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Design and Technology - Ideas
If you want to make a tasty sandwich, first you must decide what to put in it.

Design and Technology - Ideas

This KS1 Design and Technology quiz helps children think about ideas, planning, making and improving simple products.

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Fascinating Fact:

A good design idea should help solve a problem or make something useful.

In KS1 Design and Technology, children learn how to think of ideas, choose materials and make simple products. This topic helps pupils understand how designs can be planned, tested and improved.

  • Design: A plan or idea for making something.
  • Material: What something is made from, such as card, fabric, wood or plastic.
  • Product: Something that has been made for people to use.
What is Design and Technology for KS1 children?

Design and Technology helps KS1 children learn how to plan, make, test and improve simple things using different tools and materials.

What skills do children learn in KS1 Design and Technology?

Children learn skills such as drawing plans, choosing materials, joining parts, using simple tools safely and talking about what they have made.

Why do pupils test and improve their work in Design and Technology?

Pupils test and improve their work to check whether it works well, feels safe to use and matches what they wanted to make.

1 .
Harry is going to make a bridge for his toy cars. His teacher says; ‘First you need an idea, then you need to do a design. After that you need to build the bridge. Then you need to test it. All the steps have to be .....’
In any order
In the wrong order
In the right order
All mixed up
So, what is the first thing Harry needs to do?
2 .
What is Harry’s idea?
It would be fun to have a bridge for my toy cars
Bridges are big things
I have a lot of toy cars
My toy cars can go very fast
Harry starts with the idea of a bridge, so he can have more fun playing with his toy cars
3 .
Which of these will Harry need to think about?
How long will the bridge be?
What will the bridge be made from?
What colour will the bridge be?
All three of these things
There are lots of things Harry will need to think about - can you think of any more?
4 .
Harry draws a plan of his bridge on a piece of paper. Harry is _________ his bridge.
Making
Colouring
Testing
Designing
Can you draw a design for Harry’s bridge?
5 .
Harry decides to _____ his bridge from three pieces of wood.
Sew
Cook
Heat
Build
What would you use to build Harry’s bridge?
6 .
Harry has to cut the pieces of wood. What does he use to cut the pieces of wood?
A trowel
A needle
A saw
A glue-stick
Harry has to cut the pieces of wood to just the right length. How can he measure their length?
7 .
Harry tests his bridge. Unfortunately, the bridge falls down. What should Harry do?
Give up
Go outside and play
Improve his design
Throw a tantrum
Not everything works first time!
8 .
What do we call someone who comes up with lots of practical ideas?
A lawyer
An inventor
A singer
A presenter
Do you know the names of any inventors? What did they invent?
9 .
Sunil has had an idea for a really tasty sandwich. What should he do first?
Eat the sandwich
Decide what to put in it
Make the sandwich
Wash the plate after he has eaten the sandwich
Sunil needs to get everything in the right order
10 .
Mark is going to make a bag for his Mum. Mark has had an idea. He has drawn a design for the bag. What should Mark do next?
Give the bag to his Mum
Finish sewing the bag
Choose a material to make the bag
Take the bag home
What material would you use to make a bag?
Author:  David Bland (Former Physics Teacher, KS1 Science & Geography Quiz Writer)

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