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Key stage 3
Design and technology
concepts develop through our use of threads, which add vertical coherence. Explore free teaching resources for key stage 3, design and technology, covering years 7, 8 and 9. Save hours planning lessons with a slide deck, worksheet, prior knowledge starter and assessment exit quizzes and key vocabulary – all ready for you to teach and adapt for your pupils. You can download lesson and teaching resources, or log in and download units or save units to ‘my library’ – whichever is best for you to plan your design and technology lesson. Read more about how the KS3 curriculum was designed in our explainer.
Units (11)
Units released in 2020-22
Resources made during the pandemic to support lockdown learning.
These resources will be removed by the end of the Spring Term 2026.
These resources below were created for lockdown learning during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching. You may want to download these resources to save them and check any links you've saved or shared. See our help article
for more information.
1
Understanding fibres and fabrics
Year 7
3/4 lessons
2
Catering for needs
Year 7
4 lessons
3
Core design skills
Year 7
4 lessons
4
Textiles technology and sustainability
Year 8
4 lessons
5
Future food and the application of science
Year 8
4 lessons
6
Packaging pop-outs
Year 8
6 lessons
7
Pet tech
Year 8
6 lessons
8
Chilled ready meals
Year 9
4 lessons
9
Para-triathlete design challenge
Year 9
6 lessons
10
Design in the natural world
Year 9
5 lessons
11
Future tech now!
Year 9
4 lessons