PROJECT 01 First steps
A tag with a purpose
Design a bag tag for someone else. Turn their needs into a measured drawing, then use their feedback to improve it.
Start this projectTHE FORMA CLASSROOM
Small projects.
Lasting skills.
Learn the tools by designing something that matters. Six guided projects bring precision, creativity and thoughtful testing to the drawing board.
Free to read. No pupil accounts required for the drawing demo.
01 Understand the user02 Draw with purpose03 Test & improve
CHOOSE YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE
Make a little progress.
Mostly ages 11–14, with introductory and further challenges. Choose by experience as well as age.
6 projects
PROJECT 02 First steps
One motif. Many possibilities.
Create a repeat pattern for a club display panel. Predict its size before asking Forma to make the copies.
Start this projectPROJECT 03 Build your skills
A stencil that stays together
A drawing can look complete while its middle falls out. Explore how bridges turn an outline into a usable stencil.
Start this projectPROJECT 04 Build your skills
From flat sheet to useful box
Move between a two-dimensional net and a three-dimensional object. Use a paper prototype to find what a drawing alone cannot tell you.
Start this projectPROJECT 05 Go further
Change the speed. Explain the motion.
Create a pair of gears, predict how they would turn and test the prediction with a teacher-prepared model.
Start this projectPROJECT 06 Build your skills
Give a sketch a second life
Bring an original paper sketch into Forma and decide which details matter. More vector paths do not always make a better design.
Start this projectFOR THE PERSON LEADING THE LESSON
A starting point.
Room to make it yours.
Each project includes a brief, drawing steps, checkpoints, support and extension ideas. Print the lesson for a pupil worksheet, or keep it open beside the drawing studio.
Explore the curriculum links ↗Designed around the whole activity
The drawing is one piece of evidence. Sketches, decisions, user feedback and revisions matter too.
There is no single UK curriculum. We identify England’s KS2/KS3 links and offer adaptation notes for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These are original teaching suggestions, not an accredited scheme of work.
No laser cutter is required. Screen work and paper models can support the activities; any practical manufacture is planned and supervised by the teacher.