Design and Technology in Schools
Design-
Design and Tech.com A good site with data for your research and example projects and links to other schools web sites
Design-
Deyes High School This is a very good site with loads of information for D&T
Design and Technology Online Great site! Information on Electronics, Packaging, Environments, Food, Pneumatics, Mechanisms and Manufacturing projects. Also has an online circuit designer and package designer.
Sir John Nelthorpe School Shows some projects from the school, how to write specifications
and some information about mechanisms and materials.
Excellent site ! This is a huge index of links to all subjects, it has a specific technology index.
Technologylinks Links for design and technology.
Design and Technology Resource page A good selection of clip art, tests and quizzes also some example projects.
Technology at GCSE A very good site home of the GCSE exam helpers.
HOW TO
Working with acrylic How to bend polish shape and form the stuff.
How to make jewelry Tips from the jewellers bench, a site for jewellers.
Vac forming The site of Plastech , it shows how plastics are formed in their factory.
Prodesktop UK Designers A gallery of work and some tutorials.
Woodzone Woodwork tools, wood properties tips tricks and jigs.
DiyFixit Use the left hand menu, the carpentry section has information on boards, joints, screws,catches and more.
MATERIALS
Matweb Property data for all types of materials .
Materials World All types of materials and careers you could take.
Materials Science and Engineering Resource Centre
How does Materials Science affects our lives? This site also contains basic information about different materials and an interactive 'ask the experts' question forum.
Materials Science and Technology Teachers' Workshop
This site consists of eight modules introducing teachers and students metals, ceramics, polymers, semiconductors, composites, concrete and energy.
Microworlds: Exploring the Structure of Materials
An interactive tour of current research in the materials sciences at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source, including information for teachers on how to use Microworlds in the classroom.
Imperial College Schools Science Online
A brief compendium of some educational sites of particular interest to scientists, including links to museums and online schools resources.
Includes an eight-
Steel
The UK Steel Association's web site
Corus is the largest steel company in Europe and is also a significant player in the aluminium industry. They also have an education web site.
National Association of Steel Stockholders
Part of the UK Steel Industry Networking Project and a reference site for all things steel in the UK. NASS represents the interests of steel stockholders in the UK.
British Steel and MATTER have collaborated on the development of this new series of interactive educational software resources aimed at helping students understand the key
The Steel and Metals Industry National Training Organisation
Choose Education-
Other metals
A service of the worldwide copper and brass industries, including links to other
copper-
The web site of the trade association representing the UK aluminium industry. Contains good information sheets and information about resources for schools.
Ceramics
Provides technical, scientific and educational information to ceramicists and the general public. The site incorporates the Ceramic Information Centre and the Museum of Ceramics.
Ceramics and Industrial Minerals
A list of resources dedicated to the professional interested in ceramics and industrial minerals. It also includes searchable lists of links to other sites and resources.
Plastics and polymers
General Electric Plastics division information on properties, design and manufacture of plastic parts.
Plastics.com A good place to look for information about polymers
have a look at Polypedia (click on resources when you get there).
Teaching Plastics This is a portal to a variety of sources of information about plastics.
Fantastic plastic The name says it all , find out about moulding and forming etc.
Plastic recycling A site dedicated to plastic recycling.
National Plastics Centre and Museum
The Web site for the National Plastics Centre and Museum in the USA, including links to other plastics sites and museums. This site features an "experiment of the month" to try at home or in school.
Site developed by the American Plastics Council, providing information for various groups such as consumers, teachers and students. It includes lists of resources and "back grounders" about plastics, polymers, recycling etc at arrange of educational levels.
Composites
Centre for Composite Materials
The online home of the Composites Engineering and Education Centre housed in the Composites Manufacturing Science Lab at the University of Delaware,USA. The page contains information about "what are ceramics?", the composite materials handbook and links to other sites.
Choose About Composites in the navigation bar for a wealth of links to sites dealing with many types of different composite materials.
Paper/wood
Woodbin This site has a database of 128 types of wood and the reference section has standard dimensions for furniture .
Woodzone Woodwork tools, wood properties tips tricks and jigs.
What's really in paper besides wood?
A colourful illustrated fact sheet for students or the classroom wall which can be downloaded and printed.
Smart/new materials
Scientific American Explorations Smart Materials May 1996
smart materials intelliMat! -
Howstuffworks How Self-
GENERAL
Encarta online Encarta UK on the web.
DESIGN
MANUFACTURERS
Liquid Nails (Adhesives)
TEACHING
Design And Technology Association Teaching resources.
Virtual Teachers Centre (official)
CATALOGUES
Hindleys Materials and tools
MISC