Torches (Lower Key Stage 2)

Design Brief: Design and make a ‘hands-free’ headlamp for someone walking their dog at night.
Strand of Learning: Structures, Materials & Mechanical Systems
Overview: In this unit of work children are given the opportunity to apply their learning of simple electrical circuits to create a torch product. Using a range of electrical components they create a hand torch. In this unit children are taught how cut-away drawings can help to understand how a product has been made and functions. They then use this knowledge to create an authentic ‘hands-free’ headlamp product for somebody who walks their dog at night. Having made their product and thinking about the appeal to the intended client, children design a poster to market their product.

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Medium Term Planning includes:

Children will know:

The difference between a design brief and design specifications.
Design specifications describe how a product should be made, how it works or what it should do.
There can be a range of people and places that can be clients for a product.
Rules and procedures for keeping themselves safe when making products.
The properties of materials that they are working with and how these determine the tools and techniques that they use.
What different components of a system do and how these can be incorporated into their product to make them work.
When evaluating products, it is important to use the design brief and the design specifications as a guide.
Stories about iconic designs and designers that have helped to shape the world in which we live.

Materials

That products are made of materials that are chosen because of their properties.

Electrical Systems

Components of an electric product such as a switch, battery, motors, and buzzer,
The importance of a complete circuit when using a series circuit.
Electrical circuits are used in products to make them work.

Children will know how to:

Designing Skills

Generate ideas for a product, considering its purpose and who the client is.
Design a product that meets client’s needs and the design brief.
Use design specifications as a guide to the making process.
List the design features that will appeal to the client.
Communicate and draw out their designs using three-dimensional techniques such as ‘crating’ and isometric drawing.
Follow instructions to ensure that they work safely.
Select suitable tools, equipment, materials, and components for the task.
Measure, mark out, cut and shape materials with increasing accuracy.
Select and apply a finishing technique to create a quality product.
List the ways in which a finished product meets the design specifications.

Materials

Electrical Systems