Toy Vehicles

This design technology scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to select and combine different materials to make a model of a toy vehicle with a movement mechanism to match chosen success criteria. The class can test different ways of building axles to create the movement of wheels for toy vehicles.

Select and combine different materials to make a model of a toy vehicle with a movement mechanism to match chosen success criteria

Lesson One : Moving Toys
Identify, compare and test some of the special ways of using and moving a range of different toys when playing games

Lesson Two : What Vehicles
Identify, describe and compare some of the special parts that can be found on a range of toy vehicles that are used for different functions

Lesson Three : Wheels and Axles
Investigate, describe and test a range of special ways of attaching wheels to toy vehicles to produce movement when working with different materials

Lesson Four : Vehicle Wheels
Explore, compare and record how to add some different types of wheels to model toy vehicles to produce movements and actions

Lesson Five : Vehicle Design
Explore how to select and record ways of constructing and using a mechanism when building a toy vehicle that makes different movements and actions

Lesson Six : Vehicle Building
Explain and model how to construct and test a toy vehicle that includes a movement mechanism produced by combining a range of different materials
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Toy Vehicles
Select and combine different materials to make a model of a toy vehicle with a movement mechanism to match chosen success criteria
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Word Sentences
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