About this
lesson
Find out how technology is being used to design and create toys and the types of careers available in this field - from toy designers to mechanical engineers!
What will students learn?
- The different types of technology used within toys including animatronics, coding and augmented reality.
- How technology is being used to create educational toys.
- How techy toys are being used to help others.
- Our role model, Nadia, explains how ImagiLabs create codable and wearable toys.
- Examples of careers students could pursue, designing and creating the techy toys of the future.
What you'll need for this lesson
If completing the optional challenge, students will need pens, pencils, paper or computer design software to create and label their designs.
Related resources
- Twinkl worksheet - Design a VR game
Children's University code
red3536
Published: 22 Mar 2022
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