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Learning objective

  • To design a pop-up book.

Success criteria

  • I can remember that input is the motion
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Design and technology

Design

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, check the children can recall: Drawing a net can be used to create a structure. All moving things have kinetic energy. The shape of an object will affect how it moves. Aesthetics refers to how an object or product looks. A template is a tool to help draw the same shape…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could base their books upon the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme; could use the suggested mechanisms and structures in the demonstration mode book for each page.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should include a range of different mechanisms and structures on each page; should articulate how each mechanism could be made.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: producing a suitable plan for each

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Vocabulary definitions

  • design brief

    A challenge that asks for something to be designed.

  • input

    The motion used to start a mechanism.

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In this unit

Assessment - D&T Y5: Mechanical systems: Pop-up book

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

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Last update: 14th January, 2026

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