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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 5: Mechanical toy car kit: Making and evaluating

Building a mechanical toy car based on another group's design, assessing its functionality, providing feedback and making improvements according to that feedback.

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Learning objective

To make a mechanical toy car from a kit.

Success criteria

I can assess

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National curriculum

Design and technology

Design

Pupils

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Cross-curricular links

British values

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Arrange the class into the same groups of three from Lesson 1: Prototype one: Inclined plane. Hand out a Knowledge organiser (one per group) and a highlighter (one each). Ask the groups to read through and highlight the words they think are keywords (prototype, chassis, bearing, force). Explain that keywords are important words that they…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support:

Could be provided with the materials for their kit car; could build their own car design instead of swapping.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Should use a device to take photos at each stage of their build; should create a document with numbered instructions and insert the photos of each stage of assembly.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: assessing a product against

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Vocabulary definitions

feedback

A product user explains what they like and suggests improvements.
target audience

The specific group of people that something is made for or aimed at.

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