Learning objective
- To research and evaluate existing products.
Success criteria
- I can describe
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National curriculum
Design and technology
Pupils should be
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Cross-curricular links
History
Pupils should be taught about:
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
This lesson builds on knowledge and concepts introduced in these lessons: Design and technology, Year 2, Mechanisms: Making a moving monster, Lesson 1: Pivots, levers and linkages – children analyse existing products and say something that they like about them. Hold up a toy car and ask the children these questions:
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could respond to simplified questions when analysing the products:
- What do you like about the product? Write or say two things.
- What do you dislike about the product? Write or say two things.
- What star rating would you give the product?
Pupils working at greater depth
Could think about the older products on the activity sheet and think about how they have improved now; could make links between an invention like glasses and Google glass, or say for example that a smartphone plays music now, so we don’t need the Sony Walkman anymore; might tell you that technology is better now than it was, so new products exist.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: explaining who might use
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Vocabulary definitions
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analogue
Something that is electronic but doesn't use computer technology.
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analyse
Look at something in detail.
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