Feedback and evaluation about materials and systems
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can test and improve my moving greetings card.
Key learning points
- Feedback from our peers can help us improve our projects.
- Evaluating our work can help us improve future projects.
Keywords
Feedback - comments about products
Constructive - improve something by giving helpful advice
Evaluation - checking how good something is and how to make it better
Common misconception
Feedback has got to be positive.
Feedback can be positive and negative comments, which help the designer to constructively gain ideas for future projects.
Teacher tip
Try having discussion about strategies to giving positive and negative feedback in an appropriate manner prior to this part of the lesson – links to RSHE.
Equipment
Worksheet, pencils
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - equipment
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Why do we put cards in envelopes?
Q2.Match the keyword to the definition.
building something
looking after something
taking something apart and seeing how it works
a practical way of doing something
Q3.The envelope should be __________ the greetings card.
Q4.To neatly join the sides of the envelope, we could use ...
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What does the word 'font' mean?
Q2.Feedback helps designers to ...
Q3.Match the keywords to definitions.
comments about products
improve something by giving helpful advice
checking how good something is and how to make it better
Q4.Evaluations are a brilliant way to capture other people's ideas, but more importantly the views of the ...
To help you plan your 2 design and technology lesson on: Feedback and evaluation about materials and systems, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 2 design and technology lesson on: Feedback and evaluation about materials and systems, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 1 design and technology lessons from the Levers and sliders: moving cards unit, dive into the full primary design and technology curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.