Design Technology Teaching Resources

Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in design technology in Key Stage One covering construction, materials, food, textiles and movement mechanisms

  • Castle Building

    Castle Building

    Explore and model some of the different shapes and techniques that can be used to construct a model of a castle showing the main parts and their functions

  • City Cafe

    City Cafe

    Select and combine different ingredients to design and make a range of foods including sandwiches and cakes that can be sold in café in a city location

  • Farm Toys

    Farm Toys

    Design and make different toys that include a movement mechanism to illustrate things found and used on a farm

  • Punch and Judy

    Punch and Judy

    Select, shape and combine textile and other materials to make a range of puppet characters that can be used to narrate a traditional story

  • Scarecrows

    Scarecrows

    Select and combine different materials to design and make scarecrows for a garden to match identified success criteria

  • Toy Vehicles

    Toy Vehicles

    Select and combine different materials to make a model of a toy vehicle with a movement mechanism to match chosen success criteria

  • Shape Matching

    Shape Matching

    Identify, describe and compare different 2D shapes by their matching individual properties including the number of sides, vertices and lines of symmetry

  • Buses, Trains, Planes

    Buses, Trains, Planes

    Select patterned language to use when writing poems describing ways of travelling when making different journeys

  • Toy Masses

    Toy Masses

    Explain and model how to measure, record and compare the mass of some different toys and games using scales, bucket balances and symbols for greater than and less than

  • Seaside Holidays

    Seaside Holidays

    Describe and compare how families enjoyed seaside holidays together in the past with similar events and experiences enjoyed by families today