How Everyday Things Are Made
If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like sweets, cars, aeroplanes, or bottles - this site covers over 40 products and processes in video.
Build a Bridge
Survey the four sites and decide which bridge design would be most suitable for that particular span.
From Here to Modernity
The story of the men and women who wanted to create a new architecture - and for better or worse, changed the British landscape forever.
Design and Technology Resources
Loads of projects and interactive technology-based activities from Northumberland Grid for Learning.
Technology: Things We Wear
Technology is all about exploring and understanding the "made" world including things we wear, things we eat and things we play with.
Technology Student
A valuable resource for students and teachers covering a wide range of D&T subjects.
DesignandTech.com
Want to know more? Here you'll find loads of information on all aspects of design and technology.
Cracking Eggs
A wealth of fun and inspiring resources, recipes and eggy information for teachers and pupils at primary and secondary level.
Canned Food UK Education
Lesson plans and activities that include how the canning process works and the process of food preparation.
realDesign
What do designers do and why do we need them? Here's your chance to find out as realDesign inspires you to look at design in a new way.
The Accidental Scientist: The Science of Cooking
Discover how a pinch of curiosity can improve your cooking with recipes and activities that will enhance your understanding of the science behind food and cooking.
Building Big
Bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams and tunnels - explore large structures and discover what it takes to construct them.
Design Technology Department
A continually growing site created to provide free educational materials for schools and colleges.
Meals for You
Find solutions fast according to diet, taste, time, nutrition, health or value.
GCSE Bitesize - Design and Technology
Revision exercises from the BBC.
Design inSite
The designer's guide to manufacturing includes descriptions of various manufacturing processes and materials.
About.com: Food and Drink
Whether it's facts on nutrition, a recipe for cheesy nibbles or international cuisine, this site has it all.
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
How many of the 20th century's greatest achievements will you use today? A car? A computer? Discover how engineering shaped a century and changed the world.
The London Eye
Not only can you enjoy stunning views of London on this site, it also contains technical information on the 135 metre high construction - how it was built and a history of early observation wheels.
Barking and Dagenham Bridges Project
An extensive collection of resources and images about bridges and their underlying structures. Also includes a fascinating timeline of the history of the East London docklands, the location for much of the project work.
Design Electronics
A complete introductory electronics course supported by appropriate practical work - and you can check your progress with online questions and tests.
The Great Buildings Collection
Documents hundreds of buildings and leading architects with 3D models, photographs and drawings, plus biographies and links to famous designers and structures of all kinds.
Inventor's Workshop
Examines the machines designed by Leonardo da Vinci and looks at the principles behind simple machines still in use today such as ratchets, gears and pulleys.
Bad Human Factor Designs
Examples of things which are hard to use!
Design & Technology Online
Electronics, packaging, food, mechanisms, pneumatics...
How Stuff Works
Huge information base on the workings of everyday objects.