Welcome to the British Standards Institution education site.
Standards make our lives easier, safer and healthier. Without them, everyday actions we take for granted would be unpredictable. Standards help to make many of the products we use safer and more reliable. Once you are familiar with the idea of products meeting Standards, it will help you to understand how Standards are met in order to keep us safe and sound.
About this website
Design and technology work at school often involves producing designs for real-life problems such as designing packaging for an existing product, or proposing ideas for larger concerns such as safety in playgrounds. Normally, the solutions you develop would be made as models in the classroom. However, if they were to be produced commercially, for instance in a factory, the process of standardization and testing would be used. This is to ensure that the end product is consistently safe to use and is reliable.
In Geography and Citizenship teaching sustainable development provides a valuable insight into topical issues such as the environment and consumer ethics. The activities on this website use real-life examples to illustrate the importance of sustainable management in the modern world and the crucial role Standards play in this context.
This site may help you in your project work, class work, homework, or with exam revision. You will also find useful links to other parts of the BSI website, if you need to find more detailed information on a particular topic.
The information in this section includes activities that may match some of the project work you are following. Your teacher will also be able to help you with using the website, and may even assist you in completing some British Standards tests that are used by manufacturers to ensure that real-life Standards are met in a wide range of situations.