Learning objective

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

Success criteria

  • I can add pods for the correct number

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National curriculum

Design and technology

Design

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Gimme five! and ask the children to tell their partner five things they have included in their wheel design (overall shape, structures, mechanisms, material properties or design features). Explain that they should give their partner a high five once they have shared five.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could stick the pods directly onto the wheel without adding further axles; could use pod shapes that have already been cut out for them to decorate; should be encouraged to cater for eight people so they only need four pods (two people in each), which are easier to space out by splitting the plate into quarters.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should explain how they have modified their design throughout the planning and building process and how they would make further improvements.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: following a design plan to make

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Vocabulary definitions

  • decorate

    To add details to a design to improve its appearance.

  • evaluation

    Looking at what is good and bad about something and thinking about how to make it better.

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Tom Turnham

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