Objectives:         Students will be able to understand the relationship of tools and materials and how design templates are used for making a particular object.

 

Teaching and learning sequence:

• Activate prior knowledge - everyday materials - what are they and what do we use them for?

• Class discussion and revisit word wall of vocabulary - why are certain materials used for certain purposes?

• Stimulus video - paper planes.  Discussion about the materials used, why, tools, plans. 

• Demonstrate putting together a basic paper plane and flying.  Class discussion on what materials, tools, design used.  Did it work?  Why/why not?  Suggested improvments - materials, tools, design?

• Group work - online research on paper plane designs.

• Groups to work with different materials to design their best paper plane - Criteria = fly the longest distance.

• Design, Predict, Test, Improve.

• Whole class paper plane flying contest.

• Discuss activity with whole class - what worked, what didn’t, why, possible improvements, other factors?

• Reflection - recap of vocabulary, new learnings and understandings

   

   

Resources:

• Whiteboard / butchers paper, pens.

• Stimulus video:  Paper planes

• Design ideas video:  Paper plane design

• Student Resource:  Paper plane designs

• Cardboard, sticky tape, sissors, glue.

 

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