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Transportation Though the Ages

Text Transportation Though the Ages

TLF ID A002083

Humans are constantly working to develop and improve our technology and understanding. This resource provides step-by-step instructions to help students consider why innovative design and improvement is important. Students firstly identify as many types of transport they can think of and then discuss why new types of transport are developed, and how we learn from the past to improve technology and understanding for the future.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • Teaching and learning
Year level

5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10

Topics Technologies Occupations (Work) Decision making Transport Environmental management Medicine Design Ethics Energy efficient design Problem solving Community development Innovation Designers Human impact Enterprise (Behaviour) Social influence Discovery (Observations) Action projects
Learning area
  • Science
  • Technologies
  • Design and Technologies

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Queensland Museum
  • Organization: Queensland Museum
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: QLD, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: https://www.qm.qld.gov.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Queensland Museum
  • Organization: Queensland Museum
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: QLD, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: https://www.qm.qld.gov.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Text
Rights
  • Copyright © 2019 Queensland Museum and University of Queensland School of Education. The images included in this teaching resource may be used for non-commercial, educational and private study purposes. They may not be reproduced for any other purpose, in any other form, without the permission of the Queensland Museum.