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[[File:LongshipSailFix.png|300px|right|Viking Longship with sail and shields ]] ...ld also land on beaches and were light enough to be carried when necessary and tipped upside down to use as a temporary shelter.

...ld also land on beaches and were light enough to be carried when necessary and tipped upside down to use as a temporary shelter. A good size model Longship can be made from a single sheet of A3 '''[[Paper and Card|Medium Card]]'''.

''(Designers might call this the Design Brief and/or the Specification)'' * some '''[[Paper and Card|A4]]''' sheets of paper or thin card

''(Designers might call this the Design Brief and/or the Specification)'' Design and make '''Plug Tags''' which can be used to identify and provide information on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_so

...irder '''Warren Girder'''] truss frame 450mm wide to span a 400mm wide gap and support a centrally applied load of 1kg =====Things to find out and think about:=====

...'''Nine Men's Morris''' is a board game, with some similarites to Noughts and Crosses, which has been played since the time of '''[[:Category:The Romans| As with Noughts and Crosses, the game starts with an empty board and players take it in turn to place a playing piece at any vacant playing posi

...are timber. Start by making 5 identical basic flat frames, each 210mm long and 100mm high : ...ll '''[[Stripwood_Technology_Tools#Holding_and_Clamping|Clamp-on Vice]]''' and cut to length using a '''[[Stripwood_Technology_Tools#Sawing_and_Cutting|Ju

Measurement and Surveying was important in '''[[:Category:Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egypt]]''' ...ry from person to person and so standard '''Cubit''' length rods were made and placed in Temples where they could be accessed for reference.

...ld also land on beaches and were light enough to be carried when necessary and tipped upside down to use as a temporary shelter. * The plastic 'bottles' are readily available and can be cut to create a water-proof '''Hull''';

...led to publish his ideas in conventional form, perhaps because of intrigue and jealousy. His conclusions appeared instead in a Latin anagram whose solutio =====Features and Uses=====

...' can be modelled by creating scaled drawings on card which is cut, folded and glued together to assemble a 3D model. The scaled drawing can be produced u * by hand using '''[[Drawing Instruments]]''' and '''[[Technical Drawing]]''' methods;

...s|Viking]]''' and '''[[:Category:Medieval England|Medieval]]''' navigators and are still in use today. ...ding of our [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System '''Solar System]''' and terms such as '''[[Latitude]]'''.

...sing '''[[Paper and Card|A4 paper]]''' or thin card. Try different designs and test each one by loading it until it fails. ...to the top centre of the beam or suspend a paper cup or similar underneath and slowly fill with sand. In either case you may wish to place a small section

''(Designers might call this the Design Brief and/or the Specification)'' Design and make a range of Christmas tree ornaments based on an edible [https://en.wik

Design and make a wild bird feeder using mainly Acrylic sheet and '''[[Thermoforming Plastics|Thermoforming]]''' processes. * 3mm, 4mm and 5mm Acrylic sheet from which the main components are formed.

...as possible. The bridge must be wide enough to include a 50mm wide [[Paper and Card|thin card]] roadway which will allow a model vehicle ''(i.e. 1/50<sup> The card roadway and model car need not be included in the final test weighing.

...an born William M. Allison in 1956. Later, a version with 3 parallel spars and a stabilising vent hole at the tail was marketed by a Frank H. Scott in the ...ed kites and later, '''Sled Kites''' were developed with inflated canopies and spars replaced by tubes of canopy material inflated by the air pressure. Mo

...the ground as compressive forces. This avoids putting materials in tension and so can be built out of readily available but brittle materials such as bric ...is also known as a '''''false arch''''' because it is not self-supporting and does not transmit all of the applied load as compressive forces.

...ld also land on beaches and were light enough to be carried when necessary and tipped upside down to use as a temporary shelter. * The cartons are readily available and easily cut with scissors

...ld also land on beaches and were light enough to be carried when necessary and tipped upside down to use as a temporary shelter. ...rd]]''' and '''[[Stripwood Technology Materials|Stripwood Materials]]''' - and some of them can be made to float!.