Some fantastic designs in the Year 4 Dragon's Den Project

Year 4 have been investigating different materials and their properties in Science and a Dragon’s Den project seemed like the perfect opportunity to make links between many of the children’s different skills; encompassing their creative design skills, scientific knowledge and entrepreneurial qualities.

The children were briefed with the task of creating a product for the consumer that was original and met the needs and demands of a target group, considering the importance of the materials that they would use to make their products. Enticed by the potential £100,000 investment, the children pitched their ideas to the main dragon, Miss Flinders, and to the rest of the class (who became mini dragons in effect), asking some really thought-provoking questions about each others’ designs.

It was so hard to shortlist the top contenders for the investment as there were so many creative and inspiring designs but, due to their originality and unique selling point, the eventual new business partners were: Beatrice G, Sholto B-G, Ben L, Grace C, Clarendon H-T and Poppy M.  

A super effort by all of Year 4.  Well done.

Miss Flinders
Head of Science

Click here to see the photo album in Flickr

Some children’s comments:

• ‘I really enjoyed having to create and design a useful product. We had to draw what we though was a good invention and wrote what materials were used.’
• ‘For Dragon’s Den we designed a product. The exciting thing was that we got to make something up. For mine, I did a tricycle for 3-5 Year olds with different attachments. It was so fun.’ –Poppy
• ‘We designed things that could go out to the public. I designed a car which can carry everything and it was a robot to do shopping.’ – Ben
• ‘I designed a multi-tool which was really fun because I like designing and making things.’ – Dino