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Lesson 4: Mechanical toy car kit: Designing

Designing a mechanised toy car by conducting market research, creating design criteria, sketching and annotating ideas and evaluating costs to refine the final product.
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Learning objective

  • To design a mechanised toy car.

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    Lesson plan

    1. Recap and recall

    Arrange the class into the same groups of three from Lesson 1: Prototype 1: Inclined plane.

    Display the Presentation: Prototypes, which shows an image of each of the three prototype cars.

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    In this unit

    Assessment – D&T Y4: Mechanical carsLesson 1: Prototype one: Inclined planeLesson 2: Prototype two: Slingshot carLesson 3: Prototype three: Wind-up car
    Lesson 4: Mechanical toy car kit: Designing
    Lesson 5: Mechanical toy car kit: Making and evaluating
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    Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 13 March 2026

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