Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Revise learning about materials and their properties.
- Work in small groups to design and make a paper bridge to hold a toy car.
- Explain selections and predictions for the success of their bridge.
- Consider the question: what happens if the paper is folded into a concertina shape?
Activities
- Articulate their learning about materials and their properties.
- Work in small groups to design and make a paper bridge to hold a toy car, selecting the paper they think will work best.
- Explain their selections and predictions for the success of their bridge.
Investigation - problem solving
Work in small groups to design and make a paper bridge to hold a toy car, selecting the paper they think will work best.
Vocabulary
Strong, tear, rip, weight, rigidity, flexibility, concertina, material, properties