Design & Technology: Lower Key Stage 2
LKS2 Design and Technology lesson plans and resources. Full National Curriculum for Design and Technology year 3 and year 4. Including integrated CPD and teacher videos to build subject knowledge and confidence.
Useful resources
Useful resources
Choose your unit - Year 3 and Year 4
Year 3
Learn and apply two new sewing techniques – cross-stitch and appliqué. Utilise these new skills to design and make a cushion or Egyptian collar.
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Introducing information design and developing an electric museum display based on the Romans, this unit strengthens the progression of knowledge and skills across the Electrical systems strand.
Explore pneumatic systems, then apply this understanding to design and make a pneumatic toy including thumbnail sketches and exploded diagrams.
Designing digital wearable technology and developing a program and housing for a Micro:bit, this unit includes new teacher and pupil videos, with an increased focus on evaluation and the use of a virtual Micro:bit.
Learning about seasonal foods and creating a seasonal food tart, this unit provides new lessons with teacher and pupil videos to develop the children’s food preparation skills.
Identify and learn about the key features of a castle, before designing and making a recycled-material castle (structure).
Note: to strengthen the progression of knowledge and skills across the Electrical systems strand, this unit has been replaced by the unit Electrical systems: Electric poster and will no longer be updated.
Exploring the science behind static electricity and applying this new knowledge to generate ideas for and make a static electricity game.
Note: this unit has been replaced by the unit *NEW* Digital world: Wearable technology and will no longer be updated.
Designing and developing a program and housing for a Micro:bit electronic charm to use in low-light conditions.
Note: this unit has been replaced by the unit *NEW* Cooking and nutrition: Eating seasonally and will no longer be updated.
Learning about when, where and why various fruits and vegetables are grown in different seasons and discovering the relationship between colour and health benefits.
Year 4
Identify the difference between electrical and electronic products. Evaluate a range of existing torches and their features, then develop a new functional torch design.
Making and designing mechanical cars that use different methods of movement or creating and developing a car with a working slingshot mechanism.
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Exploring the concept of mindfulness and writing design criteria to develop a programmed product for timing a mindful moment, this unit includes new teacher and pupil videos, with an increased focus on evaluation and the use of a virtual Micro:bit.
Adapting an existing biscuit recipe while considering the cost of ingredients and other expenses against a set budget, this unit includes new lessons with teacher and pupil videos to develop the children’s food preparation skills and adapt a recipe to suit a target audience.
Investigate and model frame structures to improve their stability, then apply this research to design and create a stable, decorated pavilion.
Analyse and evaluate a range of existing fastenings, then devise a list of design criteria to design, generate templates and make a fabric book sleeve.
Note: this unit has been replaced by the unit *NEW* Digital world: Mindful moments timer and will no longer be updated.
Exploring what mindfulness means and writing design criteria to fulfil a brief to develop a programmed product for timing a mindful moment.
Note: this unit has been replaced by the unit *NEW* Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe and will no longer be updated.
Working in groups to adapt an existing biscuit recipe while considering the cost of the ingredients and other expenses against a set budget.