Key Stage 2
Design and technology
Levers and linkages: interactive books

Starter quiz

  • Which type of pivot holds the linkage in place on the backing card?
    • both fixed and loose pivot points
    • neither fixed or loose pivot points
    • fixed pivot points  ✓
    • loose pivot points
  • User research provides information on...
    • a plan of how to design the object.
    • the views of those who will use the product.  ✓
    • an existing product to copy.
  • Match the keyword to the definition
    • linkages
      ⇔
      multiple levers joined together to create different movements  ✓
    • movement
      ⇔
      allows something to go forward, backwards, side-to-side ✓
    • design specifcation
      ⇔
      a list of criteria that a design should meet ✓
  • Which of these shaping techniques is called scoring?
  • What does the term ‘assemble a linkage’ mean?
    • join together  ✓
    • take apart
    • place side by side
    • get the resources
  • What does the function of a product mean?
    • what a product look like
    • what a product should do  ✓
    • how a product should work
    • who a product is for
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