Textiles Technology
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Lesson ideas mapped to the Australian Curriculum
ABC Education – search by topics, lots of videos and interactives! This is a link to the Technologies Resources
DET Stage 5 Textile Technology
Enter stage left program (DOCX 81KB)
Costumes can refer to many items of dress and adornment. ‘Enter stage left’ introduces students to cultural and historical perspectives of textiles technology and design. Students design, produce and evaluate a historical, cultural, theatrical or contemporary costume and accessory and supporting documentation.
Additional resources to support the teaching and learning of this unit:
Enter stage left teacher workbook (DOCX 247KB)
Enter stage left student workbook (DOCX 282KB)
Textiles Design
All Free Sewing - a great site for tutorials, patterns and how-to videos
Click HERE for a great YouTube video on the use of CAD/CAM in textiles manufacturing
Sign up to Pinterest for thousands of free, online tutorials on textiles design
E-Textiles & Wearable Technologies
Project Jacquard - an amazing wearable technologies project, demonstrating the potential of weaving using conductive yarns
www.sewelectric.org/diy-projects/- a fantastic wearable technologies site with simple project guides
Instructables has a fantastic range of ideas and how-to guides for e-textiles
Clever Clothes - a great resource from the Design Museum on how wearable technology is changing our world
Sparkfun has an online tutorial for insulation techniques for e-textiles
Textiles Technologies in Society/Sustainability
Visit our Textiles & Society page for a range of resources you can use in your classes
Materials Technology
Primezone provides teachers with access to a range of primary industries education resources - great for Food & Fibre projects!
Woolwise - the Australian Wool Education Trust has a range of education resources on wool
Australian Wool Innovation Limited has resources for young people interested in a career in wool
DuPont Textiles & Interiors introduces Tactel® illuminae, an innovative family of yarns, offering new opportunities to achieve highly desirable visual effects such as lustre, iridescence, two-colour stripes and jacquard patterns
DuPont Tools lists all Dupont fibres and a section on end uses.
Fabric Link gives details of innovative discoveries in fibres and fabrics
Lenzig has information about cellulose-based fibre production
Click HERE for the Podcast: Cotton and the environment - naturally coloured cotton (no transcript available)
Click HERE for the Podcast: Recycling denim by Burlington (no transcript available)
Cotton classroom - educational resources for students and teachers about growing and manufacturing cotton