Lesson Three – Scarecrow Materials
This design technology teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to select and record a range of different materials that can match success criteria when building a model of a garden scarecrow.
The class can explain why they have chosen different materials to use when building each part of scarecrow such as wood for the structure and sacking for the body parts.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and record a range of different materials that can match success criteria when building a model of a garden scarecrow
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify the properties of different materials that could be used to make a garden scarecrow and a template to select and record some materials that can be used when building a garden scarecrow to match a specific success criteria.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore a range of different materials to match success criteria when building each part of a garden scarecrow model.
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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