Structures

• why it is important for structures to be stable  

• the effectiveness of triangulation in structures  

• that some structures are made stable by having a wide base  

• to disassemble and evaluate familiar products

• ways of making stable structures  

• ways of strengthening paper  

• to evaluate different joining methods  

• to consider who they are designing for  

• to implement their prior learning about stiffness and stability into their design proposals  

• to make drawings with labels when designing  

• to evaluate their product against their original design criteria  

• to relate the way things work to their intended purpose  

• to find out what other users say about a specific product  

• how materials and components have been used  

• how the working characteristics of materials relate to the ways materials are used

• that 3D shapes can be constructed from nets and that the final 3D shape is dependent on the shape of the net  

• how to measure, mark out, cut, score and assemble the net of a 3D shape  

• how to create different styles of writing for a purpose 

• to generate ideas for an item of packaging, considering its purpose and user/s  

• to explore, develop and communicate design proposals by modelling ideas  

• to create a package for a given purpose  

• to evaluate design ideas as they develop, and indicate ways of improving their ideas  

• to evaluate against design criteria

Mechanisms

• how air pressure can be used to produce and control movement  

• techniques for making simple pneumatic systems  

• to compare the effectiveness of different systems  

• to use appropriate vocabulary to describe how things work

• how to assemble simple pneumatic systems  

• ways of fixing components  

• ways of using pneumatic systems in conjunction with simple levers to control movement  

• to explore ideas through 3D modelling

• to work as a team  

• to choose an idea according to logistical constraints of materials, time, size  

• to think about their ideas as they make progress and be willing to change things if this helps them to improve their work  

• to plan through discussion  

• to work safely and accurately with a range of simple hand tools  

• to use a storyboard to record the sequence of their work  

• to evaluate as a team the product and purpose of improvements

Cooking and Nutrition