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Year 6 design and technology

Year 6 design and technology runs to 24 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 10 to 11 in Key Stage 2. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes cam, rotary, linear, reciprocating, oscillating, automaton, follower, slide, rotary motion, deciduous, evergreen, hardwood.

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 6 design and technology lesson

In the order they are taught. 24 lessons.

Cams: automata

  1. Cam Mechanisms
  2. Cams in a Product
  3. Wood Functional Properties
  4. Develop Ideas Through Cross-Section Diagrams
  5. Wood Construction and Joining Techniques
  6. Make an Accurate Box Frame
  7. Assemble Cam Mechanisms
  8. Test and Adapt Cam Mechanisms

Systems and control: sensor alarms

  1. Museum Gallery Prototypes
  2. Museum Gallery Artefacts
  3. Push-to-Make Switches
  4. Offboard Components: Extending Your Micro:bit
  5. Input and Output Design Decisions
  6. Museum Alarm Programming and Fault Finding
  7. Integrate Programmable Systems in a Product
  8. The Great Exhibition and Presenting Museum Alarms

Products and people: inspirational design

  1. Yinka Ilori and Accessible Design
  2. Accessible Design Prototype
  3. Vivienne Westwood and Fashion Design: Form and Function
  4. Upcycling Fashion Design
  5. Zaha Hadid and Architectural Design
  6. Architectural Orthographic Projections
  7. Ole Kirk Kristiansen and Polymers
  8. Graphic Designs

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Common questions

What does Year 6 design and technology cover?
Year 6 design and technology runs to 24 lessons across a 36 week year, covering cam, rotary, linear, reciprocating, oscillating, automaton and more.
How many design and technology lessons are in Year 6?
24 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 6?
Children in Year 6 are 10 to 11 years old during the school year in England and Wales.