Year 2 - Design and technology
Feedback and evaluation about materials and systems
Levers and sliders: moving cards
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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 test and improve your moving greetings card.
Key Notes
- Feedback from our peers can help us improve our projects.
- Evaluating our work can help us improve future projects.
Vocabulary To Learn
- feedback: comments about products
- constructive: improve something by giving helpful advice
- evaluation: checking how good something is and how to make it better
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Feedback has got to be positive.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Feedback from our peers can help us improve our projects. Evaluating our work can help us improve future projects.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'feedback'
comments about products.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Feedback has got to be positive. Correction: Feedback can be positive and negative comments, which help the designer to constructively gain ideas for future projects.
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