Before the lesson
Learning objective
- To create a greetings card
National curriculum
Pupils should be taught to:
- Develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose aimed at particular individuals or groups.
- Generate, develop and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches
- Understand and use electrical systems in their products
- Understand and use electrical systems in their products [for example, series circuits incorporating switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors]
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Should create a simple front cover design and may benefit from copying a circuit design rather than creating their own.
Pupils working at greater depth: Should create a detailed card, perhaps with a pop-up element, which incorporates more than one LED into its circuit.