NESA / Science and Technology / Design and Production / Identifying and defining

identify the technologies needed to achieve designed solutions

The Bridge and Beyond Discovery Preview Unit

Building with Aluminium Foil · Learning Opportunities
Your students will discover the properties of aluminium foil as they build a boat for their billy goats.
Experimenting with Rolling · Learning Opportunities
Your students will experiment with rolling as they test which material makes the best ball.
Building with Wood · Learning Opportunities
Your students will discover the properties of wood as they build with icy-pole sticks.
Decorating Bags · Learning Opportunities
Your students will discover the properties of fabric as they decorate a bag.
Building a Bridge · Learning Opportunities
Your students will build a bridge that can carry their billy goat across an A3 piece of paper.
Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will share what they already know about the materials that they will learn about during this learning sequence.

Topsy Turvy Tales Creativity Preview Unit

Exploring Materials · Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider what everyday objects are made of.
Designing a Puppet Theatre · Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in groups to design a puppet theatre.
Making My Puppet · Learning Opportunities
Your students will design and construct a puppet of their fairy tale character.

Great and Small Connections Preview Unit

My Animal: Constructing My Model · Learning Opportunities
Your students will use the techniques that they have learnt during this unit to build a model of their animal.