Cool Creations

A superb collection of teaching resources including skill-builder videos, animations, worksheets, photos and detailed teacher guidance notes which can help to teach science through Design and Technology projects. Highly recommended!

How Everyday Things are Made

An interesting site which shows how various items are made. There are over forty different products and manufacturing processes. There are great animations, videos and useful narrations.

Image Bank

Wonderful copyright free photographs from the Worceshire Local Education Authority. Categories include: Art, Design and Technology, Geography, History, Language, Mathematics and Science. The images would look good on an interactive whiteboard.

Cracking Ideas

This website contains a wealth of educational resources to introduce students to the world of innovation and creativity. All resources and curriculum links can be downloaded free.

Nuffield Primary Design and Technology

Great design and technology teaching units which include lesson by lesson teaching guidance, a listing of new vocabulary, a description of links to other subjects and full details of resource requirements. Free to register on the site.

Active Kids

Active Kids has been around for a decade and it encourages children to lead a healthy lifestyle.

The Great Grub Club

A colourful website that uses cartoon characters to encourage children to make healthy eating choices, as well as to take plenty of exercise. It has lots of information on fruit and vegetables and some amazing recipes that children will love.

PaperWorks

PaperWorks provides UK teachers with a range of curriculum-linked learning resources about paper. There are lesson plans with online presentations, videos and project work. Superb.

Coins in the Classroom

Explore the world of coins, their history, design and manufactures. Each lesson pack, designed for classrooms in England and Wales, comes complete with teachers’ notes, lesson plans, fact files, worksheets and whiteboard resource.

Wood, Metals and Manufacturing Boards

This website introduces students to a variety of different materials. It looks at a number of hardwoods, softwoods, manufactured boards, plastics, metals and card. The uses and properties of the materials are discussed.