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A guide to supporting teachers to deliver the Smoky Homes project.
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Smoky Homes
Smoky Homes is an exciting NEW Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) project for primary aged pupils.
Years: 5, 6
Duration: 240mins
Curriculum Objectives: 5
Subjects: D&T, Science
Resource Overview
This project offers opportunities for pupils to work in groups to:
- Engage with a range of images and videos that introduce the context and people of Nepal
- Design and model their ideas for improved cook stoves and/or stove hoods.
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Curriculum Objectives
- Evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work
- Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design
- Investigate and analyse a range of existing products
- Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups
- Year 5 (Age 9-10)
- Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda.
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