Putting STEM into textiles
This free two day course aims to show how teachers can incorporate aspects of STEM into their technology teaching.
Part 1
| ¡ | Man made fibres; properties and their fair testing. |
| ¡ | How plastics are shaped and how this can be applied to fabrics. |
| ¡ | Sublimation printing and the heat press; how it works and how to get the best from it including ideas for recycling plastics. |
| ¡ | Use of technical textiles and performance fabrics to create modern products including their use in structural components in car bodywork and aircraft fuselages. |
| ¡ | eTextiles and conductive threads and fabrics. |
| ¡ | How to adapt existing schemes of work to incorporate STEM. |
Part 2
| ¡ | Developing resources for use in modified scheme of work using facilities available on the course. |
| ¡ | A class set of free etextiles resources will be made available to help teachers implement their modified schemes of work. |
Target audience: Teachers of textiles and product design
Organiser: Paul Gardiner/Heidi Ambrose-Brown
Course tutors: Paul Gardiner and Heidi Ambrose-Brown
Venue: Finham Park School.
Dates: Part 1: Saturday 16th January 2010, Part 2: Saturday 23rd January 2010
Times: Arrive - 9:15am, Start - 9:30am, Finish - 4:00pm
Please email paulgardiner@dsl.pipex.com to reserve a place on the course.
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