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.