“Faster on the Ground” Technology Grade 5-6
$3.00
Faster on the Ground. A 2-page account for Grade 5 – 6 on the transition from horse to motor. Followed by a worksheet. It involves the train, tram, motor bike, car. Line drawings. Literacy questions: adjectives, prefixes. Students design their own vehicle and explain it.
Description
Faster on the Ground
Faster on the Ground is a lesson pack for students in Grade 5 or 6. It is a 3-page worksheet where students design their own vehicle with a taste of the future. The text, with drawings, presents the transition from horse-drawn vehicles to trains. It discusses:
~Trains were the first vehicles using the combustion engine.
~Trams
~Motorised bikes, and
~Cars
The worksheet on the text includes:
>adjectives, word meanings, prefixes.
>Students design their own vehicle.
Some Links: “Valves” Science Literacy Grades 5-7, “Combustion Engine” Science Grade 5-6, “Simple Tools” Technology Grade 5-7, Elite Principals in Schools, Post, “Twelfth Century” Literacy Grade 5-6
Link for students on future vehicles: https://www.nissan-global.com/EN/PLANT/KIDS/FUTURE/
Fair use/dealing claimed for illustrations.
