Lesson Four – Castle Letter
This design technology teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to plan and design a model of a castle to match success criteria for its construction using a range of specific materials for each part.
The class can identity and explain how to shape and combine different materials so that the castle provides protection for the inhabitants from attack.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to plan and design a model of a castle to match success criteria for its construction using a range of specific materials for each part
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and describe how to build a castle to match success criteria for its construction and a template to select and record how to combine materials to make a model of a castle to match success criteria for its construction.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to plan and design a model of a castle to match success criteria for its construction.
This lesson is part of a design technology scheme of work to get the children to 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. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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