Research Activity

Name: / Date:

Visit http://www.worldwidewales.tv/index2.php

Watch the Mari Lwyd video. Use different cams to create three moving puppets in order to portray a scene from the Mari Lwyd event.

/ Use the weblink below to find out the name of this cam design.
www.technologystudent.com/cams/cam2.htm
Use card and dowelling to create this cam. You might
want to put the Mari Lwyd’s head at the top of the
follower.
/ Use the weblink below to find out the name of this cam design.
www.technologystudent.com/cams/cam2.htm
Use card and dowelling to create this cam. You might
want to include Punch’s face at the top of the follower.
/ Use the weblink below to find out the name of this cam design.
www.technologystudent.com/cams/cam2.htm
Use card and dowelling to create this cam. You might
want to include Judy’s face at the top of the follower.

Research activity

Look at a toy catalogue (eg Argos). Identify 10 toys that use cams. Cut out the images and make a “Cam-based toys” collage.

Useful website

www.flying-pig.co.uk/mechanisms/pages/cam.html

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