Learning objective
- To apply the housing and finishing touches to the automata frame.
Success criteria
- I can measure and apply panels to my
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National curriculum
Design and technology
Make
Pupils should be
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Cross-curricular links
None.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Differentiation
Learners needing support
Could be provided with the panel support images in the Resource: Automata support design sheets to decorate, cut, stick and complete their automata; could use keywords and sentence starters on a whiteboard for them to use at the evaluation stage.
Learners working at a stretch
Should be encouraged to be detailed about how their automata meet the requirements in the design brief and criteria, including improvements and potential solutions; could explain how they could envision their automata being used in a storefront display and how it would be flat-packed.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: measuring and cutting panels that fit
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Vocabulary definitions
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evaluation
When you look at the good and bad points about something and think about how to improve it.
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flat-pack
Something sold in pieces with assembly instructions (inside a flat box) to be built elsewhere.
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Example work
Castlemorton Primary School, Castlemorton, Worcestershire
Castlemorton Primary School, Castlemorton, Worcestershire
Castlemorton Primary School, Castlemorton, Worcestershire
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In this unit
Assessment D&T Y6: Mechanical systems: Automatas
Lesson 1: Automatas
Lesson 2: Frame assembly
Lesson 3: Experimenting with cams
Lesson 4: Finishing touches