Make+Meld Class Design and Technologies Packs
Bring some Hands-on fun to your classroom with a Make+Meld Design Tech Pack: Everything you need to deliver design tech curriculum to your classroom.
Every Make+Meld Design Tech Pack comes complete with:
A Design Challenge!
Wooden Parts, Materials, Hardware
Teacher Guides (Instructions, Links to Curriculum, Risk Assessment)
Design Tech Packs:
Design + Science Class Pack (for up to 25 students)
Students explore properties of materials, movement and joining techniques as they design their own character puppet and construct it using a range of materials, tools and techniques.
Includes -
All the Wooden parts, hardware and materials for your students to build their project with easy to follow instructions (see below for details).
Access to Student Design Challenge Provocation, Design Worksheet, and Teacher Guide (includes Lesson plan, Risk assessment and v9 Curriculum links)
Aligns with v9 Australian Curriculum: Design + Science (Properties of Materials and Forces) - Prep to Year 4
What’s included in your class pack
Easy to follow step-by-step instructions (reference cards) and a QR Code to Student / Teacher support material
Wooden parts, hardware and materials for up to 25 students (email us at info@makeandmeld.com.au to add packs for more students)
Wooden Heads (a variety of spheres and cubes) - Approx. 30×30mm
Wooden Bodies (a variety of rectangular prisms and cubes) - Approx. 30×30-50mm
Wooden Arms and Legs - Approx. 11mmx30-70mm
Wooden Puppet controls
Cotton String for attaching controls
Paper and plastic coated wire for attaching arms and legs
Repurposed Fabric pieces for puppets clothes etc
Wool and Felt for hair
Sanding blocks x 2 for sanding wooden parts.
The following Tools and Safety Equipment are required to make this project and are NOT included
Safety Equipment - Junior Safety Glasses (for working with wire)
Low Temp Hot Glue Guns / Glue sticks for attaching clothes and hair to puppets
Decorating materials - watercolour paints, coloured pens
Tools and Equipment can be purchased HERE
Not suitable for children under 3 years.
All our Wooden Parts are made from premium quality, sustainably sourced untreated pine.
FAQ’s and Shipping T&C’s
Design + Maths Class Pack (for up to 25 students)
Design and build your own clock to help you tell the time! Students design, build and decorate their own working analogue clock. as they learn to draw a perfect circle and explore angles using basic tools and techniques.
Includes -
All the Wooden parts, hardware and materials for your students to build their project with easy to follow instructions (see below for details).
Access to Student Design Challenge Provocation, Design Worksheet, and Teacher Guide (includes Lesson plan, Risk assessment and v9 Curriculum links)
Aligns with v9 Australian Curriculum: Design + Science (Properties of Materials and Forces) - Prep to Year 4
What’s included in your class pack
Easy to follow step-by-step instructions (reference cards) and a QR Code to Student / Teacher support material
Wooden parts, hardware and materials for up to 25 students (email us at info@makeandmeld.com.au to add packs for more students)
Plywood face and Plywood frame
Clock Mechanism with Battery Pack and Battery
Wood Glue and nails for attaching their wooden parts
2 x Sandpaper blocks for smoothing the edges of wooden parts
Templates for drawing a circle and marking out minutes and hours of the the clock face
The following Tools and Safety Equipment are required to make this project and are NOT included
Tools - Hammers, Pliers
Safety Equipment - Junior Safety Glasses
Low Temp Hot Glue Guns / Glue sticks for attaching clothes and hair to puppets
Decorating materials - water colour paints, coloured pens, number stamps/ink pads to add numbers and annotations to their clock face
Tools and Equipment can be purchased HERE
Not suitable for children under 3 years.
All our Wooden Parts are made from premium quality, sustainably sourced untreated pine in our Brisbane work
FAQ’s and Shipping T&C’s
Design + Science Class Pack (for up to 25 students)
Students explore how the moon revolves around the Earth, and the Earth around the Sun and apply their knowledge in the context of constructing and observing their own Sun, Earth, Moon Model!
Includes -
All the Wooden parts, hardware and materials for your students to build their project with easy to follow instructions (see below for details).
Access to Student Design Challenge Provocation, Design Worksheet, and Teacher Guide (includes Lesson plan, Risk assessment and v9 Curriculum links)
Aligns with v9 Australian Curriculum: Design + Science (Earth and Space Science) - Year 2 to Year 6
What’s included in your class pack
Easy to follow step-by-step instructions (quick guides) and a QR Code to downloadable Student / Teacher support material
Wooden parts, hardware and materials for up to 25 students (For larger groups - email us at info@makeandmeld.com.au to include additional packs in your order)
Wooden parts with pre-drilled holes
LED light with Battery Pack (batteries not included - 2xAA batteries required per student)
Nails and screws
Wire, beads and Pre-drilled ping-pong ball
Sanding blocks x 2 for sanding wooden parts.
The following Tools and Safety Equipment are required to make this project and are NOT included
Hammers (for hammering in dowels into pre-drilled holes)
Screw Drivers (for attaching moving parts into pre-drilled holes)
Pliers (for cutting and bending wire)
Large scissors or cutting blades (for cutting thick cardboard)
Safety Equipment - Junior safety glasses
PVA Glue, hot-glue guns, glue sticks, sticky-tape
Decorating materials - watercolour paints, coloured pens
Tools and Equipment can be purchased HERE
Not suitable for children under 3 years
All our Wooden Parts are made from premium quality, sustainably sourced untreated pine.
FAQ’s and Shipping T&C’s
Design + Science Class Pack (for up to 25 students)
Which type of cloud will you make? Students build and assemble their own cloud lamps using a range of materials including wooden parts, repurposed materials and LED lights. Spark curiosity or extend classroom learning with hands-on STEM project focussed on weather and properties of materials!
Includes -
All the Wooden parts, hardware and materials for your students to build their project with easy to follow instructions (see below for details).
Access to Student Design Challenge Provocation, Design Worksheet, and Teacher Guide (includes Lesson plan, Risk assessment and v9 Curriculum links)
Aligns with v9 Australian Curriculum: Design + Science (Earth and Space Science / Properties of Materials) for Year 1 and over
What’s included in your class pack
Easy to follow step-by-step instructions (quick guides) and a QR Code to downloadable Student / Teacher support material.
Wooden parts, hardware and materials for up to 25 students (email us at info@makeandmeld.com.au to add packs for more students)
Wooden base parts with pre-drilled holes for nails, dowels and wire
Wooden top part with repurposed plastic diffuser and pre-drilled holes for dowel and wire
Nails for attaching wooden base
Dowels for attaching top and base
Double sided tape
Cotton wool and polyester wadding to make the cloud
LED string lights (2xAA Batteries not included)
Sanding blocks x 2 for sanding wooden parts.
The following Tools and Safety Equipment are required to make this project and are NOT included
Tools - hammer
Safety Equipment - Junior Safety Glasses
Scissors
PVA Glue
Tools and Equipment can be purchased HERE
Not suitable for children under 3 years.
All our Wooden Parts are made from premium quality,
Design + Science Class Pack (for up to 25 students)
Students explore how the moon revolves around the Earth, and the Earth around the Sun and apply their knowledge in the context of constructing and observing their own Sun, Earth, Moon Model!
Includes -
All the Wooden parts, hardware and materials for your students to build their project with easy to follow instructions (see below for details).
Access to Student Design Challenge Provocation, Design Worksheet, and Teacher Guide (includes Lesson plan, Risk assessment and v9 Curriculum links)
Aligns with v9 Australian Curriculum: Design + Science (Earth and Space Science) - Year 2 to Year 6
What’s included in your class pack
Easy to follow step-by-step instructions (quick guides) and a QR Code to downloadable Student / Teacher support material
Wooden parts, hardware and materials for up to 25 students (For larger groups - email us at info@makeandmeld.com.au to include additional packs in your order)
Wooden parts with pre-drilled holes
LED light with Battery Pack (batteries not included - 2xAA batteries required per student)
Nails and screws
Wire, beads and Pre-drilled ping-pong ball
Sanding blocks x 2 for sanding wooden parts.
The following Tools and Safety Equipment are required to make this project and are NOT included
Hammers (for hammering in dowels into pre-drilled holes)
Screw Drivers (for attaching moving parts into pre-drilled holes)
Pliers (for cutting and bending wire)
Large scissors or cutting blades (for cutting thick cardboard)
Safety Equipment - Junior safety glasses
PVA Glue, hot-glue guns, glue sticks, sticky-tape
Decorating materials - watercolour paints, coloured pens
Tools and Equipment can be purchased HERE
Not suitable for children under 3 years
All our Wooden Parts are made from premium quality, sustainably sourced untreated pine.
FAQ’s and Shipping T&C’s
Design + Science Class Pack (for up to 25 students)
Students become designers and scientists as they explore and observe the properties of a range of everyday materials and use them to build their own mobile experiment using real tools and some basic hands-on construction techniques!
Includes -
All the Wooden parts, hardware and materials for your students to build their project with easy to follow instructions (see below for details).
Access to Student Design Challenge Provocation, Design Worksheet, and Teacher Guide (includes Lesson plan, Risk assessment and v9 Curriculum links)
Aligns with v9 Australian Curriculum: Design + Science for Prep/Foundation to Year 2
What’s included in your class pack
Easy to follow step-by-step instructions (quick guides) and a QR Code to downloadable Student / Teacher support material.
Wooden parts, hardware and materials for up to 25 students (email us at info@makeandmeld.com.au to add packs for more students)
Wooden mobile part with pre-drilled holes for nails and wire
Nails for attaching string and plastic coated wire
Assorted materials including - fabric scraps, paper/card, nuts and bolts, pegs, paddle-pop sticks, bamboo, cotton wool, various repurposed plastics (bottle tops, toys etc) and wooden offcuts with pre-drilled holes.
String and plastic coated wire for connecting materials to the mobile
Wire for hanging the mobile
Sanding blocks x 2 for sanding wooden parts.
The following Tools and Safety Equipment are required to make this project and are NOT included
Tools - screwdriver and hammer
Safety Equipment - Junior Safety Glasses
Scissors
Tools and Equipment can be purchased HERE
Not suitable for children under 3 years.
All our Wooden Parts are made from premium quality, sustainably sourced untreated pine.
FAQ’s and Shipping T&C’s
Design + Science + HASS Education Pack (for up to 25 students)
Your challenge is to design the best playground you can imagine and build a model of your design!
Students explore important features of playground design as well as push/pull forces and simple machines as they design and build a model playground with moving parts using a range of tools and materials.
Includes -
All the Wooden parts, hardware and materials for your students to build their project with easy to follow instructions (see below for details).
Access to Student Design Challenge Provocation, Design Worksheet, and Teacher Guide (includes Lesson plan, Risk assessment and v9 Curriculum links)
Aligns with v9 Australian Curriculum: Design + Science (Properties of Materials and Forces) + HASS (Features of your community and how they are managed / Spatial representation) - Prep to Year 4
What’s included in your class pack
Easy to follow step-by-step instructions (quick guides) and a QR Code to downloadable Student / Teacher support material
Wooden parts, hardware and materials for up to 25 students (For larger groups - email us at info@makeandmeld.com.au to include additional packs in your order)
Hexagon Plywood base (1 per student) with pre-drilled holes for dowels, screws etc
Wooden dowels for people (1 per student) and stickers and felt for clothes and hair
Wooden offcuts of various shapes and sizes including dowels
Cardboard (various thicknesses and types), coloured paper, tissue paper and shredded paper
Paddle pop sticks, match sticks + paper straws
Wool / string and felt
Screws (long and short)
Wire (plastic coated)
Sanding blocks x 2 for sanding wooden parts.
The following Tools and Safety Equipment are required to make this project and are NOT included
Hammers (for hammering in dowels into pre-drilled holes)
Screw Drivers (for attaching moving parts into pre-drilled holes)
Pliers (for cutting and bending wire)
Large scissors or cutting blades (for cutting thick cardboard)
Safety Equipment - Junior safety glasses
PVA Glue, hot-glue guns, glue sticks, sticky-tape
Decorating materials - watercolour paints, coloured pens
Tools and Equipment can be purchased HERE
Not suitable for children under 3 years
All our Wooden Parts are made from premium quality, sustainably sourced untreated pine.
FAQ’s and Shipping T&C’s
Design + STEM Class Pack (for up to 25 students)
Drought conditions in Australian bush habitats are causing severe consequence for native fauna.
Students are challenged to choose one species of native animal and design a solution to address the impacts of drought on it’s ability to access food, water or shelter.
Using the Design process students explore, ideate, plan and construct a prototype using materials and equipment provided.
Includes -
All the Wooden parts, hardware and materials for your students to build their project with easy to follow instructions (see below for details).
Access to Student Design Challenge Provocation, Design Worksheet, and Teacher Guide (includes Lesson plan, Risk assessment and v9 Curriculum links)
Aligns with v9 Australian Curriculum: Design Tech + Science (Biological Science) + HASS (Geography) for Year 5 and 6.
What’s included in your class pack
Easy to follow step-by-step instructions (quick guides) and a QR Code to downloadable Student / Teacher support material.
Wooden parts, hardware and materials for up to 25 students (email us at info@makeandmeld.com.au to add packs for more students)
Plywood Base (24x16cm and 9mm thick) with pre-drilled holes for dowels, screws and wire
Wooden dowels
Wooden offcuts (various shapes and sizes)
Wooden pegs, paddlepop sticks, match sticks
Cardboard (different grades/thicknesses, corrugated cardboard, cardboard tubes, cardboard containers)
Paper String
Wire (plastic coated)
Felt (sticky backed)
Mesh (flyscreen)
Plastic bottle tops, plastic beads (repurposed)
Paper Straws, coloured paper, coloured tissue paper, shredded brown paper
Sanding blocks x 2 for sanding wooden parts.
Nails and screws (various)
Cardboard tape
Air-dry clay - small amounts for each student to make a model of their chosen animal
The following Tools and Safety Equipment are required to make this project and are NOT included
Tools - hammers, pliers, screwdrivers
Staple Gun (to be used by adults only), Cutting Knife and cutting mat (to be used by adults only)
Safety Equipment - Junior Safety Glasses
Low-temp hot glue guns and refills
PVA Glue, Glue sticks, Pencils, Rulers, Scissors
Materials - Aluminium foil, baking paper
Decorating Materials - Coloured markers, water-colour paints
Tools and Equipment can be purchased HERE
Not suitable for children under 3 years.
All our Wooden Parts are made from premium quality,
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made in brisbane
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curriculum aligned
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hands-on ❋ sustainable ❋ made in brisbane ❋ curriculum aligned ❋
Make+Meld offer a complete Design Tech solution for primary schools
❋ Designed by Industrial Designers
❋ Hand made in Brisbane
❋ Tried and tested (over 5 years)
❋ Responsibly Sourced Materials
❋ Built to Last