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TRANSPORT (Historical/Geographical (Environmental Impacts of Travel…
TRANSPORT
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Historical/Geographical
History of Transportation
Sequencing and timeline of types of transport.
Making models of types of transport
Mapping types of transport
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HIstorical Event: Titanic
Focus on a significant hostorical event such as Titanic.
Map the journey and sequence key events in the voyage.
Look at underwater footage of the wreck and compare changes - last filmed in August 2019
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Literacy
Books
Polar Express
The Train to Impossible Places
Mr Grumpy's Motor Car
Mrs Armitage on wheels (Quentin Blake)
All kinds of cars
Lost & Found (Oliver Jeffers)
The Way Home (Oliver Jeffers)
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Youth Winter Olympics
Research
Sport and team profiles.
Follow teams/results - cross-curricular with maths.
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Space Tourism
SpaceX announced it will be taking first paying passenger on trip around the moon and back! It will also soon be taking astronauts to the Space Station.
https://www.spacex.com/
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Display Ideas
Map showing students/teachers' holiday locations, transport photos and distances.
'Wonder Wall' with picture and questions relating to transport.
Transport themed 'Thunks/P4C' Board - changing each week - to develop thinking skills. Children use post it's to respond to the thunk.
Scientific Principles
Forces: push/pull, friction, air resistance
Floating/Sinking
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Other Ideas
Student Travel Survey
Active Travel Assembly?
Living Streets Guernsey
Bicycle maintenance/repair club at lunchtime
Learning Beyond The Classroom
Traffic Survey
Visit to local travel companies ie; Herm Boat, Condor, Aurigny - experience the craft, ask questions about the number of passengers etc (link to project)
Go on journeys ie using buses
Day Trip to Herm?
Fedor Konyukhov
Russian AdventurerBalloon Altitude Record Attempt: April 2020
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-49852050
Led by Russian Adventurer Fedor Konyukhov https://konyukhov.ru/en/ His history of adventure is pretty inspiring and well worth a look. Including first circumnavigation of Antarctica by sail, rowing Pacific, Fastest circumnavigation of globe in a balloon. Also completed the 'Explorers Grand Slam'. And famous as an artist.
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ENTRY POINT IDEAS
Use 'All Kinds of Cars' book as a stimulus for a 'design a vehicle' challenge.
Show images or news items of transport events/news from below and generate questions to find out.
SOLE type session (similar to above - but one image, finding out and presenting info)
Build a vehicle Challenge
Model Aeroplane Challenge; Redbull Wings event
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