Technologies · Year 3 · Design and Technologies: Making for a Purpose · Extension Unit
Materials, Tools and Sustainability
Students explore the properties of common materials, the tools used to shape them, and the environmental cost of producing and disposing of them.
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Students explore the properties of common materials, the tools used to shape them, and the environmental cost of producing and disposing of them.
Key Questions
- Which materials are best suited to specific jobs in our designs?
- How do tools change what is possible to make safely?
- What happens to a material once we are finished using it?
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