Mechanisms: Making a moving storybook

Exploring slider mechanisms and the movement they output to design, make and evaluate a moving storybook.

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This unit has been replaced by the unit *New* Mechanisms: Matching slider game and will no longer be updated.

Lesson plans

Lesson 1: Exploring sliders and movement

  • To explore making mechanisms.

Lesson 2: Design

  • To design a moving storybook.

Lesson 3: Construction

  • To construct a moving picture.

Lesson 4: Testing and evaluation

  • To evaluate my finished product.

Key skills

  • Explaining how to adapt
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Key knowledge

To know:

  • A mechanism is
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Key vocabulary

adapt

assemble

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