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St Nicholas CE Primary Academy

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    Making it Move

    This term children will be introduced to the cam mechanism and its parts. They will understand that cams can be different shapes and carry out investigations to describe there movements. Children can discover that automata are mechanisms and their cutting, joining and finishing skills to design and make a child's toy, following design criteria and evaluating their product.

    Vocabulary

    levers                            linkages                   sliders                    axels                     automata

    mechanisms                 shafts                       motion                  hacksaw                 piston  fulcrum            

    Types of mechanical movements

    Different types of mechanical movements

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