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Tuck-Shop on Wheels VMy Task: Draw the designs for the graphics on the side of a tuck-shop selling health food. Core - A school is looking to run a tuck-shop from a converted VW Camper Van. Use the template on Google Drive or a printed version from your teacher to create a decoration on the exterior of the vehicle. The decoration should focus on the healthy snacks being sold and entice pupils to buy them. Challenge... Hand rendered and/or CAD are both acceptable submissions.Designer Tip: Choose colours and images to represent the the food being sold.Inspiration: http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/restaurants/londons-best-street-food-trucks-9168677.html

Book Cover DesignMy Task: Design a new reading book cover. Core - Pick a book from the Reading Challenge and redesign the front cover to reflect the theme of the story. Challenge... extend our design to cover the back page and spine of the book as well, including your own blub written on the back cover.Designer Tip: Use one design that can wrap around the whole book and bold text.Inspiration: https://thelostandfoundlibrary.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/51a6rmaqknl-_sy344_bo1204203200_.jpg

Spinning Top Patterns HOTMy Task: Design three different circular patterns. Core - As part of the Spinning Top project you will need to decorate the disc on your Spinning Top so the patterns swirl as it spins. Draw out six circles on a piece of paper and decorate them with different patterns and designs that could be added to your disc. Challenge... Higher grades will be awarded to pupils how have designs that show elements of symmetry.Designer Tip: Use a pair of compasses or a cup to draw round in order to make six equal and perfect circles.Inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Ap6rkyBHY

Kingston Sign DesignMy Task: Design a sign for a place in Kingston. Core - Choose a monument, place or building such as the Rose Theatre in Kingston and produce a sign to direct people towards this Kingston feature. Challenge... higher marks will be awarded for pupils who use hand drawn text in the construction of their sign, rather than using ICT.Designer Tip: Use tram lines to structure your letter forms when drawing text.Inspiration: http://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/signs-and-signals.html

Musical ChangesMy Task: Design the logo for a band. Core - Choose the logo for a band, solo artist or group and redesign this to sit on their next album or single release. Challenge... Higher grades will be available for designs that can work at a small size online and a large size on a banner.Designer Tip: Be careful over your use of text in a design to ensure the final design makes a bold statement.Inspiration: http://www.onedirectionmusic.com

Which Type? HOTMy Task: Design a new typeface/font. Core - Your computers contain thousands of font styles or typefaces. There are endless ways of decorating the alphabet to make it look more exciting. Choose 10 letters, numbers and/or symbols and drawn them out in our own font design. Challenge... Higher marks will be awarded for letter forms that use curves and a combination of upper and lower case letters.Designer Tip: Use two parallel lines as guides to line up all your letters as you draw them. Inspiration: http://www.dafont.com/mtheme.php?id=1

Lego ModelMy Task: Build a Lego model. Core - Build a Lego model of your own creation. Challenge... using the same parts, trans-form your original design into a new model.Designer Tip: Use symmetry to help you build a model that has good structure.Inspiration: http://www.lego.com/en-gb/starwars/products

Measured Response HOTMy Task: Record the sizes of a handheld object. Core - Select a handheld object and make a sketch of it in 2D. Add a minimum of five dimensions (sizes) to your drawing to show how big/small it is. Challenge... Higher grades can be awarded for drawing objects that contain greater levels of detail.Designer Tip: Look to include detail such as buttons in your drawing and show a variety of different dimensions.Inspiration: http://hayunjun.com/works/carstoycarrc/photo04.jpg

Birds-Eye-View NewMy Task: Make a sketch of the layout of a room in your home. Core - Pick a room in your home and measure the size of the room and some of the furniture in it. Draw a plan view (bird’s-eye-view) of the room and items in it so they fit on an A4 piece of paper. Challenge... Higher grades will be awarded to pupils who draw the room and contents in proportion to each other.Designer Tip: Choose a scale such as you would find on a map and use this to reduce the size of all your dimensions.Inspiration: http://www.mytickerz.com/wp-content/uploads/House-Plans-With-Interior-Photos-11.jpg

Product +ve -veMy Task: Write a review of a product. Core - Choose a product and write a magazine review about it, including both positives and negatives. Challenge... include a star rating and some user feedback in the review.Designer Tip: Don’t choose a product that is heavily reliant on electronics or apps.Inspiration: http://www.stuff.tv/bw/p3/review

Saw Selection HOTMy Task: Draw and annotate a junior hack-saw. Core - Draw and annotate the three saws that you used to create the spinning top. Challenge... write a sentence to explain how the saw would be used to cut different materials.Designer Tip: Focus on the difference in the saw’s blades in your illustrations.Inspiration: http://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/saws-knives/cat9260002#category=cat831026

Tastey Process VMy Task: Watch a TV cookery programme and write down one of the recipes. Core - Watch a TV cookery programme and choose an item made on the show. Record the recipe and process the chef/baker/chocolatier uses and suggest an addition or change to the recipe. Challenge... Recipes that contain healthy ingredients will be marked favourably.Designer Tip: Where possible record or watch the episode online to allow you to fast forward and rewind the show in order to pick out the detail.Inspiration: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013pqnm

Kit DesignMy Task: Design a new sports kit for an international team. Core - Pick a future world sporting event and a nation who would compete at it. Find out about the nation’s culture and design a range of different sports kit they could wear to compete in. Challenge... Extend the range of clothing by adding training wear or garments for the opening/closing ceremony.Designer Tip: Use shapes and patterns derived from the nation’s culture.Inspriration: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9159923/Team-GB-kit-for-London-2012-Olympics-designed-by-Stella-McCartney-and-Adidas-launched.html

Textiles Fastenings NewMy Task: Illustrate how a button is used to join two fabrics. Core - Find a range of different fastenings that are used to join clothes, bags or shoes made from different fabrics. Illustrate the different fastenings and annotate them to show how they join the materials together. Challenge... Choose an existing item and illustrate it to show different fastenings that could be used to join it together.Designer Tip: Look at items other than just clothes in order to see a range of fastenings.Inspiration: http://www.abakhan.co.uk/haberdashery/fastenings.html

Spelling Bee 1My Task: Learn the spelling of five of these words: annotation, children’s toys, coping saw, dowel, ergonomics, evaluation, goggles, marking gauge, modifications, prototype, source, tenon saw, timber, try-square. Core - Learn the spellings of all the keywords associated with Product Design ready for a test. Challenge... Be able to provide a definition for each word.Designer Tip: Try writing out the words multiple times to aid the learning process.Inspiration: http://design-technology.webs.com/azoftermsandwords.htm

Spelling Bee 2My Task: Learn the spelling of five of these words: capacitor, continuity, current, electronics, light emitting diode, negative, parallel circuit, polarity, positive, resistor, solder, soldering iron, translucent, universal serial bus. Core - Learn the spellings of the keywords associated with Systems & Control ready for a test. Challenge... Be able to provide a definition for each word. Designer Tip: Use someone at home to read the words to you as you practise writing them.Inspiration: http://design-technology.webs.com/azoftermsandwords.htm

Unleash the Poet NewMy Task: Write a poem about liquid. Core - Designers use multiple sources of inspiration to be creative and come up with original designs. Pick one of the following words and write a short poem in a style of your choice that evokes feelings associated with the word: rough, liquid, powerful, embrace or speed. Challenge... Write your poem as a haikuDesigner Tip: Think carefully about your use of language and choice of vocabulary.Inspiration: https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-haiku-poem

Powerful Stuff HOTMy Task: Make a list of objects in your home that use AA or AAA batteries to power them. Core - Find an object that uses an AA or AAA batteries. WITHOUT dismantling the object, work out how the battery powers the function of the object and record this process in a paragraph of writing or an annotated diagram. Challenge... Try to explain what happens inside the battery to generate power.Designer Tip: Include all the features and components in your description that require power for them to work.Inspiration: http://www.explainthatstuff.com/batteries.html

Mechanisms Bike Annotation VMy Task: Draw a mechanism that you would find on a bicycle. Core - Using recycled card model a mechanism that you would find on a bicycle. Challenge... add movement to your model to explain how the mechanism works.Designer Tip: Use split pins or cocktail sticks to allow parts to move.Inspiration: http://www.specializedconceptstore.co.uk/kingston-store

Electrical Items NewMy Task: Look at three electrical items at home and list the the features on the outside of their cases. Core - Find three different electrical items at home and by looking at them (DO NOT DISMANTLE THEM) try to work out the different electronic components contained inside their cases. For each product, make a list of the components it contains. Chal-lenge... Explain the function of some of the key components such as an LED or a fan.Designer Tip: Look for products that have a function that provides a movement.Inspiration: http://www.bluefishworks.co.uk/product/the-camera/

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This is your YO! Sushi inspired homework menu for D&T. You will be set a two week homework in D&T and you can choose from the menu below which task you would like to complete. They can be completed in any order and are colour coded to guide you as to their difficulty. Each task has a ‘My Task’, ‘Core’ and ‘Challenge’ section. Please pick just ONE of these stages for EACH homework task.

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Tuck-Shop on Wheels VMy Task: Draw the designs for the graphics on the side of a tuck-shop selling health food. Core - A school is looking to run a tuck-shop from a converted VW Camper Van. Use the template on Google Drive or a printed version from your teacher to create a decoration on the exterior of the vehicle. The decoration should focus on the healthy snacks being sold and entice pupils to buy them. Challenge... Hand rendered and/or CAD are both acceptable submissions.Designer Tip: Choose colours and images to represent the the food being sold.Inspiration: http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/restaurants/londons-best-street-food-trucks-9168677.html

Book Cover DesignMy Task: Design a new reading book cover. Core - Pick a book from the Reading Challenge and redesign the front cover to reflect the theme of the story. Challenge... extend our design to cover the back page and spine of the book as well, including your own blub written on the back cover.Designer Tip: Use one design that can wrap around the whole book and bold text.Inspiration: https://thelostandfoundlibrary.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/51a6rmaqknl-_sy344_bo1204203200_.jpg

Spinning Top Patterns HOTMy Task: Design three different circular patterns. Core - As part of the Spinning Top project you will need to decorate the disc on your Spinning Top so the patterns swirl as it spins. Draw out six circles on a piece of paper and decorate them with different patterns and designs that could be added to your disc. Challenge... Higher grades will be awarded to pupils how have designs that show elements of symmetry.Designer Tip: Use a pair of compasses or a cup to draw round in order to make six equal and perfect circles.Inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Ap6rkyBHY

Kingston Sign DesignMy Task: Design a sign for a place in Kingston. Core - Choose a monument, place or building such as the Rose Theatre in Kingston and produce a sign to direct people towards this Kingston feature. Challenge... higher marks will be awarded for pupils who use hand drawn text in the construction of their sign, rather than using ICT.Designer Tip: Use tram lines to structure your letter forms when drawing text.Inspiration: http://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/signs-and-signals.html

Musical ChangesMy Task: Design the logo for a band. Core - Choose the logo for a band, solo artist or group and redesign this to sit on their next album or single release. Challenge... Higher grades will be available for designs that can work at a small size online and a large size on a banner.Designer Tip: Be careful over your use of text in a design to ensure the final design makes a bold statement.Inspiration: http://www.onedirectionmusic.com

Which Type? HOTMy Task: Design a new typeface/font. Core - Your computers contain thousands of font styles or typefaces. There are endless ways of decorating the alphabet to make it look more exciting. Choose 10 letters, numbers and/or symbols and drawn them out in our own font design. Challenge... Higher marks will be awarded for letter forms that use curves and a combination of upper and lower case letters.Designer Tip: Use two parallel lines as guides to line up all your letters as you draw them. Inspiration: http://www.dafont.com/mtheme.php?id=1

Lego ModelMy Task: Build a Lego model. Core - Build a Lego model of your own creation. Challenge... using the same parts, trans-form your original design into a new model.Designer Tip: Use symmetry to help you build a model that has good structure.Inspiration: http://www.lego.com/en-gb/starwars/products

Measured Response HOTMy Task: Record the sizes of a handheld object. Core - Select a handheld object and make a sketch of it in 2D. Add a minimum of five dimensions (sizes) to your drawing to show how big/small it is. Challenge... Higher grades can be awarded for drawing objects that contain greater levels of detail.Designer Tip: Look to include detail such as buttons in your drawing and show a variety of different dimensions.Inspiration: http://hayunjun.com/works/carstoycarrc/photo04.jpg

Birds-Eye-View NewMy Task: Make a sketch of the layout of a room in your home. Core - Pick a room in your home and measure the size of the room and some of the furniture in it. Draw a plan view (bird’s-eye-view) of the room and items in it so they fit on an A4 piece of paper. Challenge... Higher grades will be awarded to pupils who draw the room and contents in proportion to each other.Designer Tip: Choose a scale such as you would find on a map and use this to reduce the size of all your dimensions.Inspiration: http://www.mytickerz.com/wp-content/uploads/House-Plans-With-Interior-Photos-11.jpg

Product +ve -veMy Task: Write a review of a product. Core - Choose a product and write a magazine review about it, including both positives and negatives. Challenge... include a star rating and some user feedback in the review.Designer Tip: Don’t choose a product that is heavily reliant on electronics or apps.Inspiration: http://www.stuff.tv/bw/p3/review

Saw Selection HOTMy Task: Draw and annotate a junior hack-saw. Core - Draw and annotate the three saws that you used to create the spinning top. Challenge... write a sentence to explain how the saw would be used to cut different materials.Designer Tip: Focus on the difference in the saw’s blades in your illustrations.Inspiration: http://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/saws-knives/cat9260002#category=cat831026

Tastey Process VMy Task: Watch a TV cookery programme and write down one of the recipes. Core - Watch a TV cookery programme and choose an item made on the show. Record the recipe and process the chef/baker/chocolatier uses and suggest an addition or change to the recipe. Challenge... Recipes that contain healthy ingredients will be marked favourably.Designer Tip: Where possible record or watch the episode online to allow you to fast forward and rewind the show in order to pick out the detail.Inspiration: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013pqnm

Kit DesignMy Task: Design a new sports kit for an international team. Core - Pick a future world sporting event and a nation who would compete at it. Find out about the nation’s culture and design a range of different sports kit they could wear to compete in. Challenge... Extend the range of clothing by adding training wear or garments for the opening/closing ceremony.Designer Tip: Use shapes and patterns derived from the nation’s culture.Inspriration: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9159923/Team-GB-kit-for-London-2012-Olympics-designed-by-Stella-McCartney-and-Adidas-launched.html

Textiles Fastenings NewMy Task: Illustrate how a button is used to join two fabrics. Core - Find a range of different fastenings that are used to join clothes, bags or shoes made from different fabrics. Illustrate the different fastenings and annotate them to show how they join the materials together. Challenge... Choose an existing item and illustrate it to show different fastenings that could be used to join it together.Designer Tip: Look at items other than just clothes in order to see a range of fastenings.Inspiration: http://www.abakhan.co.uk/haberdashery/fastenings.html

Spelling Bee 1My Task: Learn the spelling of five of these words: annotation, children’s toys, coping saw, dowel, ergonomics, evaluation, goggles, marking gauge, modifications, prototype, source, tenon saw, timber, try-square. Core - Learn the spellings of all the keywords associated with Product Design ready for a test. Challenge... Be able to provide a definition for each word.Designer Tip: Try writing out the words multiple times to aid the learning process.Inspiration: http://design-technology.webs.com/azoftermsandwords.htm

Spelling Bee 2My Task: Learn the spelling of five of these words: capacitor, continuity, current, electronics, light emitting diode, negative, parallel circuit, polarity, positive, resistor, solder, soldering iron, translucent, universal serial bus. Core - Learn the spellings of the keywords associated with Systems & Control ready for a test. Challenge... Be able to provide a definition for each word. Designer Tip: Use someone at home to read the words to you as you practise writing them.Inspiration: http://design-technology.webs.com/azoftermsandwords.htm

Unleash the Poet NewMy Task: Write a poem about liquid. Core - Designers use multiple sources of inspiration to be creative and come up with original designs. Pick one of the following words and write a short poem in a style of your choice that evokes feelings associated with the word: rough, liquid, powerful, embrace or speed. Challenge... Write your poem as a haikuDesigner Tip: Think carefully about your use of language and choice of vocabulary.Inspiration: https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-haiku-poem

Powerful Stuff HOTMy Task: Make a list of objects in your home that use AA or AAA batteries to power them. Core - Find an object that uses an AA or AAA batteries. WITHOUT dismantling the object, work out how the battery powers the function of the object and record this process in a paragraph of writing or an annotated diagram. Challenge... Try to explain what happens inside the battery to generate power.Designer Tip: Include all the features and components in your description that require power for them to work.Inspiration: http://www.explainthatstuff.com/batteries.html

Mechanisms Bike Annotation VMy Task: Draw a mechanism that you would find on a bicycle. Core - Using recycled card model a mechanism that you would find on a bicycle. Challenge... add movement to your model to explain how the mechanism works.Designer Tip: Use split pins or cocktail sticks to allow parts to move.Inspiration: http://www.specializedconceptstore.co.uk/kingston-store

Electrical Items NewMy Task: Look at three electrical items at home and list the the features on the outside of their cases. Core - Find three different electrical items at home and by looking at them (DO NOT DISMANTLE THEM) try to work out the different electronic components contained inside their cases. For each product, make a list of the components it contains. Chal-lenge... Explain the function of some of the key components such as an LED or a fan.Designer Tip: Look for products that have a function that provides a movement.Inspiration: http://www.bluefishworks.co.uk/product/the-camera/

Extras: Make sure your pencil case contains all the equipment you need.Black pen, HB pencils, 30cm ruler, colouring pencils, pencil sharpener, rubber, pair of compasses

Some tasks may seem ‘nuts’ and be very hard. Please ask your D&T teacher if you need advice before ordering.

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