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Learning objective

  • To make a model based on a chosen design.

Success criteria

I can make the body of my car

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Design and technology

Design

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Show the children the Pupil video: Making the car body (see Watch) as a demonstration of how to create the panels and decorate them. Demonstrate to the children how to draw the nets that will form the panels that will make the bodies of their cars – use one of the children’s designs to do this.…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support:

Might need help to draw around their car chassis.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Will work independently and should be creating sophisticated car body designs.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: producing panels that will fit the

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Vocabulary definitions

  • air resistance

    The level of drag on an object as it is forced through the air.

  • chassis

    The body of a car.

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In this unit

Assessment - D&T Y4: Slingshot car

Lesson 1: Chassis and launch mechanism

Lesson 2: Designing the car body

Lesson 3: Making the car body

Lesson 4: Assembly and testing

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Last update: 10th March, 2026

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