Transport

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Ancient Egyptians The Nile

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Objectives

History

Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations.
Characteristic features of past non-European societies.
Gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between cultural, economic and social history.

Design and Technology

Generate, develop and model their ideas through discussion and annotated sketches.
Evaluate their products and consider how to improve them.

Science

Identify the effects of water resistance.

Lesson Planning

Describe the boats that Ancient Egyptians used for transport along the Nile; make a model reed boat and test it for the Pharaoh!

Teaching Outcomes:

To understand that boats on the River Nile were the main transport system used by Ancient Egyptians and describe and explain their uses.
To make a model papyrus boat.
To discuss water resistance and the forces involved and investigate how much cargo their model boat could hold.

Children will:

Describe the boats that Ancient Egyptians used for transport along the Nile.
Make a model reed boat and test it for the Pharaoh!

Planning

Provided Resources

Ancient Egyptian boat images
Evidence of wooden boats
Trade images
Fishing and hunting images
How to make an Ancient Egyptian papyrus boat

Unit Resources

You Will Need

16 bendy plastic straws for each pair plus spares
Masking tape or Sellotape
String
Washing up bowl & water
Marbles or similar

Weblinks

Explore Pharaoh Khufu’s boat from pbs.org