Year4 Design and Technology

Learn how designers test ideas, improve designs and bring their ideas to life by using prototypes.

Find out how to knead, roll and shape dough and learn about different breads from all around the world.

Recognise the role that the five senses play in identifying different flavours.

Discover the best piece of equipment to measure different ingredients.

Discover how to make joins between two pieces of fabric even stronger by using the backstitch and blanket stitch.

Learn about the different ways in which fabrics can be joined together, such as sewing, gluing, tying and pinning.

Learn how computer control systems work, why they are used in industry and how they can be used at home.

Learn what an electrical circuit is and how you can use one in a product.

Find out how compressed air or gas can be used in devices.

Learn about the parts of a hinge and identify different types of hinge.