Lesson Planning
How axels and wheels work is described and demonstrated. Children use their new understanding to help them design their own cars which they will make in the next session.
Teaching Outcomes
To begin to understand some of the mechanisms of a working automobile and to design a car.
To begin to understand the history of the internal combustion engine.
Children can:
- Understand how wheels work by turning on an axel.
- Look at how cars are designed to fit their purpose, e.g. police cars and pick up trucks look different as they have different jobs to do.
- Design a simple car, with wheels and axels.
- Begin to appreciate the history of cars and the internal combustion engine.