Book |
Key Question |
DT Challenge |
Wild |
Why would a dinosaur not make a good pet? |
As a class, how can you recreate a dinosaur environment or habitat? |
Little Evie in the Wild Wood |
Which plants and birds would Evie find in our park? |
What can we do to try and attract birds to our school? (making a bird table or nest box) |
Handa’s Surprise |
How would 5-a-day keep us healthy? |
How can you design and make a fruit salad? |
Traction Man |
What would Traction Man use to build our school? |
How can you design and make your own Traction Man using a variety of different materials? |
What would Traction Man use to build our school? |
How can you design a perfect playground using a range of materials and explain why you have chosen the materials? |
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Granpa |
Why are iPads more fun than grandparents’ old toys? |
How can you make a moving toy? |
Naughty Bus |
Where do and did the wheels on the bus go? |
Can you design and make a vehicle that can move? |
The Great Panjandrum Himself |
What were the people who lived in our valley like 100 years ago? |
Can you create a game that you may have played 100 years ago? |
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Why do we love to be beside the seaside? |
What attracts visitors to seaside resorts? (fairground ride) |
Electric Storm |
How would you cope without electricity for a day? |
What! no TV or play-station!?: what shall we do? |
Could you create a meal that has not required electricity to prepare it? |
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Orion and the Dark |
How far can you throw your shadow? |
Make up a shadow theatre production of the story of Orion and the Dark? |
The Incredible Book Eating Boy |
What happens to the food we eat? |
How can we create a model of the digestive system with sound commentary? |
The Boy with the Bronze Axe |
From the early stone age people to the end of the Roman occupation: How did Britain change? (1st half term) |
How did the Early Britons make shelters? |
Roman Diary |
From the early stone age people to the end of the Roman occupation: How did Britain change? (2nd half term) |
How can you create a working model of a Roman weapon? |
Mystery of the Mona Lisa |
Why do so many people go to the Mediterranean for their holidays? |
How can we organise a Mediterranean food festival? |
Cities (non-fiction) |
Where would you choose to build a city? |
Using paper, how can you create a skyscraper that is at least 2 metres high? |
An Egyptian Cinderella |
How can we recreate the wonder of Ancient Egypt? |
How can you recreate the wonder of the pyramids?
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Escape from Pompeii |
What makes the Earth angry? |
How can you recreate an erupting volcano? |
Climate Change (non-fiction) |
Why is planet Earth in danger? |
How can you design a product made from re-cycled materials? |
Cosmic |
Is there anybody out there? |
How could you create a moon surface? |
Beowulf / Viking Boy |
Who were the Anglo-Saxons? Were the Vikings always vicious and victorious? |
Can you work as a group to create a model Anglo-Saxon settlement? |
How can you create a Viking long ship from a range of materials? |
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What did the Vikings eat and can you recreate a Viking meal? |
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Lady of Shalott |
How would you have survived Medieval Britain? |
Can you create a board game based around knights and Medieval England? |
Tales from the Arabian Nights |
Why was the Islamic civilization known as the golden age? |
What can you discover about the ‘Golden Age’ and can you make your own paper? |