Levers and linkages in products
I can identify different linkages within existing products.
Levers and linkages in products
I can identify different linkages within existing products.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Interactive books have a variety of linkages inside them.
- Linkages are chosen to carry out a purpose in a product.
- Analysis of existing book designs can help develop new designs.
Keywords
Product - an item designed to be used
Purpose - an intended function or result
Input - the motion used to start a mechanism
Output - the motion created by the input
Common misconception
All linkages can be found in interactive books.
Not all linkages are suitable for use in an interactive book. Those that are used are chosen because they are the simplest, most functional option for the intended purpose.
Equipment
See additional resources document for details of equipment required for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Exploration of objects
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Lengthens and shortens when it is pushed or pulled.
Has levers that move at right angles to each other.
Has two pairs of levers that move in the same way.
Creates an output opposite to the input.
Creates an output in the same direction as the input.
Exit quiz
6 Questions
How an interactive piece will move
The person using the book
What the book is designed to do (eg, entertain, educate)
The book itself
What the book is made from