Year 3

Planning the creation of your final idea

In this lesson, we will be creating a detailed plan of the stages of making our final product. We will learn how to produce exploded diagrams to show our ideas. This lesson includes equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.

Year 3

Planning the creation of your final idea

In this lesson, we will be creating a detailed plan of the stages of making our final product. We will learn how to produce exploded diagrams to show our ideas. This lesson includes equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. order the main stages of making
  2. use annotated sketches and exploded diagrams to develop and communicate their ideas
  3. refer to their design criteria as they design and make

Equipment

Card, paper, masking tape, paper fasteners, glue stick, scissors

Content guidance

  • Equipment requiring safe usage.

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.

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4 Questions

Q1.
What is a mechanism?
A fixed structure.
A mechanical robot.
Correct answer: Where materials or components are connected to make movement.
Q2.
What is a sketch?
A detailed and finished drawing.
A finished copy of a product.
Correct answer: A rough drawing (not the final version).
Q3.
Why is using a bridge in your design important?
A allows a lever to rotate.
It helps you cross the river.
Correct answer: It keeps the lever and linkage mechanisms in place.
Q4.
Why is adding annotation to a final design important?
Correct answer: It adds important information to help with the making process.
It helps you learn to spell.
It is not important.

4 Questions

Q1.
What is an exploded diagram?
A detailed and finished drawing.
A picture which explodes.
Correct answer: When a diagram is split into different parts to show how something is put together.
Q2.
What is this an exploded diagram of?
An image in a quiz
A pen.
Correct answer: A propellor.
An umbrella.
Q3.
What does the final design include?
Correct answer: A detailed design including measurements and mechanisms.
A rough sketch of ideas.
The last thing you ever drew.
Q4.
Why is adding annotation to a final design important?
Correct answer: It adds important information to help with the making process.
It helps you learn to spell.
It is not important.