Our favourite 3: Design and technologies
Fish, dinosaurs, birds – anything the children are interested in and read about in books can lead to adventures in design and technologies.
STEM Topics: Design & Technologies
Use your inventiveness and creativity to address real needs and thoughtfully design technologies for the future. Explore technical inventions of the past, optimise present-day technology and design sustainable solutions for the future. Appreciate the relevance of technology education for children’s understanding of the world and encourage their creativity and innovative spirit.
Room on the broom
Explore wind, weather and sounds, design and build the perfect broom and discover different habitats inspired by this fun magical tale.
Cultivating a variety of STEM skills in the garden
Enrich gardening by cultivating children’s STEM skills in all areas. Our head trainer Lena provides practical tips for incorporating engineering, technology and maths into the outdoor experience.
How do dinosaurs eat their food?
The retro-feel illustrations that offer many impulses for explorations, from design and technologies to different species’ diets.
No good crying over spilt milk
This is a lovely design and technology experience. Children can look at the table setting and decide what objects are ‘fit for purpose’: What is it about the jug that makes it easy to pour? They learn about table settings, whether the knife goes on the right or left. What if you are left-handed?
What to do with a problem
Overcoming problems is central to technology education, whether you’re designing a production process or creating an obstacle course.
A giant leap for technology
Technology has changed rapidly in the last 50 years. An investigation into changes in telephone technology or pictures of old cars can spark many conversations. These might lead into a closer investigation of form and functionality then and now and how technology affects everyday life.
The crow and the pitcher
This ancient but relevant fable about the crow who solves an existential problem proves that necessity truly is the mother of invention.
Technology, blessing or curse?
Technology makes our lives easier but the convenience can come at a cost. How can you encourage the children to ask critical questions about using technologies in daily routines?
