Learning objective
- To test and finalise ideas against design criteria.
Success criteria
- I can remember that materials are selected due
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National curriculum
Design and technology
Design
Pupils should be
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Cross-curricular links
- None.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Key vocabulary bingo and hand out a whiteboard and pen each. Ask the children to divide their whiteboards into six boxes and write one of the words from the presentation in each box.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
Could make simple decorative features using suggested materials; could use a model to help them decorate their design; could be given pre-made features (e.g. arms, eyelashes, curled pipe cleaners, etc.) to help decorate their pneumatic toys.
Pupils working at greater depth:
Should experiment with their use of materials, independently reaching their own conclusions about how to make and finish their toys.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: creating a finished pneumatic toy that
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Vocabulary definitions
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properties
A quality of something such as strength, stretchiness or absorbency.
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reinforce
To make something stronger.
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In this unit
Assessment Y3: Mechanical systems: Pneumatic toys
Lesson 1: Exploring pneumatics
Lesson 2: Designing a pneumatic toy
Lesson 3: Making pneumatic toys
Lesson 4: Decorating and assembling my toy