- Provide groups of pupils each with a question or task relating to making things go more quickly, and ask them to present a report, or to summarise key points based on research from secondary sources. These could include:
- how scientists/inventors improved the design of vehicles/invented new vehicles,
eg
George Stephenson ('The Rocket'), Christopher Cockerill (hovercraft), George Cayley (aeroplane), Mike Burrows (bicycle)
- the history of cycle design, including clothing and safety features to cope with the dangers of travelling faster
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- identify factors that affect the speed of moving objects in terms of developing technology and social contexts
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