From Here To There
Social Studies, Transportation Level III
This lesson could be used as either an introduction or culminating activity for a unit on transportation. Students will find it interesting to explore new methods of transportation.
Student Motivation:
Discuss transportation and its convenience and necessity in history and our lives today.
Ask:
What causes methods of transportation to change with time?
Problem:
Students will list the many, different, and unusual ways of transporting someone or something from here to there.
Activities:
Students will design a new or futuristic means of transporting someone or something from here to there. The students will make a three-dimensional representation of their design.