Design
Ikea has a range of little programs for arranging furniture. Children can design their ideal kitchen, wardrobe, bathroom or garden.
Northumberland have this classroom designing tool.
Waterways World has a program for designing a canal boat.
However, the most powerful free graphical modelling tool around is undoubtedly Google Sketchup (to download). This is an amazing (and amazingly easy, if you use their tutorial) 3D designing tool, enabling you to create graphical models of anything at all. Fantastic!
Control
Scratch - to download; a Control program which could be used in Upper KS2
MSW Logo - to download; a free version of the traditional Control program
Big Day Out
See especially Bath (Bun Baking) and South Gloucestershire (Bridge Building)
Other Websites
Ictopus Lessons 2 Go: D&T
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