Transport

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Maya Trade

Objectives

History

  • Undertake an in-depth study of a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history - The Maya civilization.
  • Regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.
  • Construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

Design and Technology

  • Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups.
  • Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design.
  • Select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to accurately perform practical tasks (for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing).

Lesson Planning

Explore different forms of transport that the Maya had; design and make a transportation device with no wheels.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To find out how Maya people moved around.
  • To design and make a form of transport with no wheels.

Children will:

  • Understand and explain what the source reveals about the topic
  • Solve a design problem (a form of transport without wheels)
  • Work in a team to make a model

You Will Need

  • Card
  • Sticks
  • String
  • Cloth