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Boat building

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Oceans and Seas Boats and Ships

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Objectives

Design and Technology

  • Design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves based on design criteria.
  • Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through talking and drawing.
  • Select from and use a wide range of materials and components, according to their characteristics.
  • Evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria

English

  • Write for different purposes.
  • Use simple punctuation accurately.
  • Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.

Lesson Planning

Design and build a boat, with a power source, to carry a small load.

Teaching Outcomes
 To design and make a boat that will travel quickly, in a straight line and carrying a load.
To write a brief description of their boat design.

Children will:

  • Design a boat with a power source that can float, move in a straight path and carry a small load.
  • Make the boat they have designed using a range of materials and tools.
  • Evaluate and modify their boat design when completed.
  • Write a description of their boat.

Provided Resources

This session does not need any provided resources.

You Will Need

  • Shape sheet 1 (from session 7)
  • Shape sheet 2 (from session 7)
  • Trays of water
  • Small cargo e.g. a rubber
  • Boat-building tools and supplies: Balloons, pens, bendy straws, thin rubber bands, tape, styrofoam containers, rulers, styrofoam, thick card, electrical tape, scissors, glue, corks, coloured paper, toothpicks, beads, small screwdriver, cutting mat, juice or milk cartons, plastic tubing

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