Design project: Push pull toy
Summary of task
Students explored forces of push and pull on the ground, in the air and in the water. They focused on the toys that they use but also learned about toys from other cultures. Students designed their own toys, and safely produced a toy using materials, components, tools and equipment.
The focus of this task was to design a product for the technologies context engineering principles and systems.
Achievement standard
By the end of Year 2, students describe the purpose of familiar products, services and environments and how they meet a range of present needs. They list the features of technologies that influence design decisions and identify how digital systems are used.
Students identify needs, opportunities or problems and describe them. They collect, sort and display familiar data from a range of sources and recognise patterns in data. Students record design ideas using techniques including labelled drawings, lists and sequenced instructions. They design solutions to simple problems using a sequence of steps and decisions. With guidance, students produce designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts. Students evaluate their ideas, information and solutions on the basis of personal preferences and provided criteria including care for the environment. They safely create solutions and communicate ideas and information face-to-face and online.
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Communicates design ideas with a simple drawing
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Evaluates designed solution (toy) using personal preferences
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Describes an engineering principle and gives examples orally for recording by the teacher
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Categorises push and pull products correctly
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Produces a designed solution (toy) using provided engineering system (wheels and axles) -
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Shows how the designed solution (toy) can be pulled
