Contents: Short Exercises in the KS3 Design and Technology software

1.
Signs DMA design development exercises
Details of Signs DMA package
Creating a sign by adding material PDF version
Creating a sign by removing material PDF version
Creating a sign by removing material (2) PDF version
Creating a sign by adding and removing PDF version
Creating a sign by bending material PDF version
Creating a sign by reforming material PDF version
Creating a sign by reforming material (2) PDF version
Creating a sign by rearranging material PDF version
Sign and sign holder PDF version
Rotating sign No. 1 Rotating sign No.1    PDF version
Rotating sign No. 2 Rotating sign No.2    PDF version
Rotating sign No. 3 Rotating sign No.3    PDF version
Rotating sign No. 4 Rotating sign No.4    PDF version
Rotating sign No. 5 Rotating sign No.5    PDF version
Rotating sign No. 6 Rotating sign No.6    PDF version
Rotating sign No. 7 Rotating sign No.7    PDF version
Rotating sign No. 8 Rotating sign No.8    PDF version
Rotating sign No. 9 Rotating sign No.9    PDF version
Rotating sign No. 10 Rotating sign No.10    PDF version

Another Design Development Exercise

Wooden Jewellery Box Wooden jewellery box    PDF version
   
2.
Rendering exercises (shading and colouring)
Rendering Exercises PDF versions
Cylinders Marking Gauge
Spheres Woodworker's Try Square
Bradawl Woodworker's Mitre Square
Chisel Engineer's Square
Dividers Micrometer
External Calipers Combination Set
Internal Calipers Circular Saw
Limit Plug Gauge Power Drill
Twist Drill Reciprocating Sander
Dial Gauge Smoothing Plane
Sliding Bevel Angle Grinder
3. Drawing exercises: Isometric drawing.
4. Drawing exercises: 1 point perspective drawing
5. Drawing exercises: 2 point perspective drawing
6. Measuring and marking out test
7.

Vernier Caliper Exercises

PDF Vernier Caliper Exercises

Questions 1 & 2 Questions  9 & 10
Questions 3 & 4 Questions 11 & 12
Questions 5 & 6 Questions 13 & 14
Questions 7 & 8
8. Marking Out and Cutting Tenons
9. Manufacturing
10. Choosing the correct machine tool
11. Planes
12. Saws
13. Files
14. Hammers and Chisels
15. Drills and Bits
16. Screw Cutting
17. Sanders and Grinders
18. Machines
19. Wood Machines
20. Turning (digital worksheet)
21. Polishing Machines
22. Wood Turning
23. Plastic Bottles
24. Plastic Cups and Plates
25. Copper Jewellery - Batch Production
26. Machining MDF ~ Making Cupboard Doors
27. Children's swing
28. Children's see-saw
29. Product analysis exercises:
  • Pencil sharpener
  • Paper punch
  • CD case
  • Hinge
  • Can opener
  • "Spring Bounce-About"
30. Problem Solving Exercises
  • Finding the centre of a disc
    • marking the twelve divisions of a clock
  • How to prevent a milling cutter slipping on a shaft
  • How to create the reciprocating action of a power jig saw
  • How to create a corner joint in steel hollow section without hollow ends showing
  • Making a batch of crib boards without CNC machines
  • Marking  45° using only a steel rule, a scriber and a pair of dividers
  • Forcing soft brass bar into a tight hole
  • Reducing waste when cutting sheet metal
  • Aid for people with arthritic hands
  • Fixing wheels onto a plant pot trolley
31. Structures Exercises  (Sample interactive exercises)
32.

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