Knowledge

• Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design.
• Select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately.
• Select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities.
• Understand and use mechanical systems in their products [for example, gears, pulleys, cams, levers and linkages]

Project

• Eggy Challenge: Catapults - Pupils will make catapults using their knowledge of pulleys and levers to create mechanisms to fire their egg the furthest.
• Practical Action: Pulley system – Create a pulley system that could carry tomatoes from point to point. Focuses on the challenge people in Nepal face as they transport their crops down mountains to the market.