HL SPRING - Year 8 DT

DT - Year 8
Week commencing	Topic
Monday 4th January	Basic drawing equipment 1
	Basic drawing equipment 2
	Formal drawing - Isometric - Part 1
Monday 11th January	Orthographic tasks
	Formal drawing - Isometric - Part 2
	An introduction to creating working drawings
Monday 18th January	Technology cultures
Monday 18th January	Technology and the environment
Monday 25th January	Material tasks
	Material finishes
	Sketching (annotation, what, how and why?)
Monday 1st February	Paper and board 1
	Paper and board 2
	Product design (developing ideas quickly)
	Electronics 1
	Electronics 2
	Electronics 3
	Electronics 4
Monday 8th February	Smart materials
	Smart materials task
	Nano materials
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Monday 22nd February	Structures and triangulation 1
	Structures and triangulation 2
	Structures and triangulation 3
	Structures and triangulation 4
Monday 1st March	Shading/rendering
Monday 1st March	Shading techniques - Part 1 (shading flat surfaces)
Monday 8th March	Shading techniques - Part 2 (sketching explained)
	Exploded views
	Exploded views task
Monday 15th March	Sustainability 1
	Sustainability 2
	Sustainability 3
	Sustainability 4
	Sustainability 5
Monday 22nd March	Movement and mechanisms 1
	Movement and mechanisms 2
	Movement and mechanisms 3
	Movement and mechanisms 4
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Food - Year 8
Please use the links below to access the resources to complete the tasks
Healthy eating - Eatwell guide	Use the links on the left to access PowerPoints, Worksheets and Quizzes for each topic. Complete the activities.
Food labels
Where is food from? Seasonality

Textiles - Year 8
Week commencing	Tasks to complete
Watch the video below and then complete the activities listed on the timetable. Video: Year 7 and 8 Textiles Project
Monday 4th January	Mind map expanded on with ideas Watch BBC news video Research existing trainers on the market
Monday 11th January	List the materials needed to produce trainers Product analysis of trainers at home
Monday 18th January	Drawing of trainers Survey of household audience about trainer preferences
Monday 25th January	Research analysis Final design for trainers with annotation

Archive
Please click the links below to access work from previous terms
Autumn Term (September - December)	Year 8 DT (Autumn Term)