This Design and technology scheme of work video supports teachers in delivering a Year 1 lesson focused on how weight can be used to stabilise structures. It provides clear, step-by-step guidance for teaching the concept of stability through an engaging, hands-on activity in which the children build a model playground basketball hoop. The lesson focuses on how weight distribution affects balance and stability, with opportunities for children to test and refine their designs using accessible materials such as straws and modelling dough.

This video demonstrates how to model core DT skills, including securing materials, bending and shaping components and adding weight for improved stability. Teachers are supported with detailed modelling and practical strategies to ensure successful delivery of this lesson.

See more of our KS1 Design and technology scheme of work.

• Design and technology, Key stage 1, Structures, *New* Structures: Stable structures, Lesson 3: Stabilising structures with weight.
• Design and Technology, Year 1, Structures: Stable structures.