Generate ideas through talking and 2D drawing

Design and technology

Bridges

Creating bridge collages

Exploring bridge structures

Reinforcing bridge structures

Making a bridge structure

Develop and finish a bridge

Testing bridge structures

This unit introduces pupils to structures. It focuses on bridge building and introduces cutting, folding, and joining techniques. Pupils make their own bridges, applying their knowledge of structure design.

Frame structures: bridges

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Use of equipment that may require supervision for safety, e.g. scissors in KS1, needles, paint, knives, cooking.

A {{}} structure is a hollow shape, like a box.

list of things you will make your design from

something special that is one of its kind

What shape can you fold paper into to make it strong?

To make something freestanding it needs a __________ base.

What do we call it when we make something stronger?

Match the user, needs and purpose to the correct answers.

Starter Quiz

To make something freestanding it needs a __________ base.