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The Great Exhibition and presenting museum alarms
I can prepare and host an exhibition of work.
- Year 6
The Great Exhibition and presenting museum alarms
I can prepare and host an exhibition of work.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The Great Exhibition in 1851 was a an international celebration of inventions and designs from around the world.
- An exhibition is a celebration of work.
- Designers need to be able to explain how their product works.
- Designers need to be able to explain how their product was designed and made.
Keywords
Exhibition - a place to show things for people to see
Great Exhibition - the first international exhibition held in London in 1851
Common misconception
Exhibiting final products should always produce positive feedback.
By exhibiting our designs we can find out how to improve the products further.
To help you plan your year 6 design and technology lesson on: The Great Exhibition and presenting museum alarms, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 6 design and technology lesson on: The Great Exhibition and presenting museum alarms, 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 2 design and technology lessons from the Systems and control: sensor alarms unit, dive into the full primary design and technology curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Finished shoe box museum gallery alarm prototypes, an exhibition space such as a school hall or even a corridor or classroom, tablets or paper to record feedback responses.
