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Movement Mechanisms
Discover lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in design technology for Key Stage One to teach about building products with different mechanisms to create movement
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Farm Puppet
Design and make a puppet of a farmer using a movement mechanism to illustrate the character
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Spinning Toy
Build a model of a toy that includes rotational movements to show what might happen on a farm
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Farm Animals
Design and build a model of a toy animal using card linkages to create different movements
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Wobbly Animals
Design and build a model of a farm toy animal using card linkages to create different movements
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Sliding Toys
Practise using different materials to produce a model of a toy that includes a moving element for sliding
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Toy Movements
Investigate and record some of the different ways that a range of toys can be moved when playing
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Vehicle Building
Construct and test a toy vehicle that includes a movement mechanism produced by combining different materials
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Vehicle Design
Select and record how to construct and use a movement mechanism to build a toy vehicle
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Vehicle Wheels
Explore and record how to add different types of wheels to model toy vehicles to produce movement
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Wheels and Axles
Investigate and test a range of different ways of attaching wheels to toy vehicles to produce movement
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What Vehicles
Identify, describe and record parts that can be found on a range of different toy vehicles
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Moving Toys
Investigate and test ways of using and moving a range of different toys
Design Technology Teaching Topics
- Sports Signs
Design and produce different signs and labels to guide athletes at the Olympic games - Winning Gold
Read and write a set of instructions about how to win a race at the Olympic Games - City Cafe
Select and combine different ingredients to design and make a range of foods including sandwiches and cakes that can be sold in café in a city location - Baking Cakes
Read and follow a set of instructions to bake and decorate cakes to sell in a cafe