Design & Technology · Year 1

Things That Move

🛠️ 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 and out? 🎉 Or a toy car the ? we are to out how things and make that !

are . They make things , , or . , and are all . They are in of things around you every day! 🔍

MechanismWhat it doesExample
Lever 🪝Lifts or presses downSeesaw, scissors
Slider ↔️Slides backwards and forwardsMoving card, drawer
Wheel 🛞Rolls round and roundToy car, bicycle
Three mechanisms and where you see them

🔗 Match each object to its mechanism! 🎯

  • Seesaw

  • Toy car

  • Moving greetings card

  • Scissors

we will make a . A of through a . When you the , a ! You will it, it and it. Let us go through the . 🛠️

about the . Ask : who is this for? What would make them ? A before you of ! 😊

🧩 Put the design and make steps in the right order! 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣

  1. Evaluate: pull the strip and check it slides smoothly
  2. Make: draw your picture on the strip
  3. Make: thread the strip through the slot
  4. Make: cut a slot in the base card
  5. Design: draw your idea and choose a picture

The steps for making your sliding greetings card.

Be with ! ✂️ cut from your . Ask a for if the is . your of the .

When your is made, it is to . the . Does the ? Does it ? about what and what you could . 🌟

🗂️ Sort these sentences into WORKED WELL or COULD BE BETTER 🗂️

  • The strip slides in and out smoothly

  • The slot is too small so the strip gets stuck

  • The picture appears clearly when pulled

  • The card tore because I cut too close to the edge

  • My user smiled when they saw the moving picture

! 🎊 You have about , and . You and made a . do the thing, make, and . You are like an !

Real engineers repeat this loop: design, make, test and improve.

Quiz time! 📝

Things That Move — Check Your Learning! 🏆

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Which makes and ?

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