Moving Pictures
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This pack includes a complete set of ready-to-teach lessons that together form a coherent scheme of work, written and created by experienced primary teachers.
Each of the lessons within the pack contains:
- An easy-to-follow lesson plan (including plenary and assessment questions)
- An engaging slideshow for the teaching input
- A main activity with three-way differentiation to support adaptive teaching
- An alternative activity for flexibility and choice
- An overview (medium-term plan) showing the scheme contents at a glance
- An assessment grid to track learning and progress
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These fun-filled KS1 Design and Technology 'Moving Pictures' lesson plans for Year 1 will get their imaginations soaring as they think up exciting and inventive ways to bring their pictures to life through a variety of moving mechanisms. They will explore sliders, levers, pivots and wheel mechanisms and how they can be used to make different parts of a picture move.
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.
Sliding Mechanisms
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
Levers and Pivots
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
Wheel Mechanisms
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
Plan and Design
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
Making Moving Pictures
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
Evaluation
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
Medium-Term Plan
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