1. Year 4 : How can the Iron Man be protected from lightening?
NC – links to Science
Can they construct a simple circuit?
Can they explain what a conductor is and test materials for conductivity?
Can they explain closed and open circuits?
Can they construct a circuit with a switch?
Can they recognise some common conductors and insulators?
WOW: Introducing the text, junk modelling, science workshop
LC1
How would you meet the Iron Man's needs?
LC2
Why don't we get a shock when we turn on the TV?
LC3
Could I live without electricity?
LC4
Can I light up the iron man?
LC5
How could I stop the Iron Man?
LC6
LC7
DT Link:
Can they come up with at least one idea about how to create their product?
Do they take account of the ideas of others when designing?
Can they produce a plan and explain it to others?
Can they suggest some improvements and say what was good and not so good about their original design?
Literacy Link: Pupils will explore the text and they will write stories about the Iron Man (fiction). Linking with science, pupils will also explore explanation texts as well as instructional writing.
Numeracy Link: Pupils to explore 3D nets as they use recycled packaging to create the junk model of the iron man.
Creative Art Link: Pupils will use software to electronically compose a soundtrack to the text.
Iron Man
Ted Hughes
Iron woman
Ted Hughes
Forest Academy

2. Year 4 : How can the Iron Man be protected from lightening?
Science DT
Computing
Can they explain how electricity is useful to us?
Can they construct a simple circuit?
Can they explain what a conductor is and test materials for conductivity?
Can they explain closed and open circuits?
Can they construct a circuit with a switch?
Can they recognise some common conductors and insulators?
Can they tell if their finished product is going to be good quality?
Are they conscience of the need to produce something that will be liked by others?
Can they show a good level of expertise when using a range of tools and equipment?
Electrical and mechanical components
Can they add things to their circuits?
How have they altered their product after checking it?
Are they confident about trying out new and different ideas?
Can they insert sound recordings into a multi media presentation?
Can they use repeat instructions to draw regular shapes on screen, using commands?
Can they experiment with variables to control models?
Can they make turns specifying the degrees?
Can they give an on-screen robot specific directional instructions that takes them from x to y?
Can they make accurate predictions about the outcome of a program they have written?
E-Safety:
Understand the need for caution when using an internet search for images and what to do if they find an unsuitable image.
Understand that copyright exists on most digital images, video and recorded music.
Year (Challenging)
Can they explain how a bulb might get lighter?
Can they recognise if all metals are conductors of electricity?
Can they work out which metals can be used to connect across a gap in a circuit?
Can they explain why sound gets fainter or louder according to the distance?
Can they explain how pitch and volume can be changed in a variety of ways?
Can they work out which materials give the best insulation for sound?
Forest Academy

3. Year 4: Year : How can the Iron Man be protected from lightening?
LC1 How would you meet the Iron Man's needs?
LC2 Why don't we get a shock when we turn on the TV?
LC3 Could I live without electricity?
LC4 Can I light up the iron man?
We are robotic scientists - Use Lego WeDo to create and control an Iron Man model - or element of the Iron Man - use scratch to control the model. Can you make the model interact with the environment. Use the lego wedo and extension kit. Pupils may want to film their models. Computational thinking
Forest Academy

4. Year 4 : How can the Iron Man be protected from lightening?
LC5: How could I stop the Iron Man?
LC6: .
LC7 Reflection: How can we use electricity wisely?
Forest Academy