classroom Projects

Designability offers a range of fully resourced projects with student and teacher notes along with video, project materials, equipment and training.

ROCKETMAN

Designing, making and then launching water rockets opens up a whole range of learning in an incredibly fun way.

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ELECTRONIC DICE

This is a great project for teachers who want to introduce some electronics, but want to keep it simple and useful.

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DOWNFORCE RACER

Currently in re-design. New parts and resources coming soon.

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Helicar

In this project students design, make and test a propeller driven model car. All testing is done using the PowerAnchor which...

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Race & Chase

This project is about designing and making a belt driven car so that it is optimized for either speed or power...

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Aerocar

Protocar is a design challenge with a difference. Flying cars have been the dream of many designers, but no one has really cracked it...

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Skylap

The Skylap design project will be the best project you run all year. Your students design and make a flying aircraft and test it by PowerAnchor...

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Tealighter

The Tealighter is a simple candle holder project aimed at Year 7-8...

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memphis pencase

Good design projects introduce students to new skills and give them the opportunity to flex their creativity at the same time...

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Ecolamp

Ecolamp is a new project that explores the creative possibilities of LEDs. This new technology is super efficient and very versatile...

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Alubind

Alubind is an exciting Year 8 project which develops creativity, metalworking skills, and an understanding of 'Informalism' as a...

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Briefhaus

Briefhaus is an excellent introductory project which instills the design process and develops graphic skills. The making component...

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Biomouse

Biomouse is a project that students love to do. Students learn about the inspiration of nature in design, and study the work of many...

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Photon Factor

Photon Factor is an exciting project which offers many creative possibilities. An understanding of the minimalist design philosophy...

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USB Memory Stick 4GB

This 4GB USB uncased memory stick is a perfect start for projects where students design their own case.

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Stereo Amplifier Kit

The Stereo Amplifier Kit is a simple electronics project with a great application. It is designed for year 9 -11 Design and Technology students.

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MP3 Mono Amplifier

The MP3 Mono Amplifier project is a simple electronics project with a great application. It is designed for year 9 -11 Design and Technology students.

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LED Torch

The LED Torch project is a simple electronics project with a great application. It is designed for year 9 -11 Design and Technology students.

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usb lamp

The USB Lamp is a simple electronics project with a great application. It is designed for year 9 -11 Design and Technology students.

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Timed Night Light

The Timed Night Light is a simple electronics project with a great application. It is designed for year 9 -11 Design and Technology students.

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Portable Safety Light

The Portable Light project is a simple electronics project with a great application. It is designed for year 8 -11 Design and Technology students.

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Record Playback

This Record Playback allows a short (10 second) message to be recorded and played back at the push of a button. There is one button to play the message and another to re-record the message which can be done over and over again.

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Making Waves

This project introduces students to boating technology, particularly the design of the hull. Stability, speed, trim, and planing are explored by designing, making and testing. The project is easy to make and fun to test.

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Coaster Caddie

This is a snappy little project where students explore the surface design possibilities of aluminium (polishing, punching, burnishing, sanding), as well as using a strip heater to bend the holder into shape. The surface area is small making it a contained design.

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Bowlo

This project explores the possibilities of dome blowing with acrylic. Students make a dome and convert it into a useful bowl by designing a method of stabilising it. This could be done by making a structure underneath or by modifying the bowl itself.

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Steady hand game

This steady hand game has a buzzer that sounds momentarily when the loop makes contact with the wire.

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Easy build timer

With its low part count this easy build timer project makes a good introduction to electronics. The timer uses a resistor capacitor network to provide a time delay of between 1 second and 4 minutes, which is set by the PCB mount variable resistor.

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Learn to solder kit pack of 25

Ideal low cost solution for teaching soldering in the classroom/after school club. The pack provides all of the parts and PCB's required for a class size of 25 and also includes a 9V battery for testing purposes.

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Bluetooth Speaker Kit

Bring your amplifier case design projects up to date with the Kitronik Bluetooth Stereo Amplifier Module (incl 2x 3W speakers) and play music from a phone, tablet or computer wirelessly.

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