Lesson 2: Card design

Pupils design a greeting card with a working circuit, accurately labelling the positive and negative parts of the battery.

Before the lesson

Classroom resources

Learning objective

  • To design an electronic card

 

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Understand and use electrical systems in their products

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Should be encouraged to keep their design simple by using a simple circuit and no pop-up elements.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should use multiple lights and create a detailed card design, possibly including a pop-up element and should be encouraged to try the extension task.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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Design and Technology specialist
After 4 years of being a TV and radio presenter, Vicki headed to the secondary classroom where she spent 12 years teaching Design and Technology as well as PE. Working as a subject leader, she ran D&T tournaments and weekly…
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