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Card lever mechanisms

Levers and sliders: moving cards

Unit Summary

This unit develops pupils' knowledge of simple mechanisms. By making levers and sliders, pupils will apply their knowledge of the characteristics of paper and card to make their own moving cards.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to explore and create lever mechanisms using paper and card.

Key Notes

  • Mechanisms are systems that make something move and can include levers.
  • Levers are rigid bars that help lift or move things by turning on a pivot point.
  • Levers can be made using card and split pins.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • mechanism: something that creates movement in an object
  • lever: a bar that helps lift or move things by turning on a point
  • pivot: a point around which an object moves or rotates
  • rigid: unable to bend or be forced out of shape

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • A lever is just a seesaw mechanism and only moves up and down.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Mechanisms are systems that make something move and can include levers. Levers are rigid bars that help lift or move things by turning on a pivot point.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'mechanism'

something that creates movement in an object.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: A lever is just a seesaw mechanism and only moves up and down. Correction: Levers move up and down and the end of the lever moves in a curved direction. Levers can be turned for different effects.

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