Lesson Five – Shelter Construction
This design technology teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and model some of the special materials and techniques that can be employed when building a survival shelter construction to match specific success criteria.
The class can explain and describe different ways of shaping and combining the selected materials to make their shelters strong, stable and waterproof.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and model some of the special materials and techniques that can be employed when building a survival shelter construction to match specific success criteria
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and explain the best ways of constructing a shelter using a range of materials and building techniques and a table display card to investigate how to construct a shelter to match selected success criteria.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore materials and techniques to employ when building a survival shelter construction to match specific success criteria.
This lesson is part of a design technology scheme of work to get the children to select and combine a range of different materials and building techniques to construct a model of a survival shelter suitable for an island location. 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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