Engineering
DT & Engineering Blog: The world first CNC handheld router!
Hands-On with Shaper Origin Handheld CNC Router!
This is super cool: a handheld CNC router that uses computer vision to let you see exactly what you’re cutting through the bit, and compensates for any shaky hand movement with automatic stabilisation.
More at: www.shapertools.com
Design and Technology Resources: Materials and Components – The Garden Spade
Learning Objectives:
1) Students to investigate the materials and/or components used in manufacturing a product.
2) Students to analyse properties, qualities, advantages and disadvantages of materials/components used in manufacturing a product.
3) Students to justify the choice of materials and/or components.
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Design and Technology Resources: Adhesives, Heat Treatment & Finishing Techniques (Industrial and Commercial Processes)
Learning Objectives:
Students to analyse how to use various adhesives and the preparations involved.
Students to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of adhesives.
Students to analyse how to use various heat treatments to alter the properties of metals and the preparations involved.
Students to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of heat treatment.
Students to analyse how to use various finishes to improve the performance, quality and appearance of manufactured products.
Students to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of finishing techniques.
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Design and Technology Resources: Joining Methods (Industrial and commercial processes)
Learning Objectives:
1) Students to be able to differentiate various temporary and permanent joining methods.
2) Students to be able to analyse how and when to use different types of joining joints and the preparations involved.
3) Students to be distinguish types of joining joints their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages.
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Design and Technology Resources: Wasting Tools
Learning Objectives:
Students to differentiate and be able to select the correct tools when removing waste material during the manufacture of products.
Students to be able to distinguish the tools’ uses, advantages and disadvantages.
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Design and Technology Resources: Marking Out and Measuring
Learning Objectives:
For students to be able to differentiate and be able to select the correct tools and equipment when marking out and measuring.
Students to be able to distinguish the tools’ uses, advantages and disadvantages.
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Design Technology & Engineering Blog: Electroflight, a fully electric 300+mph racing plane
Electroflight website
Facts
The single seat prototype aircraft is designed to demonstrate the advantages of pure electric flight.
- All Up Weight (excluding pilot); 345 kgs.
- Maximum Power (3400rpm): 225 kW
- Thrust 500 Kgs
- Maximum level Speed (sea level) 250 kts
- Climb rate (vertical) 9,000 ft/min
- Battery power (720 volts) 15 kW
DT & Engineering Blog: Behaviour Management – Working with Parents
Here are some tips on how to work collaboratively with parents who don’t consider that their child’s behaviour is problematic in school:
- clarify the school’s expectations that should be set out in the home/school agreement
- develop positive relationships with the parents
- explain that the school seeks to work in partnership with parents
- let them know when their child has behaved well
- let parents know that their views are valued
- keep a reasonably detailed and factual record of incidents like, “Ethan left his seat, went across the classroom and hit James on the back” rather than, “Ethan disrupted the lesson and prevented others from learning”
- seek advice on school procedures for meeting parents from your mentor.