Future housing 

The final unit of work is based on the future and what pupils thought future houses will look like.  Pupils were asked to compile mood boards (using Seesaw) to gather ideas on houses of the future.  Next pupils designed a 3d plan using Tinkercad (pupils in Years 3 and 4 used Minecraft.)

Pupils were then asked to plan how they were going to build a model of their design - noting measurements and scale on their plan. 

Once the plans were complete pupils were asked to build a model of their design using balsa wood.  We had planned to use circuits to 'light up' their models, but due to time constraints pupils used the electrical circuits separately. 

Possible activities 

•  Building of the future

• Green buildings

• 3d building Tinkercad

• Minecraft – to design building

• Lego Spike/Microbit to use coding as part of build (electrical conductors)

• Electricity – circuits to light up house

• Build a model using bolsa wood 

Expressive Arts

• Design a model - building of the future 

• Build model from plans 

Literacy 

• Vocabulary – materials, structures, angles, electricity, coding

• See Think Wonder sheet  - children encouraged to 'Talk like a scientist (page 23) https://exchange.voice21.org/app/uploads/2023/11/Talk-like-a.-disciplinary-oracy-booklet.pdf 

Numeracy

• Scale ration of building

• 2d shapes

• 3d shapes 

• Measure 

DCF

• Tinkercad (3d building design)

• Minecraft

Resources

• https://exchange.voice21.org/app/uploads/2023/11/Talk-like-a.-disciplinary-oracy-booklet.pdf 

• Microbit

Electrical conductors | micro:bit (microbit.org)