This jungle-themed Sliders and Levers KS1 DT scheme of work contains six ready-to-teach lessons where your class will learn how to make three different mechanisms to create their own moving jungle animal pictures!

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#TheCompleteSeries6lessons

Your KS1 children will explore how to construct a sliding mechanism, a lever and pivot mechanism, and finally a wheel mechanism, before applying their knowledge and understanding to design and make a moving jungle animal picture for an author who is writing a book about jungle animals!

This jungle-themed Sliders and Levers KS1 planning pack includes detailed lesson plans, engaging and informative PDF slide shows for the teaching input, and differentiated worksheets and activity ideas to suit a range of abilities within your class.

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#Lesson1SlidingMechanism

In this first Mechanisms KS1 lesson, children will find out what a sliding mechanism is, and how it can be used to make a simple moving picture.

They will then explore the sliding mechanism themselves in their independent activities, making a variety of simple moving pictures with different jungle animals using the resources provided.

This first Mechanisms KS1 lesson includes an easy-to-follow plan, a set of informative PDF slides for the teaching input, as well as differentiated activity ideas and a range of engaging, printable resources.

#Lesson2LeversandPivots

To begin this Levers KS1 lesson, children are shown a moving picture that uses a lever and pivot mechanism, and are challenged to explain how they think it works.

As a class, children will then explore and discuss how it has been made, looking at how to hide the lever at the back of a picture too. Children then use the resources provided to create their own moving pictures of jungle animals using the lever and pivot mechanism.

A detailed plan, a set of engaging slides, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources are all included in this Levers KS1 Lesson Pack.

#Lesson3WheelMechanism

In this lesson, children are shown a third way in which to make a moving picture by creating a wheel mechanism.

They will be encouraged to discuss how it works together as a class, before having the chance to practise making their own moving jungle animal pictures using the wheel mechanism with the resources provided.

This Jungle Animals KS1 DT lesson pack comes with an easy-to-follow plan, a set of slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources.

#Lesson4DesigningaMovingPicture

In this lesson, children will apply what they have learnt about the three different types of moving mechanisms to design their own moving jungle animal picture for an author who is creating a children’s book about jungle animals.

Children are encouraged to think carefully about their design, including choosing the animal and background, the type of mechanism they will use, and the equipment they will need.

A detailed plan, a set of engaging slides, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources are all included in this Sliders and Levers KS1 Lesson Pack.

#Lesson5MakingaMovingPicture

In this lesson, your class will use their knowledge and understanding of the mechanisms they have looked at in previous lessons to make their own moving picture.

Children are encouraged to look at their design from the previous lesson and think carefully about the mechanism they are going to make, the equipment they will need, and the order of work, before beginning to create their moving picture.

This Jungle Animals KS1 DT lesson pack comes with a detailed plan, an engaging set of slides, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources.

#Lesson6EvaluatingaMovingPicture

In this final lesson, children will evaluate their completed moving jungle animal picture.

After beginning to discuss some evaluative questions with a partner and the class, children will then continue this self-assessment in their independent activities.

Everything you need for this final Moving Jungle Animals KS1 DT lesson is included in the pack - an easy-to-follow plan, an engaging slideshow, as well as differentiated activity ideas and resources.

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Curriculum Objectives covered

• generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through talking, drawing, templates, mock-ups and, where appropriate, information and communication technology.
• select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing]
• select from and use a wide range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their characteristics
• evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria
• explore and use mechanisms [for example, levers, sliders, wheels and axles], in their products