Learning objective
- To identify slider mechanisms and describe how they move.
Success criteria
- I know that mechanisms are made of parts
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National curriculum
Design and technology
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Cross-curricular links
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Everyday materials
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
As this is the first Mechanisms unit in Key stage 1, there is no knowledge to recap with the children. In EYFS (Reception), the children may have learnt to: Use scissors to cut out. Use glue to stick. Use both scissors and glue safely.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing support
Could use the Activity: Sorting mechanisms: support version to sort fewer mechanisms during the Main event; could use the Knowledge organiser to help with the correct vocabulary when describing the movement of the sliders during the Main event and the Wrapping up.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should use left and right to describe movement as well as side to side; should begin to group other types of mechanisms, such as those that spin or pivot around a fixed point.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying objects with mechanisms in the
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Vocabulary definitions
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describe
To say what something is like.
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direction
The way something moves or points.
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