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Lesson 3: Designing my monster

Communicating design ideas using diagrams and using a survey to choose between them.
Illustration of a moving monster toy design with linkages and green, orange and yellow colours.

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

This activity revisits learning from Lesson 2: Making linkages to help the children recall how material properties can affect a product.

Pair the children. Show the Presentation: Agree or disagree? Read the statement aloud and ask the children to discuss whether they agree, giving reasons based on their learning.

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Originally created by
Tom Turnham
Tom Turnham
Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 9 October 2026

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