http://stlukeslive.co.uk/blogs/designandtech1 Just another Stlukeslive.co.uk weblog Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:53:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you ever thought about where all your stuff comes from? Today we watched "Story of Stuff" by Annie Leonard. This film has lots of interesting facts but when you watch it make sure you take it with a pinch of salt as her argument is often one sided! Today Katie ... http://stlukeslive.co.uk/blogs/designandtech1/2008/02/15/the-story-of-stuff/ Hey my name is Daniel Reidy and I am here to tell you about the eco friendly boats we are making right now in tech. In tech we have been designing these boats for a few periods now and so far it is going well. We are working in groups. Some of the ... http://stlukeslive.co.uk/blogs/designandtech1/2008/02/13/good-to-be-wood/ Making the keyring was hard but brilliant. I was amazed when i found out how to use the drill and how to ingrave my Initials. I think the class enjoyed making the because it was a challenge but we all got through it and loved it.  By Adam       http://stlukeslive.co.uk/blogs/designandtech1/2008/02/01/making-the-keyring/ Last week we looked at measuring accurately. How accurate could you measure 1 or 2 millimeters maybe? In class we used a special instrument called a Micrometer - we were able to measure to 0.01 millimeters!! Yes - 0.01 millimeters. That is about the same thickness as a strand of ... http://stlukeslive.co.uk/blogs/designandtech1/2008/01/22/how-accurate-can-you-be/ Are you stuck finding a website with tech information? Look no further and click here where the search ends! If you feel  that this small Web Helper helped you. Please leave a comment for us.  By Peter http://stlukeslive.co.uk/blogs/designandtech1/2008/01/08/web-helper/ Welcome to our new first years and 'cheerio' to our old first years! Thankyou to everyone who posted, commented, or who has had a look at our blog. All the posts have been really excellent to read and you have made a great start. We have a lot to live up to ... http://stlukeslive.co.uk/blogs/designandtech1/2008/01/07/welcome-2/ (Hover over each picture to read a description of the process) 1st year were given the design brief to create a wooden shelf. To begin, we had to make the legs for our shelf go at an angle. The tool we used was a smoothing plane. Next, we had to mark our main part ... http://stlukeslive.co.uk/blogs/designandtech1/2007/12/17/tools-we-used/ We started to mark out the base of the wooden rack.Then we clamped our base into the vice. After that we used a plane, a plane is a tool used for taking small layers of wood off quicly and smoothly. It has two handles one at the back and one at ... http://stlukeslive.co.uk/blogs/designandtech1/2007/12/11/plane-sailing/ I really like tech because it's great fun and it is very interesting. Tech is my favourite subject because we get to make things in the workshop. We have so far made clocks and keyrings and they turned out really well. I like my classmates and I enjoy Tech very much ... http://stlukeslive.co.uk/blogs/designandtech1/2007/12/08/our-clocks/ http://www.teachertube.com/flvideo/12815.flv Check out more of our pictures of the day! 2nd years recently took part in a busy morning full of design challenges in the Design and Tech deptartment. The whole of 2nd year was split into three where they rotated about different activities: Designing and making their own land yacht. Thanks to ... http://stlukeslive.co.uk/blogs/designandtech1/2007/12/03/sci-tech-challenge/