Technology - The Plan Week 3 and 4
Term 3 Week 3 and 4
WALT find a problem and design something that helps to solve the problem.
Success Criteria:
- Have multiple ideas to solve a problem.
- Listen to other people's ideas and think about how they might work.
- Describe the positives and negatives of your own and other peoples ideas.
- Collaborate in a group to make decisions and add onto each other's ideas.
So What!
Now that we know what our problem is what are we going to do about it?
Brainstorm your ideas.
Make a Coggle to brainstorm your ideas.
Collect Ideas.
Each class makes a list of ideas.
Presenting your PMI
Each class chooses a few groups to share their solution with their pod. As a pod we will chooses 3 or 4 ideas to think about further.
Making a decision.
Choose one of the solutions, discuss what it would be like to carry out that idea using the six thinking hats. Make a copy and Fill out the form and post it to seesaw.
Making a design
In your group make a plan for your design.
It needs to have:
- A list of materials needed.
- How it will be attached.
- What it will look like.
- How it will be used.
Making a model
Now that you have your plan your job is to make a model.
- Make a model out of paper.
Reflect: What changes do you need to make to your plan? Will the shapes that you have designed work?
2. Testing materials.
We need to decide what materials we are going to make our product out of. What something that is:
- durable
- attractive
- user friendly
- Waterproof (if appropriate)
Test materials and fill in the form and post it to Seesaw. Write a report on what you found out about the materials.
Reflect: What changes do you need to make to your plan? What materials are you going to make your final product out of?
Reading Activity Week 3
Building a Wharenui
Reading Level: Year 5
Edition: Connected No. 02 Structure
Year: 2011
Pages: 10 - 19
1) Read the story.
2) Write down all the steps they went through in planning and building a wharenui, from start to finish.
3) What steps will we use that are same in the making our product? What steps do they go through that we don't? Why not?
How to Wear a PET
Edition: Connected No. 01
Year: 1999
Pages: 20 - 24
1) Read the story.
2) Answer the questions.
3) Imagine there was a machine that made your product. Draw a design and explain all the steps the materials would have to go through.
Down the Drain
Edition: Connected No. 02 Taking Action
Year: 2017
Pages: 2-8
1) Read the story.
2)
Whales and Maori Tradition
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Whales and Kauri Disease
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Reading Activity Week 4
Read More Than a Box
Reading Level: Year 5
Edition: Connected No. 02 Structure
Year: 2011
Pages: 20-28
1) Read the story.
2) Write down all the problems that they thought of when designing the building and the design features that they added in to solve the problems.