Structures: Constructing a windmill

Making a windmill to meet design criteria.

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This unit has been replaced by the unit *New* Structures: Stable structures and will no longer be updated.

Lesson plans

Lesson 1: Windmills

  • To create a stable structure.

Lesson 2: Making the sails

  • To use tools and equipment accurately to make part of a structure.

Lesson 3: Attaching the sails

  • To join parts of a structure.

Lesson 4: Evaluating windmills

  • To evaluate a structure.

Key skills

  • Finding the middle of
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Key knowledge

To know:

  • That the sails
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Key vocabulary

base

centre

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Vocabulary display – D&T Y1: Structures: Constructing a windmill

A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Constructing a windmill'.

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