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Year 4 design and technology

Year 4 design and technology runs to 24 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 8 to 9 in Key Stage 2. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes mechanism, lever, pivot point, reverse motion linkage, parallel linkage, push-pull linkage, input, output, linkage, loose pivot, fixed pivot, product.

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 4 design and technology lesson

In the order they are taught. 24 lessons.

Levers and linkages: interactive books

  1. Reverse Motion Levers and Linkages
  2. Parallel and Push-Pull Linkages
  3. Bell Crank and Lazy-Tong Linkages
  4. Levers and Linkages in Products
  5. User Research: Finding Out What People Need
  6. Plan and Make an Interactive Book
  7. Assembling Components for an Interactive Book
  8. Present the Book to the User

Simple programming and control: data loggers

  1. Plan and Design a Data Logger Case
  2. Microcontrollers: Programming a micro:bit in Tinkercad
  3. Using Micro:bit Inputs and Outputs
  4. Micro:bit Programs with Variables
  5. Ada Lovelace: The First Computer Programmer
  6. Data Logger Cases: Build a Case for Your micro:bit
  7. Connecting Components Safely
  8. Data Logger Tests and Understanding the Results

Textile pattern pieces: hats and caps

  1. Virgil Abloh and Hat Design
  2. Research Interviews: Designing a Made-to-Measure Hat
  3. Fabric Patterns: How Hats Are Made
  4. Fabric Functional Properties
  5. Simple Pattern Pieces
  6. Select and Make a Fabric Pattern
  7. User Feedback to Improve the Pattern
  8. Develop a Fabric Pattern in Response to Feedback

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Common questions

What does Year 4 design and technology cover?
Year 4 design and technology runs to 24 lessons across a 36 week year, covering mechanism, lever, pivot point, reverse motion linkage, parallel linkage, push-pull linkage and more.
How many design and technology lessons are in Year 4?
24 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 4?
Children in Year 4 are 8 to 9 years old during the school year in England and Wales.