Objectives:         Students will be able to understand how design ideas are transitioned from idea to product by developing plans and selecting appropriate materials and tools.

 

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 picture 1 - birdhouse.  Discussion about the materials used, why, tools, plans.  Develop concept map.

• Stimulus website - basic plan design of a birdhouse.  Discuss the features, what materials, tools, etc required.  What do plans tell us?

• Demonstrate putting together a cardboard prototype of a birdhouse according to a design plan.

• Group work - each group given design plan and build their own cardboard prototype. 

• Group work - each group given a different birdhouse stimulus picture.  Groups to list materials, tools and draw a design plan of the birdhouse.

• Groups to work with newspaper and cardboard to see if they can replicate the birdhouse.

• Discuss group findings with whole class - what worked, what didn’t, why, improvements.

• Reflection - recap of vocabulary, new learnings and understandings

   

Resources:

• Whiteboard / butchers paper, pens.

• Selection of photos eg: grass huts, skyscraper buildings, bridges, plastic bags, umbrellas, ugg boots, etc.

• Stimulus picture 1 - birdhouse

• Concept map

• Stimulus website - design of a birdhouse

• Design plan

• Birdhouse stimulus picture

• Cardboard, sticky tape, sissors, glue