This video explores how designers develop ideas for new products, draw them or make models and then pass them to people to make using technology.
year: Year 1
Teacher video: Making a matching slider game
This video shows teachers one method to make a game with card that uses slider mechanisms, enabling them to guide Year 1 pupils to make their own games and help them if they encounter any problems.
Pupil video: What is Design and technology?
This video introduces the importance of design and technology in the real world and helps Year 1 children to understand what D&T means in school and the key areas they will learn about.
Teacher video: Teaching chronology
A History video that helps teachers guide Early Years and Key stage 1 children in understanding chronology, sequencing events, and developing time-related vocabulary and mental timelines.
Teacher video: Interpreting sources
A History video that helps teachers guide Key stage 2 children in interpreting historical sources, recognising perspective, and assessing reliability and bias to form evidence-based conclusions.
Teacher video: Sources of evidence
A History video that helps teachers develop the children’s skills in using sources as evidence to investigate the past.
Teacher video: Hot seating
A History video that helps teachers use hot seating to develop the children’s enquiry and empathy skills.
