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Introduction

Understanding Mechanisms

accompanying Lesson Notes can be used

for assessment or enrichment activities.

 • Aglossaryoftechnicaltermsandscientific

definitions is offered as a resource for

the teacher.

 • Eachofthelessonscanbecompleted

in approximately one hour but can be

extended using suggested Extension and

Research Activities. Useful Internet web

sites are listed to help guide the research

activities. (Note: these were functioning

sites at the time of going to print.)

 • Aselectionofcopymastersisprovided

for your classroom use. These comprise

illustrations and short definitions of some

of the concepts featured in the model

building activities.

 • Theteachingactivitiesarealsointended

to encourage the development of key

skills by providing opportunities for whole

class and group discussions, observing,

evaluating and recording through the use

of text and drawings, working with others

to solve problems and using ICT within a

design and technology context.

Education

gears

website: www.knexeducation.co.uk

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Quick Guide to Gears 4-13

Lessons 1- 5

Lesson 1: Getting Started 14-15

Lesson 2: The Crank Fan 16-25

Lesson 3: The Car Window 26-30

Lesson 4: The Blender 31-35

Lesson 5: The Stationary Exercise

Bicycle 36-40

Key Terms and Scientific Definitions 41-45

Copymasters 46-57

Your K’NEX Gears kit is part of a series

of called “Understanding Mechanisms.”

The series has been produced to enable

Key Stage 2 pupils to investigate and

evaluate some familiar products, to think

about how they work, and to explore the

mechanisms that make them work.

Understanding Mechanisms:

Gears Kit

 • Developedtointroducepupilstotheway 

gears have been used in the design of

familiar products, this construction kit also

serves to make the connection between

the models they have built and the science

that makes them work.

 • Throughtheuseofinvestigative,

disassembling and evaluative activities

(IDEAs) and focused practical tasks (FPTs),

the kit provides opportunities for pupils,

working in pairs or small collaborative

groups, to explore how gears are used

to transfer movement and forces, and

to change the speed and the direction

of movement.

Teacher Support Materials

 • Developedinitiallyforthenon-specialist 

teacher, the materials included in the

Teacher’s Guide can also be used as a

resource by more experienced teachers

as they develop their own lesson plans.

 • Implementingtheideasandinformation

the Guide contains can build your

pupils’ knowledge and understanding of

mechanisms and the ways in which they

can be used to make things move.

 • Keybackgroundinformationisprovided

in “ A Quick Guide”, while the Lesson

Notes for selected K’NEX models provide

more detailed information and ideas for

possible teaching activities. These teaching

activities have been developed primarily

to support the DfEE/QCA Scheme of Work

for Key Stages 1 and 2 in Design and

Technology and Science, the DATA Design

and Technology Primary Lesson Plans and

Primary Helpsheets. The models without

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