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How aeroplanes work

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Beyond Living Memory: Commemorating History The First Aeroplane Flight

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Objectives

Science

  • Perform simple tests, using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions.

Design and Technology

  • Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing.

Lesson Planning

Sally has a question: How can a huge aeroplane full of passengers fly in the sky? Read Planes by Fiona Patchett and begin to understand how planes can actually fly.

Teaching Objectives
To have some understanding about how a plane flies through experimenting.
To follow instructions to make a paper aeroplane.

Children will:

  • Begin to understand how a plane can fly.
  • Know parts of a plane.
  • Take part in experiments.
  • Make paper aeroplanes and helicopters.

Provided Resources

This session does not need any provided resources.

You Will Need

  • Planes by Fiona Patchett
  • Paper and card for making aeroplanes and helicopters

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