Greenhouses
This design technology scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets 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. The class can identify and explain how to use materials to provide support for a specific construction.
Select, shape and combine different materials to plan, build and test a model of a garden construction suitable for growing plants and flowers
Lesson One : Garden Shapes
Explore and illustrate some of the different ways of providing support to a building construction by shaping a range of materials
Lesson Two : Supporting Structures
Investigate and record some of the different ways of supporting a range of shapes and materials in the construction of a building material
Lesson Three : Triangle Supports
Design and test some of the different ways of supporting wooden cuboid frames by using triangle supports structures on the vertices
Lesson Four : Greenhouse Design
Explore how to select and record the design for a structure that can be used to grow some different plants in a family garden
Lesson Five : Building Greenhouses
Practise using different shapes and materials to construct the frame for a structure that can be used to grow some plants and flowers in a garden
Lesson Six : Testing Greenhouses
Practise testing and evaluating completed greenhouse frame structures against the selected success criteria for the matching constructions
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Recycling
Research and present some of the benefits and disadvantages that can be produced when recycling different materials at home and in school
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Viking Pots
Develop and refine a range of different art and design techniques when working with clay to make pots that represent Viking culture and traditions
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Bronze Age
Research and illustrate how life in Britain developed and changed during the Bronze Age including the growth of communities and trade
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Future World
Practise using apostrophes correctly in matching sentences to describe some of the things that might be owned by families in the future