D&T Wheels and Axles Unit

A complete D&T unit to help teach children about how wheels and axles work. They will be given the opportunity to explore toys that have wheels and see how they move. Afterwards the children will then look at how to make different combinations of wheels and axles. They will finally be then given the task to design and make a product using the skills that they have just learnt.

The units are designed to be adaptable so that you can change the product that you would like the children to produce to fit in with the topics that you teach. The intended knowledge document allow easy assessment throughout the unit to track children’s progress.