Plan and make an interactive book
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan and make a page for an interactive book.
Key learning points
- Design specifications are used to plan products.
- Linkages need to be cut and shaped accurately.
- Linkages need to be joined accurately.
Keywords
Function - what a product should do
Performance - how a product will work
Movement - action created by a force (push or pull)
Shaping - changing a material with or without cutting
Common misconception
Cutting and shaping are not the same.
Cutting can be a form of shaping.
Teacher tip
Cereal boxes are an ideal way to add reinforcement to the card or as the card backing for the interactive book. Encourage children to consider how the linkage will be embedded within the page of the interactive book.
Equipment
Card, printed templates (if required), split pins, sticky tack, pencil, scissors, card backing/cereal box, ruler.
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - equipment
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
5 Questions
Q1.A good way to get the users' views, needs and wants is through ...
Q2.Match these words to their meanings.
the motion used to start a mechanism
the motion created by the input
an intended function or result
an item designed to be used
Q3.Can you match these linkages to their description?
parallel linkage
reverse motion linkage
bell crank
Q4.After user research interviews, the designer will complete a design ...
Q5.Which of these linkages has a lever that moves at right angles to each other?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the performance of a product?
Q2.Can you match the words to their definition?
created by a force (push or pull)
how a product will work
what a product should do
changing a material with or without cutting
Q3.Which linkage shows the output being opposite to the input?
Q4.Why does the pivot hole need to be accurate?
Q5.Which of these is a way of shaping card?
Q6.By accidentally changing the shape of a linkage when you cut it, this could affect its ...
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