Lesson Four – Greenhouse Design
This design technology teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how to select and record the design for a structure that can be used to grow some different plants in a family garden.
The class can identify and record how they can design a garden construction to match different success criteria such as for providing strength and protection from the weather when built outside.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to select and record the design for a structure that can be used to grow some different plants in a family garden
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify, describe and compare some of the different shapes that can used for a garden construction and a worksheet to select and record the design for a greenhouse using a supported framework to match success criteria.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to record the design for a structure that can be used to grow different plants in a family garden.
This lesson is part of a design technology scheme of work to get the children to select, shape and combine different materials to plan, build and test a model of a garden construction suitable for growing plants and flowers. 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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