Design & Technology · Year 1

Build It Strong!

🛠️ Design & TechnologyEasy9 min

Story time 📖

Tap play and I''ll read this lesson to you like a story.

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🏗️ Have you a with and it ? we are to out how make things so they do not over! We will and make our very own .

A is that is to a or a . , and are all . A be to do its job or .

🌉 The in in its . are one of the in because they and do not !

We can make in . We can the to make it . We can use like and . We can using , or .

What to doWhy it works
Fold the materialFolding makes card stiffer
Use strong shapesTriangles and tubes spread the weight
Join pieces carefullyTape, glue and tabs hold parts firmly
Three ways to make a structure stronger

🗂️ Sort these into things that HELP a structure stay strong and things that make it WEAK 💪😬

  • Folding the card into a tube

  • Using a triangle shape

  • Joining pieces with tape

  • Leaving a big flat sheet with no folds

  • Using pieces that are too thin and bendy

  • Sticking pieces with just one tiny dot of glue

Now it is to ! A about who will use the and what it needs to do. Then they a before they . This and . 📝

✏️ When you your , the . or ask an to like ' here' or ' with . A you your when you !

🧩 Put the steps for making a structure in the correct order! 🔢

  1. Test and evaluate — does it work?
  2. Join the pieces together carefully
  3. Cut and fold your card pieces
  4. Draw and label your design
  5. Think about what your structure needs to do

After you make your , you it. That you if it . Ask : Is it ? Does it do the job? What could be ? their and about . 🔍

Good designers go round this loop to make their structures better and better.

✂️ ! When you use , cut from your and . Ask a for if the too or to cut .

🃏 Test yourself on these key Design and Technology words! Flip each card 🃏

Tap each card to see the answer.

Quiz time! 📝

Build It Strong! — Quick Quiz 🏗️

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Which is one of the to use in a ?

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