Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Produce a suitable plan for each page of their book.
- Produce the structure of the book.
- Assemble the components necessary for all their structures/mechanisms.
- Hide the mechanical elements with more layers using spacers where needed.
- Use a range of mechanisms and structures to illustrate their story and make it interactive for the users.
- Use appropriate materials and captions to illustrate the story.
Suggested prior learning
Option 2: Making a slingshot car
Get startedLesson plans
Lesson 1: Pop-up book page design
Lesson 2: Making my pop-up book
Lesson 3: Using layers and spacers
Lesson 4: Writing and illustrating
Key skills
- Designing a pop-up book
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Key knowledge
- To know that mechanisms
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Key vocabulary
criteria
design
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Unit resources
Assessment – D&T Y5: Mechanical systems: Pop-up book
Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
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Unit vocabulary
Subject resources
D&T Long-term plans
A suggested order for teaching Design
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National curriculum mapping
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D&T: Progression of pupil skills and knowledge
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Equipment list
A handy spreadsheet allowing you to
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Assessment
Spreadsheet to record teacher assessments against
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Vocabulary progression
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Cross-curricular opportunities
None relevant to this lesson.
Build on the learning
*New* Mechanical systems: Automata toys
Building on their knowledge from designing pop up books mechanisms in KS2, pupils apply new skills in creating automata toys, using cams, followers, and axles to achieve functional movement for a window display.