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This series of five 'Alarms' lessons based for Year 4 gives your class the chance to experiment with circuits and switches before taking on the challenge of designing, making and evaluating their own alarm systems for a particular purpose. Will they be guarding diamonds, apprehending burglars or improving fire security?! The choice is theirs...

With lesson plans, slides, activity ideas, differentiated worksheets, Picture Cards, Challenge Cards and more, these 'Alarms' lessons will make your DT teaching alarmingly simple!

 

Lesson 1: Systems & Switches

The first lesson in this series gets your class thinking about how many different kinds of alarm systems there are and what they are used for before going on to study different kinds of switches, such as tilt, push-to-make and push-to-break switches.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Differentiated worksheets
  • Scenario cards
  • Picture cards
  • Worksheet

Lesson 2: Switched

This practical lesson challenges your class to investigate ways of making a variety of different switches, as well as allowing them to become more familiar with the various components of a circuit to gather ideas for use in their own alarm circuits and switches.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Challenge cards

Lesson 3: Designs

Using what they have learnt about circuits and switches, this lesson gives your class the chance to design and plan their own alarm systems for a particular purpose.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Differentiated worksheets
  • Checklist

Lesson 4: Buzzzzz

Let your class loose with wires, batteries and buzzers as they create their very own alarm systems based on their designs.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Checklist

Lesson 5: Evaluation

The final lesson in this series provides a variety of different opportunities for your class to evaluate their finished alarm systems and discuss and comment on the work of others.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Differentiated worksheets
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This series of five 'Alarms' lessons based for Year 4 gives your class the chance to experiment with circuits and switches before taking on the challenge of designing, making and evaluating their own alarm systems for a particular purpose. Will they be guarding diamonds, apprehending burglars or improving fire security?! The choice is theirs...

With lesson plans, slides, activity ideas, differentiated worksheets, Picture Cards, Challenge Cards and more, these 'Alarms' lessons will make your DT teaching alarmingly simple!

 

Lesson 1: Systems & Switches

The first lesson in this series gets your class thinking about how many different kinds of alarm systems there are and what they are used for before going on to study different kinds of switches, such as tilt, push-to-make and push-to-break switches.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Differentiated worksheets
  • Scenario cards
  • Picture cards
  • Worksheet

Lesson 2: Switched

This practical lesson challenges your class to investigate ways of making a variety of different switches, as well as allowing them to become more familiar with the various components of a circuit to gather ideas for use in their own alarm circuits and switches.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Challenge cards

Lesson 3: Designs

Using what they have learnt about circuits and switches, this lesson gives your class the chance to design and plan their own alarm systems for a particular purpose.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Differentiated worksheets
  • Checklist

Lesson 4: Buzzzzz

Let your class loose with wires, batteries and buzzers as they create their very own alarm systems based on their designs.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Checklist

Lesson 5: Evaluation

The final lesson in this series provides a variety of different opportunities for your class to evaluate their finished alarm systems and discuss and comment on the work of others.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Differentiated worksheets

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