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Lesson 5: Finishing a slider game

Finishing a slider game with designs and testing it.
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Person drawing pictures on a strip of white card that forms the slider of a matching slider game

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Explain that the children will work with a partner to remember what they have learnt about sliders. Display the Presentation: 3, 2, 1 and arrange the children in pairs. Read each statement from the slides aloud. Allow time for paired discussion after each prompt.

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In this unit

Assessment – D&T Y1: Matching slider gameLesson 1: Mechanisms and movementLesson 2: Exploring slidersLesson 3: Designing a slider gameLesson 4: Making a slider game
Lesson 5: Finishing a slider game
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