Lesson Four – Survival Shelter
This design technology teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and record how to construct a shelter that can be used for survival on a deserted island using a range of different materials and building techniques.
The class can sequence and record the steps that they will need to follow when constructing their shelter models from a special materials and shapes to match success criteria.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and record how to construct a shelter that can be used for survival on a deserted island using a range of different materials and building techniques
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.
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