine that makes a
motion. Use the materials left over from the
holiday season to create and build a machine that
makes at least one motion. Then, present your
machine, show how it works, and give a
demonstration.
This was difficult for the students because it was the first time they actually had to build what they had designed. Many of the designs started out as very complex creations and soon the students
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My machine is a can scruncher. It scrunches cans
when you don't want to stomp on them. I built my
machine with two pieces of wood and some kind of
hinge. If I were to improve my machine I would
make an automatic start and scruncher.
Troubleshooting When I made my machine there
was a slight problem with the can flying out of
the scruncher. I fixed it by using and extra
piece of scrap wood.
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Shape Walk
In search of a shape Go for a walk in search of
a shape. Look closely at things around you and
bring a camera along to capture the shapes you
see. We used a Quick Take camera on our walk,
then we put our pictures into Kid Pix and
outlined the shapes.
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Tans Create puzzling pictures The tangram is an ancient Chinese puzzle made from a large square cut into seven pieces. Each individual piece or shape is called a tan. The tans can be arranged to make pictures. Try coming up with pictures of your own.
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           Have you ever seen a square
bubble? Experiment with bubbles. Create bubble
wands out of found objects (straws, pipe
cleaners, strawberry baskets and coat hangers)
and have your own bubble festival.
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I made this machine with an arm attached to a
gear that spins. I attached the arm off-centre
without really thinking about it, but then my
friend N wondered if the arm would move in a
circle or not, since it was off-centre. So I
tried attaching a pen to see if it would draw a
circle or not. It looks pretty circular to me.
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I figured out how to make a flower that blooms
when it spins. I made the petals out of
construction paper, attached them to a cardboard
circle, then folded each petal up to the centre.
The petals each have a dot of hot glue on the tip
to weight them. When the disc spins, the petals
flop out, and the flower blooms.
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Marble dropper I wanted to make a marble
dropper that would be a little unpredictable. I
cut a hole in a cup just about the same size as a
marble, then mounted the cup on a spinner, and
put a bunch of marbles in the cup. It isn't easy
for the marbles to fit through the hole, but as
it spins, eventually a marble will fall, and land
on the platform that rests on a touch sensor, and
trip the sensor.
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nightlight This is the easiest mood light I
could make. We bought olives that came in clear
containers with translucent covers. The number 95
is a very nice colour... very easy on the eyes in
a dark room.
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Fit five cars into one parking space
Coming soon are electric vehicles that will be
stacked like grocery carts outside of popular
destinations. A swipe of your credit card and you
can drive it to another location. The body of the
car will be made of lightweight composite
material such as Kevlar or carbon fiber.
Embedded in each of its four wheels will be an
electric motor, steering and braking mechanisms,
suspension, and digital controls, all integrated
into sealed units that can be snapped on and off.
The Boston Globe.
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• Suggested Themes used as a stimulus to teach
  from-
• The Solar System
• Landing on the Moon

Do you think life exists outside our solar
system? ... I think that you are so right!! but
soon we will have the technology to go and build
stuff and what-not. I think we are not the only
... be .5 in and so on. It will continue to break
down. Our technology may not allow us to see
particles smaller than an atom, but that ...
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Robots
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Teaching Through Invention Invite your students
to invent a better mousetrap -- or a better
mouse! This week, Education World lessons focus
on inventors and inventions, challenging your
students to see the world in a whole new way.
Included Five "inventive" problem-solving type
lessons.
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We are developing new technologies and activities
to help people develop as "eThinkers," with the
skills, knowledge, and ways of thinking that can
lead to success in a networked society
Success in a networked society will require not
just new skills and new knowledge, but new ways
of thinking. Rather than seeing the world as a
clockwork mechanism, people will need to think in
more ecological terms, recognizing the importance
of adaptation and improvisation, and
understanding how patterns can arise from many
simple, local interactions. We are developing new
technologies and activities to help people
develop as "eThinkers." Mitchel Resnick
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