Off-road cycling

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Sports Tournaments History of Cycling

Objectives

History

  • Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information.

Design and Technology

  • Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of functional products that are fit for purpose. Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches and prototypes.

Lesson Planning

Study a timeline of bike design and the development of off-road cycling as a sport. Get to know some Britons who partake in off-road cycling for their country and what that might mean for them. Start to build, from a design, a concept bike.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To further study a timeline of bike design and the development of off-road cycling as a sport.
  • To get to know some Britons who partake in off-road cycling for their country and what that might mean for them.
  • To start to build a concept bike based on their design.

Children will:

  • Understand in more detail the timeline of bike design and the development of off-road cycling as a sport.
  • Become familiar with some Britons who partake in off-road cycling for their country and what that might mean for them.
  • Build a concept bike based on their design.

Provided Resources

  • How to build a mini concept bike out of cardboard
  • Design sheet from previous session

You Will Need

  • Equipment and materials needed for building of concept bike (see design sheet)
  • Timelines from Session 1
  • Print-outs from the Timeline of cycling