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St Nicholas CE Primary Academy

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Moving Mechanisms is a Design and Technology project which allows children to explore pneumatic systems. Children will be tasked with experimenting with pneumatics before designing, making and evaluating a pneumatic machine that performs a useful household function.

Vocabulary

Design criteria       Iterative         Prototype     Analyse

Compressor        Pneumatics       Pressure      Particle      Force    

Pneumatics

Our Project

Our design project is to "make a box talk" ensuring that the design criteria is met.  

Design Criteria

  • The mouth must open and close
  • Use a pneumatic system
  • Be finished to a high standard

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