General Resource films 5
Design Technology
Skittle Game
The simplest project of the lot - but with plenty of fun guaranteed.
It consists of a card ramp and any number of 'skittles' which can be made easy or difficult to knock over.
It can make an ideal introduction to sawing wood or the wood can be substituted very easily.
One Stright Fiddle
A musical instrument capable of playing a tune.
This model allows you to experiment with a variety of plastic containers as ready-made sound boxes.
You can pluck the string - or 'bow' the string - to produce the notes.
Steerable Vehicle
Not much to look at perhaps, but a very useful vehicle for all sorts of investigation and development of wheels and motion.
The basic frame can be constructed by experienced boys and girls in 5 minutes. Leaving lots of time for the bits that work!
Ideal for fitting a simple battery drive and plenty of room between the rear 'forks' for a gear box or a cone of pulleys. Light enough to be wind driven (though you might need longer axles or counterweights for sailing across the wind.
A Proud Mum
Push up the rod and the mother kangaroo will proudly display her youngster.
This simple model, using levers and linkages, is made from card and paper fasteners.
Templates are provided to help with the shapes - but there's a host of other animals waiting to be created.
Paper Rod Puppet
All puppets are fun but the rod puppet is perhaps the best. It's more expressive than a glove puppet yet much easier to operate than a string puppet.
Rodney here is made almost entirely from thin coloured card with artstraws and string for the arms.
He's not much of a dancer but he can tell a good story!
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