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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Describe how chairs are made for different users and purposes.
- Explain how design briefs and design criteria help when making a new product.
- Name some shapes that are stronger than others.
- Describe how making a material thicker makes it more stiff.
- Understand and use the vocabulary of strong, weak, stiff and flexible.
- Make a stable chair structure for a particular user.
- Select suitable materials and join them securely.
- Evaluate a product against the design criteria.
- Improve parts of a product based on the design criteria.
Suggested prior learning
Structures: Stable structures
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Lessons
Lesson 1: All about chairs!
Lesson 2: How does the shape of something affect its strength?
Lesson 3: How does the thickness of a material affect its strength?
Lesson 4: Making a chair for a bear
Lesson 5: Evaluating, improving and finishing a chair for a bear
Key skills
Design
- Using a simple design
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Key knowledge
Design
To know:
- A design brief
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Key vocabulary
design brief
design criteria
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Resources
Unit resources
Design and technology
Knowledge organiser – D&T Y2: Structures: A chair for a bear
Aimed at pupils, a single page giving key facts and definitions from the unit ‘A chair for a bear’.
Design and technology
Vocabulary display – D&T Y2: Structures: A chair for a bear
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Science: Working scientifically; Everyday materials; Uses of everyday materials.
History.
English: Spoken language; Reading – comprehension.
British values: Mutual respect.
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Structures: Product packaging
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