Working with Products and Applications at Key Stages One and Two

This collection includes five trial units of work developed by the Nuffield Foundation to support their Primary Solutions resource. Each unit within this collection includes lesson by lesson teaching guidance, a listing of new vocabulary, a description of links to other subjects and full details of resource requirements.

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Products and Applications at Key Stage One: Some Small Tasks for Looking At Hats

One of the trial units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology. In this unit, children explore when and why hats are worn: as parts of uniforms or for protection, for example.

Children also begin...

Products and Applications at Key Stage Two: a Small Task Looking At Containers

One of the trial units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology. In this unit, children examine containers of varying sorts, their contents and why they are the shape they are - everyday items.

Use questions to guide the students' thinking about the purpose and possible uses for a number...

Products and Applications at Key Stage Two: Finding Out about Products

One of the trial units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology. In this unit, teachers can examine what children already know about a particular sort of product, some of the values they have with regard to the product and set the scene for them to find out more.

Products and Applications at Key Stage Two: a Collection of Small Tasks for Looking At Simple Tools

One of the trial units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology. In this unit, children examine different every day tools, such as potato peelers. The aim of the task is to examine how a number of tools are used and consider how they could be designed differently.

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