| FIRST LEVEL | TECHNOLOGIES | |
| Experiences and Outcomes | Benchmarks | |
| Organiser – Craft, Design, Engineering and Graphics | Recognises and identifies different engineering disciplines.
Builds a solution to a specific task, which has moving parts. |
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| Application of Engineering | ||
| I explore and discover engineering disciplines and can create solutions
TCH 1-12a Links to: TCH 1-09a & TCH 1-10a Literacy & English – Listening & Talking – Creating Texts LIT 1-10a Science – Planet Earth – Energy Sources & Sustainability SCN 1-04a, Forces, Electricity & Waves – Forces SCN 1-07a, SCN 1-08a, Electricity SCN 1-09a |
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| Through play & a variety of experiences across my learning, I can/am able to | Through play & a variety of experiences across my learning, I can/am able to | Through play & a variety of experiences across my learning, I can/am able to |
| Explore moving (mechanical) toys & objects & share my thoughts about how they work. | Design & create an object which has simple moving parts such as levers or wheels i.e. learning about mechanical engineering. | Study circuit boards, bulbs, buzzers & switches in the world around me i.e. learning about electrical engineering.
Contribute to the creation of a simple electrical circuit. |
| Make simple structures using construction kits & natural & man-made objects & appliances & share my thoughts about how they work. | Help to design & build a strong, stable structure indoors or out using the materials available i.e. learning about structural engineering. | Explore & apply my understanding of everyday engineering problems by building & making things which solve specific problems such as: how to balance a see-saw; how to make tall structures stable; how to build strong bridges or containers, etc. |
| Explore electronic toys, objects & appliances & share my thoughts about how they work.
Explore how water & air can make things move. |
Apply my knowledge of water & wind power to design & make an object which moves or travels i.e. learning about the role of power in engineering – hydraulic & pneumatic. | Design & create a solution to a given problem by applying my knowledge to include moving parts. |
| Say that machines & structures are designed by engineers & begin to talk about different kinds of engineering e.g. mechanical, electrical, structural, etc. | Give examples of how different types of engineering affect our lives. | Identify whether objects & structures would have been designed & made by mechanical, electrical & structural engineers. |
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