Mechanisms: levers and linkages

In this lesson, we will explore a range of mechanisms and how they are made to move. We will think about materials we have at home and how they could be recycled or reused to make mechanisms. We will also introduce you to a design brief, considering how mechanisms could be used to meet the brief. This lesson includes some physical activity and equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.

In this lesson, we will learn about a range of mechanisms and learn how to produce your own. This lesson includes some physical activity and equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.

In this lesson, we will design our own ideas using mechanisms, describing ideas using the correct vocabulary and making sure that it is suitable for our target market. We will present our ideas to other people, gathering their opinions to help us to improve our ideas. This lesson includes some physical activity and equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.

In this lesson, we will develop our ideas further, considering mechanisms that we have learnt about to make a prototype of our developing idea. This lesson includes some physical activity and equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.

In this lesson, we will continue to develop our design ideas. We will learn how to label and annotate our ideas, explaining how it is suitable for our intended users, and how the mechanisms will work. This lesson includes equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.

In this lesson, we will be creating a detailed plan of the stages of making our final product. We will learn how to produce exploded diagrams to show our ideas. This lesson includes equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.

In this lesson, we will be using a range of techniques to begin to draw and make our final idea, trying to join and combine materials with some accuracy. Please note this lesson will require some additional equipment, beyond a pen, pencil or paper, to fully participate. Please see the equipment slide near the start of the lesson video and make sure your child is adequately supervised if equipment is required.

In this lesson, we will continue to make our final idea, beginning to construct it, testing that our mechanisms work and solving problems if they don't. This lesson includes some physical activity and equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.

In this lesson, we will complete the making of our final product, making sure that our product works as we intended it to. This lesson includes some physical activity and equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.

In this lesson, we will evaluate our finished product, identifying strengths and areas that could be developed further. We will consider the views of others in order to improve our work. This lesson includes some physical activity and equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.