Key Stage One : Design Technology : Scarecrows : Lesson Six – Testing Scarecrows


This design technology teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to test and evaluate completed garden scarecrow models against selected success criteria. The children can suggest improvements to materials added to their completed models so that they can scare birds away in a garden.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to test and evaluate completed garden scarecrow models against selected success criteria

Learning Objectives

Assemble, join and combine materials and components. Identify what they could have done differently or how they could improve their work in the future.

Learning Outcomes

I can say how I joined materials to make a model. I can say how I could improve a model by adding new features or using different materials.

Testing Scarecrows

Teaching sequence to help the children test and evaluate completed garden scarecrow models against selected success criteria

Changing Scarecrows

Display posters for whole class discussion to help the children identify different ways of changing a built model to match selected success criteria

Scarecrow Testing

Template to help the children assess completed scarecrow models against selected success criteria using a graph to indicate evaluations

Testing Scarecrows

Interactive activity to help the children test and evaluate completed garden scarecrow models against selected success criteria

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to test and evaluate completed garden scarecrow models against selected success criteria

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