Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Design and label a wheel.
- Consider the designs of others and make comments about their practicality or appeal.
- Consider the materials, shape, construction and mechanisms of their wheel.
- Label their designs.
- Build a stable structure with a rotating wheel.
- Test and adapt their designs as necessary.
- Follow a design plan to make a completed model of the wheel.
Suggested prior learning
Mechanisms: Wheels and axles
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Design a Ferris wheel
Lesson 2: Planning the build
Lesson 3: Building the frame and wheels
Lesson 4: Adding pods and decoration
Key skills
- Selecting a suitable linkage
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Key knowledge
- To know that different
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Key vocabulary
design
design criteria
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Unit resources
Assessment D&T Y2: Fairground wheel
Assessment D&T Y2: Fairground wheel Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Key vocabulary
Key vocabulary Subject resources
D&T Long-term plans
A suggested order for teaching Design
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National curriculum mapping
National curriculum mapping This National curriculum coverage document shows
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D&T: Progression of pupil skills and knowledge
Progression documents showing how skills and
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Equipment list
Equipment list A handy spreadsheet allowing you to
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Assessment
Assessment Spreadsheet to record teacher assessments against
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Key vocabulary
Vocabulary document that shows key vocabulary
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Mathematics
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- identify and describe the properties of 2D shapes, including the number of sides and line symmetry in a vertical line’
See National curriculum - Mathematics key stages 1 to 2.
Science
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses’
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Mechanisms: Making a moving monster
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