Lesson Four – Vehicle Wheels
This design technology teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explore, compare and record how to add some different types of wheels to model toy vehicles to produce movements and actions.
The class can practise following a set of instructions about how to attach wheels to make a movement mechanism for a toy vehicle when shaping and combining some different materials.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore, compare and record how to add some different types of wheels to model toy vehicles to produce movements and actions
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and explain how to use wheels for different functions and a shared reading text to follow a set of instructions to make a model of a movement mechanism for use on a toy vehicle when shaping and combining different materials.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and record how to add different types of wheels to model toy vehicles to produce movements.
This lesson is part of a design technology scheme of work to get the children to select and combine a range of different materials to make a model of a toy vehicle with a movement mechanism to match chosen 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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