Mechanisms: Fairground wheel

Designing and creating a functional fairground wheel so that the wheel rotates and the structure stands freely.

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This unit offers a simplified wheel design made from repurposed materials and an additional lesson where children design and conduct a survey to gather opinions. The Archived unit: Mechanisms: Fairground wheel will no longer be updated.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Design a fairground wheel

  • To explore wheel mechanisms and design a fairground wheel.

Lesson 2: Planning the build

  • To select materials with appropriate properties.

Lesson 3: Building the frame and wheels

  • To build and test a moving wheel.

Lesson 4: Surveying design opinions

  • To conduct a simple survey to gather opinions.

Lesson 5: Adding pods and decoration

  • To finish and evaluate a structure with a rotating wheel.

Key skills

Design

  • Conducting simple
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Key knowledge

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Key vocabulary

design brief

design criteria

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