Lesson Planning
Construct and evaluate your own Viking longship.
Teaching Outcomes:
- To understand the role of archaeologists in uncovering remains and how the past can be pieced together.
- To use plans to design own ship and evaluate techniques in design and offer solutions for any improvements.
Children can:
- Apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures.
- Create strength in their structure.
- Ensure ship is of a similar design style to an original.
- Evaluate through discussion how own design could be more successful.