iUse the Internet to learn about the development of faster vehicles.
iiPresent information about the development of faster vehicles.
Scientific enquiry
iiiUse data from secondary sources to support the aspect chosen for a presentation on the development of faster vehicles.
ivEvaluate the strength of evidence collected.
Suggested alternative starter activities (5–10 minutes)
Setting the context / Introduce the apparatus / Brainstorming (1) / Brainstorming (2)
Show a video clip of a penny-farthing and a modern racing bike. Pupils consider the reasons for the differences in design.
Catalyst Interactive Presentations 3 / Recap web search techniques. Discuss how the information is to be presented at the end of the search. / Show a video clip of various aspects and types of vehicle that could be considered, e.g. man-powered flight, ships, trains, aircraft.
Catalyst Interactive Presentations 3 / Teacher-led discussion of suitable approaches to the investigation.
Investigation
Activity / Learning objectives see above / Description / Approx.
timing / Target group
C / H / E / S
Activity K5d ICT / i, ii, iii and iv / How did faster vehicles develop? Pupils use secondary sources to investigate how inventions have helped people travel faster, e.g. human-powered vehicles such as bikes.
They prepare a presentation to describe one such invention. They can prepare group PowerPoint® presentations or leaflets. This could extend into a homework activity with presentations in the next lesson.
A list of websites is provided to get pupils started (or teachers may prefer to have this as a prompt for pupils who need some initial help). / 40 min /
Suggested alternative plenary activities (5–10 minutes)
Review learning / Group feedback / Analysing / Evaluating
Pupils look at each other's presentations. / Pupils discuss how easy it was to find suitable and relevant information. / Pupils discuss their findings. They compare the development of various types of travel. / Pupils discuss how useful and reliable their information sources are.
Learning outcomes
Most pupils will … / Some pupils, making less progress will … / Some pupils, making more progress will …
- use appropriate strategies to find information from a range of secondary sources
- present a report, based on secondary sources, on an aspect of the development of faster vehicles.
- use appropriate strategies to find information from secondary sources
- present information on one aspect of the development of faster vehicles.
- use appropriate strategies to find and select key information from a range of secondary sources
- prepare and present a detailed report, based on secondary sources, on an aspect of the development of faster vehicles.
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