LightBand
Welcome
The eLearning Centre are putting together series of inspirational learning resources for design and technology teachers. The content, developed by educational consultant AJ Booker, will hopefully support the teaching of innovative and creative lessons in schools.
A new project idea will be added every half term. In this website you will find instructional videos and extensive support materials such as lesson plans and worksheets ready to use in the classroom.
Click on the images at the top to view the projects.
PigBang
PigBang is an activity for KS2-5 exploring the effects of friction, mass and vacuum in order to fire a ‘pig’ as far and as accurately as possible. The Pig is a construction of card or other materials which fits inside a collection of standard plumbing tubes forming a Bazooka. Power is supplied by using a domestic vacuum cleaner to draw the ‘pig’ up the pipe and its inertia propels it out the end. PigBang includes a teacher manual, photos, instructional videos, worksheets and a presentation to use in developing your own activity sessions. These will also available from the Nottingham e-Learning Centres website at www.nelc.net.
The star of this video is the educational consultant AJ Booker.
Here he is introducing the PigBang project and giving further details of how to make the bazooka, make the 'PIG', attach the vacuum cleaner and fire it.
Images of the bazooka being made
The bazooka shown is the prototype being constructed. there are some images of the 'PIG' too.
Worksheets
Click on the links below the thumbnails to download that document.
The project manual (Word doc)
KS2 Presentation (pdf)
KS3 onwards Presentation (pdf)
Making the PIG (pdf)
Flight record sheet (pdf)
LightBand is an activity for KS2 – 4 design and technology students. The activity covers the full process of designing and building a bracelet that has a built in light source, secured with a strong magnet.
The bracelet can be a simple battery and an LED light, switched / fastened with a magnet, or a slightly more advanced version using QTC, a Smart Material, to switch it on and off.
Like all Not a Deskitidy projects, LightBand includes a teacher manual, photos, instructional videos, worksheets and a presentation to use in developing your own activity sessions. These will also available from the Nottingham e-Learning Centres website at www.nelc.net.
AJ Booker introducing the LightBand project and giving further details of how to make this wearable technology ande, and how to incorporate some very smart materials.
Images of various LightBand designs
The photos of various LightBannds give an idea of the range of different outcomes you might achieve.
Project presentation (ppt)
Assembly details (ppt)
Assembly handout (pdf)
LightBand template (pdf)
ChocBox
ChocBox is a KS3/4 project and demonstration in using Google Sketchup (the free 3D modelling software) to create 3D graphics of Packaging, and merge them with photographs of real-life situations
Like all Not a Deskitidy projects, ChocBox includes a teacher manual, photos, instructional videos (including e-learning films), worksheets and a presentation to use in developing your own activity sessions.
The ChoBox resources will teach you:
How to use the free 3D Program ‘Sketchup’ to create packaging models onscreen.
How to use common image editing packages to create graphics that fit your onscreen packaging model and are of good quality.
How to combine 3D Sketchup models and graphics you have created into a 3D textured packaging model onscreen
How to combine your 3D packaging model onscreen with photos of real-life areas to create the illusion of it being used in a shop
Videos
coming soon!
Images of various ChocBox designs
The Sketchup models and 2D graphics show the process of creating a the ChocBox model, and they give an idea of the range of different outcomes you might achieve.
The project manual
(Word doc)
Project presentation (PowerPoint)
Click on the buttons to download the resources.
SkethUp Models
Egg model
Egg and box
50 boxes!
On shelving
Egg stages in
one model
working on it!
About us
The Nottingham e-Learning Centres are part of a national network of 107 City Learning Centres which develop and support the use of new technologies in education. Services for schools and staff within the City of Nottingham are usually free.
About the Author
AJ Booker has worked as a Freelance Educational Consultant developing Training courses, Resources, Research, Technical Help, INSETS and Partnerships for Schools, Colleges, Educational Charities and Companies since 2003
More information at www.ajbooker.co.uk
Email to ajbooker_yahoo.com
Contact us
Feel free to contact su at the Nottingham eLearning Centres if you would like further details abouth any of these insirational project ideas or about any of the other work we do at the Centres.
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