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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Produce a suitable plan for each page of their book.
- Produce the structure of the book.
- Assemble the components necessary for all their structures/mechanisms.
- Hide the mechanical elements with more layers using spacers where needed.
- Use a range of mechanisms and structures to illustrate their story and make it interactive for the users.
- Use appropriate materials and captions to illustrate the story.
Suggested prior learning
ARCHIVED Year 4: Making a slingshot car
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Lesson plans
Lesson 1: Pop-up book page design
Lesson 2: Making my pop-up book
Lesson 3: Using layers and spacers
Lesson 4: Writing and illustrating
Key skills
- Designing a pop-up book
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Key knowledge
- To know that mechanisms
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Key vocabulary
criteria
design
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – D&T Y5: Pop-up book
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit 'Mechanical systems: Pop-up book.'.
Vocabulary display – D&T Y5: Mechanical systems: Making a pop-up book
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Making a pop-up book'.
Cross-curricular opportunities
None relevant to this lesson.
Build on the learning
Mechanical systems: Automata toys
Building on their knowledge from designing pop up books mechanisms in KS2, pupils apply new skills in creating automata toys, using cams, followers, and axles to achieve functional movement for a window display.