Lesson Five – Torch Construction
This design technology teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to plan how to design and make a household torch using a range of materials and a set of electrical components.
The class can identify and explain how to construct a torch to match a selection of success criteria such as making it waterproof and with a bright light to link to its intended function.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to plan how to design and make a household torch using a range of materials and a set of electrical components
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify the most effective ways of building a torch using different materials and electrical components and a template to record the design of a household torch using a range of materials and a set of electrical components.
The interactive presentation gets the children to investigate how to design and make a household torch using a range of materials and a set of electrical components.
This lesson is part of a design technology scheme of work to get the children to select and install an electrical system into a product using different materials and components to make a lighting device for families to use at home. 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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Ordering and Changing
Explore and record how to order three digit numbers by the place value of their digits and how the digits in a number change their numerical values when finding ten and one hundred more or less
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Changing Hundreds
Explore and record the matching number sums that are one hundred more and less than different three digit numbers to show changes to the place values of their numerical digits
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Digit Changes
Identify and record the matching number sums that are ten less than different three digit numbers by illustrating changes to the values of their hundreds, tens and ones digits
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Changing Numbers
Identify and record number sums that are ten more than different three digit numbers using abacus diagrams to model their changing values