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Year 10

Equipment and machinery: textiles

I can use hand tools and workshop machinery to safely manufacture designs.

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Year 10

Equipment and machinery: textiles

I can use hand tools and workshop machinery to safely manufacture designs.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Hand tools such as fabric scissors and stitching by hand can be used to accurately manufacture
  2. Machinery, such as a sewing machine, can be used to fabricate materials

Keywords

  • Wasting - removing material

  • Accuracy - very precise and exact

  • Fabricate - joining materials

Common misconception

Using machinery results in greater accuracy.

Machinery or hand tools can result in accurate manufacturing. Accuracy is achieved with careful planning and execution with skill.


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Not all students will be able to use the equipment and machinery simultaneously, so it is best to stagger this activity or split the class to complete alternative elements of the manufacturing process while waiting.
Teacher tip

Equipment

The classroom is equipped with hand tools and machinery, including sewing machines.

Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - equipment

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is SCAMPER?
a coding framework for developing interactive user interfaces
a software used for creating 3D prototypes and product models
Correct answer: a creative thinking tool that helps generate new ideas
Q2.
This is the Juicy Salif by Philippe Starck. What is it an example of?
An image in a quiz
Bauhaus
Correct answer: Biomorphism
Brutalism
Q3.
What is AI?
Correct answer: the simulation of human intelligence in machines
the physical components of a computer that process data
a programming language used to build software applications
Q4.
If something is drawn 10 times smaller than it is, what scale would it be?
10:1
Correct answer: 1:10
1:100
Q5.
Which stock form is cotton calico available in?
Bar
Tube
Correct answer: Roll
Sheet
Plank
Q6.
What does an orthographic projection represent?
a 3D object in 3D
a 2D object in 3D
Correct answer: a 3D object in 2D
Q2 Museum of Design in Plastics, Arts University Bournemouth

4 Questions

Q1.
What type of manufacturing process is sewing using a machine?
wasting
Correct answer: fabricating
deforming
reforming
Q2.
What is this tool used for?
An image in a quiz
to cut pizza
to cut timber
Correct answer: to cut fabric
to cut cardboard
Q3.
If you lose the , you lose the design.
Correct Answer: line
Q4.
How can you mitigate the potential hazards when using a pillar drill?
ask your teacher to do it
Correct answer: secure the drill in the chuck and remove the chuck key
Correct answer: put the clear guard over the chuck
Correct answer: clamp the work to the bed of the drill
work with a friend to operate the machine