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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 4: Testing and evaluating

Adding finishing touches and testing the windmills.

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Learning objective

To evaluate my project and adapt my design.

Success criteria

I can evaluate my windmill according to the

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National curriculum

Design and technology

Evaluate

Pupils should be

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Cross-curricular links

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Speak like an expert and allow the children time to work with a partner to take it in turns to present a new fact to them. Encourage the children to use the vocabulary (turbine, axle and structure) to present their facts.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support:

Could work as part of a guided group, testing each point in the success criteria in the same way; could provide visual reminders of what the children need to test in the lesson.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Should independently adapt their windmill according to what they have found through testing; should use appropriate vocabulary to describe the components.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: making functioning turbines and axles, which

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Vocabulary definitions

axle

The point from which the turbine or sails move.
evaluation

When you look at the good and bad points about something and then think about how you could improve it.

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In this unit

Assessment - D&T Y1: Constructing a windmill

Lesson 1: Designing the structure

Lesson 2: Assembling the structure

Lesson 3: Assembling the windmill

Lesson 4: Testing and evaluating

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Vicki Risianova

Design and Technology specialist

After 4 years of being a TV and radio presenter, Vicki headed to the secondary classroom where she spent 12 years teaching Design and Technology as well as PE. Working as a subject leader, she ran D&T tournaments and weekly clubs to get…

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