Structures
Year 4 - DT - Spring
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Core Learning
Core Learning
Design and make a pavilion
Design
•Designing a stable pavilion structure that is aesthetically pleasing and selecting materials to create a desired effect.
• Building frame structures designed to support weight.
Make
• Creating a range of different shaped frame structures.
• Making a variety of free standing frame structures of different shapes and sizes.
• Selecting appropriate materials to build a strong structure and cladding.
• Reinforcing corners to strengthen a structure.
• Creating a design in accordance with a plan.
• Learning to create different textural effects with materials.
Evaluate
• Evaluating structures made by the class.
• Describing what characteristics of a design and construction made it the most effective.
• Considering effective and ineffective design.
Technical Knowledge
•To understand what a frame structure is.
• To know that a ‘free-standing’ structure is one which can stand on its own.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
3D shapes
Cladding
Design criteria
Innovative
Natural
Reinforce
Structure
What came before?
What came before?
In Year 3, the children explored creating special features and constructed a range of 3D shapes from nets when designing and making castles.
What comes after?
What comes after?
In Year 5, the children will explore different types of bridge and use triangles to design and create truss bridges that span a given distance and support load.
Useful Resources
Useful Resources
Y4 Structures-Pavilions.pdfPage updated
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