Card Board Engineering Projects...Craft or DnT?

The Sec 3 DnT pupils did this project.

1st look... some may think "this is kids stuff" or "is it DnT or is it art and craft?!"

It was not as easy as I thought it would be.. I tried it out by myself and realised there can be alot of engineering points that DnT teachers should bring across even in this Card Board 'Craft' stuff.

Engineering Learning points from card board:
- the holes must be cut first first (as it is easier to hold rather than when it has been cut smaller)
- for straight cutting: when do we use a scissors and when do we use pen knife
- how to cut of circles/ curve, cutting out a recess
- the sequence of cutting every line and curve: a wrong sequence and there will be many inconvenience to other cuts.
- folding:sequence of folding, difficulty in folding
- this 'engineering' is very similar to sheet metalwork but without without the hazard getting cut by thin zinc plate and development network of sheetmetal is similar to card board engineering.
- thinkness affects the way of cutting.

In the case of school closure, this 'engineering' is definitely easy to execute at home with simple scissors and pen knife.