Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Follow design criteria to meet the needs of a user.
- Make a stable structure.
- Make functioning sails/blades that attach to the supporting structure.
- Improve their windmill.
Structures: Junk modelling
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Windmills – Lesson Transfer Test
Lesson 1: Windmills
Lesson 2: Making the sails
Lesson 3: Attaching the sails
Lesson 4: Evaluating windmills
Key skills
- Finding the middle of
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Key knowledge
To know:
- That the sails
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Key vocabulary
axle
base
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Unit resources
Assessment D&T Y1: Structures: Constructing a windmill
Assessment D&T Y1: Structures: Constructing a windmill
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Geometry – properties of shapes
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Structures: Baby Bear’s chair
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