B Barber
Science Coordinator

Partner Primary & Secondary Schools
John Paul, Nazareth, Padua, St John's Reg. Colleges & Partner Primary

Science

Middle Years Science Program - Course Development

Middle Years Science Program

 

"Transport" Concept Map

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Space Travel
- the space race;
- Men on the moon;
- satellites..
Tickets
- Aeroplane, train, taxis
  Ocean travel
- Giant ships;
- The Age of discovery;
- submarines;
- hovercrafts.
The first car
- horseless carriage;

- trams in Melbourne;
- growth of car industry.
Time Travel
- Time machines

- Is it possible?

- Make a time machine
How do they work?
- Cars

- Birds flying

- Planes wings: aerofoil, wings, upthrust.
Planes, trains & automobiles
- Forms on transport

- How do I get to school?
 Holidays
- With my family

- My favourite holiday 
- Travelled overseas?

- What would you take on holiday?

- Why go? Going to relax ..
  Where do I live?
- Where is my home?

- What's my phone no?
"Transport"
Places in Australia
- How long does it take to get to...
Safety on the road
- Pedestrian and bike safety;
- motorbikes;
History of travel
- First aeroplane, trains & cars
-History of trams in Menbourne;
- Old Roman roads;
- Inventing the wheel;
- The first boat builders;
- History of Flight (the Wright Brothers);
 Working in Travel
- Travel agents

- Pilots & air hosts

- What do they do?
Places in the world
- Do you come from overseas?

- Where do people travel in the world?

- World traditions & cultures
Toy trains
- Put together tran sets.
 Flight
- Air resistance

- UFO's

- aeroplanes
World records
- Fastest land transport etc

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Measuring travel
- Speed, acceleration and distance;
- friction, inertia and forces;

- power, machines, levers;
- stopping and going
The Age of Steam & Technology
- Industrial revolution;
- steam engines;

- the first railway & Puffing Billy;
- the rocket engine