Design a water vehicle

This lesson involves the children working in groups (approx 7), in a real-life context as a shipbuilding company, to design and create a model vehicle as a public service to transport people along the Clyde. The children will have to consider which materials and design would allow a vehicle to float on water.

Outcomes of learning

• Application of knowledge in a real situation of stages in boat designs
• Enterprising skills and attitudes developed through making oral presentations of boat designs to whole class (CfE); decision making; working as part of a team
• Develop employability skills – understanding of business processes, working to a timescale and following a design brief
• Pupils have developed enterprising skills identified as 4 capacities of CfE

Relevance to curriculum

• Supports 5-14 Science and Technology
• Relevance of how science and technology directly affect the design and construction of river boat cruisers