#TheCompleteSeries6lessons
With lesson plans, informative slides for the teaching input, differentiated worksheets, Help Sheets and much, much more, these Year 1 'Moving Pictures' lessons provide everything you need to teach this exciting and creative scheme of work.
#Lesson1SlidingMechanisms
The first lesson in this series starts by giving your class the chance to look at a variety of storybooks that have moving parts before they go on to explore ways of using sliders to move objects around the page and to make objects appear and disappear.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Template sheet
- Challenge cards
#Lesson2LeversandPivots
This lesson teaches your class about levers and pivots and the different ways in which levers can be used in moving pictures. It then gives your class the chance to explore some of these levers for themselves.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Template sheet
- Challenge cards
#Lesson3WheelMechanisms
This lesson investigates how wheels can be used in moving pictures in different ways before giving your class the fun task of exploring for themselves how to use wheel mechanisms to make certain parts of a picture move.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
#Lesson4PlanandDesign
This lesson allows your class to consolidate all they have learnt about moving mechanisms so that they can design their own moving pictures. With helpful hints and picture ideas, they are sure to come up with some inspiring and creative ideas!
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Story sheets
#Lesson5MakingMovingPictures
Your class will follow their designs in this lesson to make their very own moving pictures! They can put all their knowledge to the test as they use sliders, levers, pivots and wheel mechanisms to create fabulous pictures that move.
Please note that, due to the practical nature of this lesson, worksheets are not necessary and, therefore are not included.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
#Lesson6Evaluation
The final lesson in this series gives your class the opportunity to show off their finished moving pictures as they share their work with the rest of the class and evaluate their own and others' finished products.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Question cards
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Curriculum Objectives covered
- KS1 - design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users based on design criteria
- KS1 - generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through talking, drawing, templates, mock-ups and, where appropriate, information and communication technology.
- KS1 - select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing
- KS1 - select from and use a wide range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their characteristics
- KS1 - explore and evaluate a range of existing products
- KS1 - evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria
- KS1 - explore and use mechanisms [for example, levers, sliders, wheels and axles], in their products
