NAAIDT: NAAIDT Project Exchange: Mechanisms Picture Books

Mechanisms Picture Books
St.Benedicts Junior School, Ealing, London
Submitted by: Miss Jan Mckenzie - DT Co-Ordinator

Reception	Whole Class Project	Resistant Materials	Engineering
KS1	Individual Project	Graphics	CADCAM
KS2	Short Task	Food	Catering
KS3	Research and Investigation	Textiles	Fashion
KS4	Enterprise activity	ICT	Electronics
Post 16	Product Analysis	Systems and Control	Structures
Embedding ICT in DT

Lesson Context
Learn about mechanisms, paper engineering, role of illustrators and graphic designers

Resources Needed
3D Books
Construction materials - card, paper, glue, mags (collage)
Worksheets, sketchbooks

Teacher Preparation
Make worksheets for learning new skills at start of project
3D books to dissassemble, ones to look at/touch
Display of books, cues, helpsheets, key words

Project Brief
Design and make a 4 page(min) book with at least 3 types of mechanisms, either Nursery Rhyme, Joke or Poem book for a Yr.1 class, considering page layout and text/image. Use ICT to design format/graphics.

Design and Manufacture
1. Pop-Up books to dissassemble to understand mechanisms
2. Make a pop-up, sliding, lever, rotary movement/mechanism
3. Research content of text
4. Plan composition in storyboard format
5. Use ICT to manipulate text size/position, font style/colour
6. Add graphics to illustrate the story
7. Laminate/bind, display in library, trial in Yr. 1 class

Expected Outcomes
All pupils will make a book demonstrating their knowledge and understanding of mechsnisms

Pages from 4 of the 53 books on display in our library

Differentiation
Some pupils will make a book with more pages, several mechnanisms on each page
Some will need more asistance with making moving parts
Using craft knife to help with making
ICT skills will be developed further using text direction/text boxes

Classroom Organisation
Lots of different activities at one time as pupils develop at own pace, some on computer in class, some using 3D books. Each table with different activity but various abilities.

Additional Information
Use QCA and DATA lesson plans
Source pop-up books from charity shops/cheap book shops to take apart.
Worth spending time on planning and illustrations
Laminating covers, binding and even placing tracing in between pages made books more hard wearing and presentable

Pages from Nursery Rhyme Books (JPEG image)