Age range
- 5-7
- D & T
Investigating simple linkages
Looking at linkages using card models
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- 60 or more mins
A mechanism is a device that changes movement in some way. Linkages are a type of mechanism. There are different types of linkage, each of which change movement in different ways.
This could be used as a short design and make project in Key Stage 2, or as the design and modelling stages of a project to make a grabber out of resistant materials.
Activity info, teachers' notes and curriculum links
In this activity, pupils will make a 'grabber' device from card.
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