LED Night Light – KS2

  • Technical Knowledge: complex structure / electrical / computer to program and monitor
  • Suitable for KS2 children

Design

  • 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
  • generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, and computer-aided design

Make

  • select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks, accurately
  • select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities

Evaluate

  • investigate and analyse a range of existing products
  • evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work
  • understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world

Technical knowledge

  • apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures
  • understand and use electrical systems in their products
  • apply their understanding of computing to program, monitor and control their products