Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe the the best ways of constructing a shelter to survive on a deserted island and a template to select and record how to construct a shelter using different materials and building techniques.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to construct a survival shelter using a range of different materials and building techniques.

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.