Lesson 7 Transport: past, present and future

Creating Futures

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Outline

Children think about the future by:

• watchingaclipfromBack to the Future IIandansweringquestionsonthemselvesinthepast,presentandfuture;

• consideringdifferentpossiblemodesoftransport,historicandcurrent;and

• designingtransportforthefuture.

Key Question: What will the future be like? ?

• Thinkingaboutclimatechangemeanspredicting and planning for the future.

• Whathappensinthefuturedepends on decisions we make today.

• Transport contributestoclimatechange.

• Torespondtoclimatechangeweneedtobe creative and develop more environmentally friendlyways ofdoingthings.

Key points of learning relating to climate change

Strand Strand Unit

Science Environmentalawarenessandcare

Energy and forces

Caring for the environment

Science and the environment

Environmentalawareness

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History Continuity and change over time Transport

Art Drawing

Paint and colour

Construction

Makingdrawing

Painting

Making construction

Curriculum integration

Resources

• PowerPointandinternetaccessforshowingfilmclip.

• ThreeStagesofMeSheets,one per pupil.

• ModesofTransport:OldandNewPictures,cutup,onesetpergroupofthree.

• ChoosingtheBestSheet,onepergroupofthree.

• ChoosingtheBestSheetExample,teachercopy.

Other resources

Paperandartsmaterials,Lego,playdoughandotherconstructionmaterials.

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1. Children brainstorm what will happen in the future

Eachchildwritestheirideasonacardandsticksthemonthewhiteboardatthefrontoftheclass.Theclassdiscusseshowlookingatclimatechangeisinpartaboutexploringalternativefutures.

2. Children watch a clip from Back to the Future IIBacktotheFutureII(directedbyRobertZemeckis)madein1989imagineslifein2015.Movieclipshasuploadedaclipfromthefilmwhichisavailableatwww.youtube.com/watch?v=d68yRIe9OvQ

Class Discussion Questions

3. Children think about themselves now, in the past and in the future

Children are given the Three Stages of Me Sheetandcompletethemiddlecolumn,labellingitas‘thisyear’.

Childrenimaginethemselvesfiveyearsagoandanswerthequestionsintheleft-handcolumnastheywouldhavedonethen,labellingthiscolumn‘5yearsago’.

Childrenimaginethemselvesinfiveyears’time,labellingtheright-handcolumn‘in5years’andanswering thequestionsastheythinktheywouldinfiveyears’time.

4. Children look at different modes of transport

Childrendiscusstheconnectionbetweentransportandclimatechange.Globally,transportaccountsfor about15%ofcarbondioxideemissions.

Using the Modes of Transport: Old and new Pictures, children look at the development of modes of transport.Workingingroupsofaboutthree,childrencategorisethemodesoftransportusingtheirownlogic. Childrenexplainwhatcriteriatheyusedtocategorisethetransport.

In their groups, using the Choosing the Best Sheet,childrendecideonfourfactorsthattheywould considerinchoosingtheirmodeoftransport.

Childrenchoosefourpossiblemodesoftransportfromthepictures.

Childrenscorethedifferentmodesoftransportoutoftenagainsteachfactor.

Asaclass,childrendiscusstheirconclusions.

Inwhatwayswerethefilmmakers right in their predictions?

Howhavethingschanged?

Dotheitemsintheantique80s shop look old to us?

Howweretheywrong?

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5. Children design transport for the future

Childrendiscusshowtransporthaschangedovertime.

Rememberingtheirkeyfactors,childreneachdesignthetransportofthefuture.Childrencanchoosetodesigntheirtransportusingdifferentartmaterials,Legoorplaydough.Volunteerscanpresenttheirnewinventions.

6. Children review their climate change learning wall

Cananyofthequestionsnowbeanswered?

Cannewknowledgeaboutclimatechangebeaddedtothewall?

Cananynewquestionsbeadded?

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