Becoming an inventor

Topics Reception/Year 1

Objectives

Art and Design

  • Use drawing to develop and share their ideas.

Design and Technology

  • Design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users based on design criteria.
  • Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through talking, drawing, templates, mock-ups and, where appropriate, information and communication technology.
  • Evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria.

Lesson Planning

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Provided Resources

  • Sample tender acceptance letter
  • Da Vinci’s technical drawings
  • The Wright brothers’ technical drawings

You Will Need

  • Invention process chart (see session 1)
  • Drawing equipment, including 2B pencils and good-quality paper
  • A range of junk resources
  • Various types of fixing

Weblinks

There are no weblinks needed for this session.