All Individual Books and Series in Design and Technology > 11-14 years

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A Fashionable History of... (series)

Takes an in-depth look at the development of clothing through the ages and covers all the main items of clothing, from shoes and hats to underwear and even make-up.

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Designed for Success

Designed for Success (series)

Useful and high-interest series covering the design of supervehicles, offering accessible information on design and technology for a wide range of readers at KS3.

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Mean Machines

Freestyle: Mean Machines (series)

Ideal for reluctant readers, 'Freestyle' books combine a high interest level with a lower reading age of 8+. The series focuses on a wide range of powerful vehicles, from monster trucks to jets, and examines the technology behind them and the training needed to drive them safely.

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Practical Design and Technology (series)

Approaches the design and making element of KS3 Design & Technology through the construction of toys and gadgets. Covers all the stages of the designing and making process, from the principles of research, analysis, designing and planning, to making specific projects and evaluating them.

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The Inside & Out Guides (series)

An exciting new series that uses 'X-ray' artwork to illustrate the underlying science or technology of familiar structures and systems. The books explore the workings of some key inventions and machinery, such as telecommunication, spacecraft, and diggers, as well as the basic structures of the Earth, animals, and the human body.

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Trends in Food Technology

Trends in Food Technology (series)

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Why Things Don't Work

Why Things Don't Work (series)

This high-interest series looks at six familiar machines and uses exciting illustrations to explore what can go wrong with them, to give a new slant on how things work. Cartoon-style illustrations will appeal to readers who may be put off by traditional non-fiction books.

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