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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify whether a mechanism is a side-to-side slider or an up-and-down slider and determine what movement the mechanism will make.
- Clearly label drawings to show which parts of their design will move and in which direction.
- Make a picture that meets the design criteria, with parts that move purposefully as planned.
- Evaluate the main strengths and weaknesses of their design and suggest alterations.
Suggested prior learning
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Lesson plans
Lesson 1: Exploring sliders and movement
Lesson 2: Design
Lesson 3: Construction
Lesson 4: Testing and evaluation
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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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: DT – Y1 Moving storybook
A summary document with key facts, definitions, and diagrams to consolidate pupils' learning in the Year 1 D&T Mechanisms: Making…
Vocabulary display – D&T Y1: Mechanisms: Making a moving storybook
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Mechanisms: Making a moving storybook unit.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English
Pupils should be taught to:
- Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by learning to appreciate rhymes and poems, and to recite some by heart.
See National curriculum - English key stages 1 to 2.
Pupils apply their knowledge of stories and reading, using rhymes and poems to inspire their designs, to help them create moving picture books with sliders and levers.
Build on the learning
Mechanisms: Wheels and axles
Pupils build on their knowledge of how to make a moving book, where they used slider mechanisms, to help them design and construct a moving vehicle with working wheels and axles.