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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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