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Year 3 design and technology

Year 3 design and technology runs to 24 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 7 to 8 in Key Stage 2. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes inflate, expand, deflate, invisible, pneumatic system, input, output, connector, design specification, annotate, evaluate, sketch.

These lessons are written by Oak National Academy, the government-funded curriculum body, and are free to anyone. StudyDen sequences them, marks the answers and keeps the record.

Every Year 3 design and technology lesson

In the order they are taught. 24 lessons.

Pneumatics: moving toys

  1. Make Things Move with Air
  2. Pneumatic Systems: Using Air to Create Movement
  3. Exploring Pneumatic Systems
  4. Develop Ideas Through Annotated Sketches
  5. Plan a Pneumatic System
  6. Make a Pneumatic System
  7. Assemble a Pneumatic Animal: Finishing Your Moving Toy
  8. Evaluate Pneumatic Systems

Shell structures: packaging

  1. Sustainability and Packaging Design
  2. Shell Structures: How Packaging Is Made
  3. Card Functional Properties
  4. Annotated Net Sketches
  5. Assemble Packaging
  6. Strengthen Packaging
  7. Branding Packaging Designs
  8. Promoting Products

2D shapes to 3D products: stationery storage

  1. Fabric Joining Techniques: Threading and Stitching
  2. Testing Fabrics
  3. Fabric Fasteners
  4. Design Specifications and Fabric Selection
  5. Fabric Patterns and Seam Allowance
  6. Using Stationery Storage Product Patterns
  7. Assemble a Stationery Storage Product
  8. Fabric Decorative Techniques

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Common questions

What does Year 3 design and technology cover?
Year 3 design and technology runs to 24 lessons across a 36 week year, covering inflate, expand, deflate, invisible, pneumatic system, input and more.
How many design and technology lessons are in Year 3?
24 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 3?
Children in Year 3 are 7 to 8 years old during the school year in England and Wales.