Educational Software

Design Technology Online
Resource Pack

The Focus Design Technology online resource pack includes the complete suite of Focus DT titles. Designed to compliment teaching of the new DT specifications and compatible with Windows, Chromebooks, Mac, iPad and Android.

• New: Focus on Textile Based Materials
• Focus on Metal Based Materials
• Focus on Timber Based Materials
• Focus on Polymer Based Materials
• Focus Mind Map Design App
• Focus on Intellectual Property Rights
• Focus on Designers & Companies
• Focus on New & Emerging Technologies
• Focus on Surface Treatments & Finishes
• Focus 2D Vector Graphics Designer
• Focus on Maths in Design Technology
• Focus on Smart, Modern & Composite Materials
• Design Technology Library of Video Clips
• DT Materials Database
• KD Fittings & Flatpack Furniture
• Focus on Product Analysis
• Focus on Metals
• Focus on plastics
• Focus on Mechanisms
• Focus on Graphic Products
• Focus on Wood Joints
• Focus on Energy Use & Environment
• Focus on Mechanical Toys
• Focus on the Food Industry
• Focus on Fairground Rides
• Focus on KS1 Design Technology

Improve your students grades by providing them with high quality resources that they can access on their tablets and computers both in school and at home!

Focus DT Resource Pack: 1 year site licence: $199
Focus DT Resource Pack: 2 year site licence: $340
all prices are EX-GST.

Timber Based Materials

An in-depth examination of D&T Timber Based Materials and related tools, machinery, processes and finishes to analyze, comprehend, synthesize, recall and generate new ideas.

• Selection of Materials or Components
• Forces and Stresses
• Ecological and Social Footprint
• Sources and Origins
• Using and Working with Timber
• Stock Forms, Types and Sizes
• Scales of Production
• Specialist Techniques and Processes
• Surface Treatments and Finishes

Focus Mind Map Designer

The Focus Mind Map Designer is an easy-to-use, intuitive and effective creative thinking tool. Mind Maps provide a graphical way to represent ideas and concepts; a visual thinking tool that helps structuring information, helping you to better analyse, comprehend, synthesize, recall and generate new ideas.

New and Emerging Technologies

A unique insight into New and Emerging Technologies and their potential to impact on our lives. This well researched and thoughtfully written resource makes use of YouTube video clips to engage students and fill in the gaps left by the standard textbooks.

• Industry
• People, Culture & Society
• Systems & Production
• Enterprise
• Environment & Sustainability

Surface Treatments and Finishes

An in-depth examination of modern and traditional surface treatments and finishes.

There’s no doubt that surface treatments and finishes contribute significantly to the success of products. However, it’s an area which is difficult to cover in detail now that the DT curriculum is so wide ranging.

This resource will improve your students understanding of the main forms of surface treatment and finishing processes in schools and industrial situations.

• Finishes for Metal
• Finishes for Timber and Wood
• Finishes for Polymers
• Finishes for Textiles
• Finishes for Paper & Board

Smart, Modern & Composite Materials

A thoughtfully designed resource providing a unique and easy-to-understand insight into the exciting world of 21st Century materials, their development, use, and potential.

Focus on Smart, Modern & Composite Materials will help your students get to grips with this complicated and often misunderstood area of Design Technology.

• chemiluminescent materials
• shape-memory alloys
• aerogels
• modern technical textiles
• carbon fibre reinforced polymer
• robotic materials
• plywood

Focus on Food Technology: From Cow to Consumer

Investigate techniques involved in food production from cow to comsumer.

• Milk production.
• Ice cream and fudge making.
• Jam and chutney making.
• Health and Safety.

Focus on Mechanisms

Focus on Mechanisms is a truly versatile program with a place in every Design Technology department.

• 11 topics covered.
• Each mechanism is clearly explained using animations, photographs, video and text.
• Ideal for use in conjunction with data projectors and interactive whiteboards.

Focus on Wood Joints

Interactive resource to help with the correct selection of wood joints in Design Technology project work.

• 80 photos of 'real-world' furniture, with close-ups of the joints being used.
• Exceptionally clear 3D models of 37 traditional joints.
• Special - Knock Down Fittings program included FREE!

Focus on Mechanical Toys

Investigate the basic principles of mechanical toy mechanisms.

• 21 real-life automata.
• Excellent graphics and animations.
• 2D drawing program helps students decorate their own rides.

Focus on Fairground Rides

An interactive program designed to aid in the teaching of projects based on Fairgrounds.

• Interactive animations.
• On-screen testing.
• Switching Circuits.