General | Packaging | CAD | Mechanisms | Electronics

General
www.designandtech.com This is an excellent DT web-site that covers resistant materials (wood, manufactured board, plastics and metals), graphic products (paper & board) and electronics. It contains several links to other areas.
Suitable for: Key stage 3/GCSE/A level

www.bpf.co.uk This is the British Plastics Federation web-site. It contains lots of information on plastics materials and manufacturing processes. Use the ‘plastics materials’ section from the home page for detailed information on thermoplastics and thermosets. The ‘how to process’ section gives a list of plastics processes and offers excellent links that give further detail.
Suitable for: GCSE/A level

www.bsi-global.com This is the British Standards Institute web-site. Information on CE marking and kite-marking can be found here. It also contains an education section that contains information about quality and safety of several products.
Suitable for: GCSE/A level

www.cartooncritters.com This is a fun web-site that also has a really cool ‘learn to draw section’ which includes favourites such as Scooby-Doo, Tigger and Spongebob Squarepants.
Suitable for: Key stage 3

www.ergonomics4schools.com An excellent web-site contains detailed information about anthropometrics and ergonomics.
Suitable for: GCSE/A level

www.dtonline.org This site offers information on several aspects of DT including electronics and packaging. The packaging section offers packaging designer that gives several types of packaging that you can view both an animation and a net for.
Suitable for: GCSE/A level

www.howstuffworks.com An interesting site that explains how most things work. Useful for electronics
Suitable for: Key stage 3/GCSE/A level

www.robot.org.uk An excellent site for anyone interested in robots.
Suitable for: Key stage 3/GCSE/A level

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design Good concise information for Design technology. You can study and test yourself online.
Suitable for: GCSE

F1 in Schools
www.f1inschools.co.uk The official site for the Formula 1 in Schools competition.
Suitable for: Key stage 3/GCSE/A level

Packaging

www.packaging-technology.com This contains information on companies who manufacture different types of packaging.
Suitable for: GCSE

www.procarton.com This web-site has an excellent education section which demonstrates in stages how different types of board are manufactured.
Suitable for: GCSE

www.papermart.com This site is good for studying different forms of packaging and materials that are available on the market.
Suitable for: GCSE

Computer-aided design (CAD)

www.cadinschools.co.uk Use the training and support section which offers downloads for a number of CAD projects.
Suitable for: Key stage 3/GCSE/A level

www.jjrowley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Contains examples of Pro/DESKTOP tutorials.
Suitable for: Key stage 3/GCSE/A level

www.tep.org.uk /CAD_CAM.htm This site contains some examples of Pro/DESKTOP designs. It also offers downloads of study notes.
Suitable for: Key stage 3/GCSE/A level

Mechanisms

www.flying-pig.co.uk Contains excellent information about motion and mechanisms as well as downloads of toys that you can make yourself. The animations are brilliant.
Suitable for: Key stage 3/GCSE

www.popupbooks.com the ‘Make-It’ section contains movies of pop-up manufacture as well as dies so you can manufacture pop-ups yourself.
Suitable for: Key stage 3

Electronics

www.technologystudent.com Contains substantial information on electronics theory.
Suitable for: Key stage 3/GCSE

www.designandtech.com Has an electronics section with excellent links to other sites.
Suitable for: Key stage 3/GCSE

www.dtonline.org A well-structured site that contains some good basic information on electronics.
Suitable for: Key stage 3/GCSE