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KeyStage2
NatioNalCurriCulum: / D&T:Useresearchanddevelopdesigncriteriatoinformthedesignofinnovative,functional,appealingproductsthatarefitforpurpose.
teaChiNgobjeCtives: / TocreatetheTimeMachinemodeltobeusedintheI.C.T.shortanimationoftheTimeTravellers’“documentary”.
resourCes: / BIC® KidsPlastidecor® colouringcrayons,polystyreneball,smallwoodensticks(skewers),maskingtape,paperclips,string,blacksugarpaper
WholeClass:
Beforethelesson,preparetheworkspacebyplacingallresourcesinthecentreoftables.Ensureyouhaveenoughpolystyreneballsforatleastonebetween(numberexpectedineachgroup)children.Watchanystarterclipsyouhavechosentoinspire.
Explainthattheobjectiveistomakeatimemachineforashortanimationshowinghowthetimetravellersarrivedandwhattheyfound.
Discusshowthepatterningforthesurfaceswaschosentoallowthetimemachinetohoverandobservethedinosaurswithoutbeingdetectedandwillthereforehaveasimilarsurfacetexture,patternandcolour.
Demonstratehowtomakeeachpiece,howtopatternitssurface,andhowitwillbeputtogetheroncethepiecesarecomplete.
easy/medium/hard:
Groupsmustmakeanddecoratethetimemachine,coveringthesurfaceoftheblacksugarpaperpiecesforeachcomponentofthetimemachinepuzzle.Premadenetsofcubesandpyramidscanalsobedecorated.
Twistthepiecesintocones,fixthesmallwoodensticks(skewers)inplace,andthenattachthepiecestothemaintimemachine.Thecubesandpyramids,whenassembled,willbesecuredtothetopandbottom.
PleNary: / Bringpartsoftheproducttogetherandshowthefinishedmodel/shunginfrontofthebackdrop.Explainthatshouldthefilmmakerplanadisintegrationofthetimemachine,orabringingtogetherofthepiecesfortheirfilm,itisnowpossiblewiththismodel.
outComes: / Childrenwillhavemadeatimemachinemodelreadyfor
a)displayandb)inspiringthefilmmakingclass.
Thetimemachineismadeupofabout50decoratedpiecesofblacksugarpaper,aboutA5size.Thesearethentwistedintocones,awoodenskewerisfixedinsideandthenputintoasmallpolystyreneball.Thisisthensuspendedin frontofaspacebackdrop.
Markmakingisusedtopatterntheblacksugarpaper,somethatareonshowandavailabletocopyandothersfrom imagination.

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