Design Technology Teaching Resources
Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in design technology in Key Stage One covering construction, materials, food, textiles and movement mechanisms
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Castle Building
Explore and model some of the different shapes and techniques that can be used to construct a model of a castle showing the main parts and their functions
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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
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Farm Toys
Design and make different toys that include a movement mechanism to illustrate things found and used on a farm
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Scarecrows
Select and combine different materials to design and make scarecrows for a garden to match identified success criteria
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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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Contractions Word Sums
Practise building and contracting groups of different words using apostrophes to replace the omitted letters in each word pair
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Fraction Halves
Identify and record fractions that are halves of different shapes, quantities and numbers using concrete equipment and diagrams to model calculations
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Weather Postcards
Read and write recounts to use on postcards reporting the weather experienced on different family holidays
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Kitchen Masses
Identify and record how to measure, calculate and compare the masses of different things used in a kitchen working with units in grams and kilograms