Year 4 - Design and technology
Plan and make an interactive book
Levers and linkages: interactive books
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Unit Summary
This unit develops pupils' knowledge of mechanisms through levers and linkages. They will apply this knowledge by exploring mechanisms and incorporating them into an interactive book with a user-centred focus.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to plan and make a page for an interactive book.
Key Notes
- Design specifications are used to plan products.
- Linkages need to be cut and shaped accurately.
- Linkages need to be joined accurately.
Vocabulary To Learn
- function: what a product should do
- performance: how a product will work
- movement: action created by a force (push or pull)
- shaping: changing a material with or without cutting
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Cutting and shaping are not the same.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Design specifications are used to plan products. Linkages need to be cut and shaped accurately.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'function'
what a product should do.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Cutting and shaping are not the same. Correction: Cutting can be a form of shaping.
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