PROJECT OUTLINE: Acrylic Pen Holder Y7

Project Outline
This project covers basic plastic theory. The students produce a pen/pencil holder out of sheet acrylic using an oven former or strip heater. It is a half term project designed to get them making as soon as possible. Designing is done through modelling. As well as the standard tasks this project includes: Comprehensive safety tasks, Plastic theory task, Measurement tasks (rule and compass), Research of pen sizes (dimensioning task), Making a template, Step-by-step task (re-ordering the steps) and Finishing plastics page.

Resources & Practical Tips
Resources-Strip heater/Oven former and basic workshop tools. A few large round objects e.g. piping for students to bend material over would be useful.

Materials- 3mm acrylic strips 40mm wide by 150mm long (various colours). Make up three strips of card to the same dimensions for modelling. For those students who are capable of doing well it is useful to have extra plastic for them to make stands. Students will need permanent markers too.

You can also view an evaluation copy of the Pen Holder Project Booklet before you buy

Some resources used for this projects can be found at Teaching Resources: http://www.tep.org.uk

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