DT- Year 1- Wheels and Axles- DESIGN and TEST

Post 1 of 2: Design Stage- This past half-term we have been working on ‘Wheels and Axles’ for our DT topic. We started by learning about what types of vehicles/objects have wheels and what makes them work best. We then learned about ‘axles’, ‘axles holders’ and the ‘chassis’. We experimented with card, straws and masking tape to create our first model. We learned some ‘top tips’ from this process which we applied to the creation of our final product vehicles (following post). We drew and labelled our designs and brought boxes/tubes in from home ready to create!