By the end of term 3, students design, make and appraise a bridge that is built from chosen materials, spans a 30 cm gap, be built to the height of at least one tissue box, and holds the weight of a 500 gram can of food.

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  • Engibears Bridge by Andrew King

    Week 1 - Read book called Engibears Bridge by Andrew King. Introduce task and discuss GTMJ

  • Types of bridges

    Week 2 - Prior knowledge and research types of bridges

  • Research types of bridges

    Week 3 - Research types of bridges that can be designed and think of materials that can be used when building bridge,

  • Design bridge

    Week 4 - Design bridge - draw and label. List materials and steps to build bridge.

  • Build bridge

    Week 5 - build bridge

  • Build bridge

    Week 6 - build bridge

  • Build bridge

    Week 7 - build bridge

  • Test bridge

    Test bridges - gather data

  • Appraise

    Week 9 - Appraisal stage - 6 thinking hats