Lesson Five – School Scarecrow
This design technology teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to select and record some of the different materials that can be used to produce a model of a garden scarecrow that meets the chosen success criteria.
The class can explain and model how to combine and shape a range of different materials to utilise when producing each part of their garden scarecrows models.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and record some of the different materials that can be used to produce a model of a garden scarecrow that meets the chosen success criteria
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify effective materials that could be used to build a scarecrow and a worksheet to select and match the properties of different materials to each part of a scarecrow that can be used to scare birds in a garden.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore some of the different materials that can be used to produce a model that meets the chosen success criteria.
This lesson is part of a design technology scheme of work to get the children to select and combine different materials to design and make scarecrows for a garden to match identified success criteria. 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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