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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify lever mechanisms and describe their movements.
- Find pivots and levers on various mechanisms.
- Join materials together to make levers.
- Investigate what happens when the pivot changes place.
- Select appropriate materials to use to make levers work effectively.
- Understand how levers can help make tasks easier.
- Test the effectiveness of their own levers.
- Evaluate their and others’ designs and give feedback.
Suggested prior learning
Mechanisms: Fairground wheel
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Teacher video: Levers unit overview
An overview of the Year 2 Levers unit.
Lessons
Lesson 1: Seesaws
Lesson 2: Levers in action
Lesson 3: Scissors
Lesson 4: Two levers together
Lesson 5: Everyday levers
Key skills
Design
- Creating ideas with design
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Key knowledge
Design
To know:
- That different products
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Key vocabulary
curved
direction
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Resources
Unit resources
Design and technology
Knowledge organiser – D&T Y2: Mechanisms: Levers
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit ‘Mechanisms: Levers'.
Design and technology
Vocabulary display – D&T Y2: Mechanisms: Levers
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Mechanisms: Levers'.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Science: Working scientifically; Everyday materials; Uses of everyday materials.
Maths: Geometry – position and direction.
British values: Mutual respect.
Build on the learning
Mechanical systems: Pneumatic toys
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