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Electronics and Control
Structures and Mechanisms

Cameron's Pterosaur

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What the work shows Curriculum links The learning context Where to next

What the work shows

For this unit the class made toys with light or moving parts. Cameron had a passion for dinosaurs and wanted to make a pterosaur with spinning wings. The work shows how he developed his pterosaur.

The following sections detail the work, and indicate what was achieved at each stage.

For classroom background and teaching and learning sequence, see The learning context.

Prior knowledge and conceptual development Prior knowledge and conceptual development
Planning Planning
Materials and toy construction Materials and toy construction
Constructing and fitting the circuit Constructing and fitting the circuit
Review and reflection Review and reflection

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