*New* Structures: Helmets

Designing and making a helmet, using strengthening techniques to reinforce the shell structure.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Exploring shell structures

  • To explore shell structures and design my own.

Lesson 2: Making papier-mâché shells

  • To make the shell of a helmet.

Lesson 3: Strengthening techniques

  • To assess how a helmet structure needs to be strengthened.

Lesson 4: Strengthening shell structures

  • To strengthen the helmet shell structure.

Lesson 5: Evaluating shell structures

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of strengthening the helmet.

Key skills

Design

  • Creating simple design criteria
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Key knowledge

Design

To know:

  • How design criteria
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Key vocabulary

analyse

effective

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Knowledge organiser – D&T Y4: Structures: Helmets

Aimed at pupils, two pages which give key facts and definitions from the unit ‘Structures: Helmets’.

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Vocabulary display – D&T Y4: Structures: Helmets

A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Structures: Helmets'.

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