Welcome to Year 1

Design and Technology

Vehicles

Learning objectives

To help you to: Understand the National Curriculum for Design

and Technology Develop knowledge of health and safety in D&T Understand the cross curricular nature of D&T Work with resistant materials Develop planning skills

Breadth of Study

IDEAS – investigating and evaluating a range of products;

FPTs – focused practical tasks; DMAs – design and make assignments.

Design and Make Task

In pairs, design and make a vehicle based on your trip to the Imperial War Museum.

Start by making a Jinks frame that is big enough for your cabin

Draw it out on 1cm squared paper first and use your drawing to check before you cut.

Helpful Hints: The Chassis

Helpful Hints: Wheels and Axles

Product Analysis (IDEA) Look at the range of wheeled toys. Divide them into fixed and moving axles

Now add wheels and axles to your frame

Helpful Hints: The cabin

you can make a net for an open card box

or use recycled materials.

Unit of Work Planning Activity:

Working in pairs, complete the Unit of Work Proforma for Designing and Making a Vehicle using a Jinks Frame.

These are not detailed lesson plans, but an outline that you would be basing the detailed lesson plans on.