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Age range: 7-11

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9 February 2010

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Children’s topic books about transport. This list of books for children aged 5-11 in primary school years 1-6 in KS1 and KS2 contains recommended topic books to appeal to all reading abilities. We have picked a range of picture books, nonfiction and children’s novels to read aloud, discuss in groups, or individually, or as an impetus for discussion in geography, science, STEM, during class time or book clubs. This list of reading suggestions is revised regularly and includes nonfiction and stories by Uijung Kim, Emily Hawkins, Giles Chapman, Vivian French, Vashti Hardy, and Ian Fleming.

Transport – Our recommended children’s books

Big book of boats by luogo comune.

There are big boats, small boats, boats from history, boats from stories, boats from around the world, boats for exploring, boats for war, boats for travel, boats to live in and boats for worship and ceremony. This is a truly fascinating large-format book that can’t fail to surprise and inform every reader through a sheer variety of riveting facts and illustrations. A marvellous read that’s perfect for primary school libraries.

Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry

Mash-Up Machines: Obstacle Attack! By Ty Bird and NS Blackman

William Bee’s Wonderful World of Things That Go! by William Bee

Professor Wooford McPaw’s History of Cars by Elliot Krusynski

Who’s Driving by Leo Timmers

Underground: Subways Around the World by Uijung Kim

Convertible: Race Car by Amy Johnson

The Train to Impossible Places by PG Bell

Amazing Transport by Tom Jackson and Chris Mould

Trains (What’s Inside?) by David West

How Airports Work by Lonely Planet Kids

All Aboard the Voyage of Discovery by Emily Hawkins and Tom Adams

The Boy Who Biked the World: On the Road to Africa by Alastair Humphreys

The Story of Flight by Jakob Whitfield and Us Now

The Car Book by Giles Chapman

Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure by Vashti Hardy

Journey: An Illustrated History of Travel by Simon Reeve

Cycle City by Alison Farrell

The Hundred Decker Bus by Mike Smith

Cars, Trains, Ships and Planes: A Visual Encyclopedia to Every Vehicle by DK

The Steam Whistle Theatre Company by Vivian French

Into the Unknown by Stewart Ross and Stephen Biesty

Train (Journey Through the Pages Book) by Mike Vago

At The Garage: A shine-a-light book by Carron Brown

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming

Transport topics – useful websites

• Railweek activity packs.
• Global trade lesson plans by the Royal Geographical Society.
• Lesson plans for transport and logistics from the Geographical Association.
• The London Transport Musuem resources and courses for KS1.
• Coventry Transport Museum .
• Transport for London Junior Travel Ambassadors scheme.
• Network Rail transport safety for children in Y1-6.
• Stem.org’s transport topic packs for KS1 and KS2.

Transport magazines for topic work

• The Railway Magazine
• Canal Boat Magazine
• Ships Monthly
• Tractor and Machinery
• Trucking Magazine
• Aviation News

Transport topic videos

• History of transport
• Transport in London

Looking for more topic books? Try our books for topics in KS1 and KS2 page.

We also have lists of recommended reading books for children aged 3-11 .

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Key Stage 1 Changes within Living Memory Transport

Examine different forms of transport. Understand how transport has changed over time, and begin to develop a chronology of automobiles, trains and space travel. Go on a trip to a museum or on a rail, canal boat or ferry ride. Explore the history of space travel and significant events.

Session 1 Introduction to transport

• Understand changes within living memory.
• Recognise similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods.

Design and Technology

• Select from and use a range of tools and equipment according to their characteristics to perform practical tasks.
• Build structures, exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable.

Lesson Planning

Children name and describe different types of transport and begin to understand transport was different when their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents were little. They create a wheel and understand the importance of its invention.

Teaching Outcomes To understand how transport has changed over time. To produce a wheel using simple resources.

Children can:

• Name and describe different types of transport.
• Begin to understand transport was different when their parents and grandparents were little.
• Understand that transport: cars, buses, trains have changed over time.

Provided Resources

• Photographs showing a selection of photos of transport from the 1940s
• PowerPoint of cars and trains through the last 60 years
• Unit Resources

You Will Need

• Masking tape

Photos of public transport in London from 1960's from ltmcollection.org Transport in the 1960's – YouTube clip

Session 2 Wheel printing

Art and Design

• Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.
• Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.
• Learn about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work.
• Learn about changes within living memory.
• Develop an awareness of the past and use appropriate vocabulary.
• Know where the forms of transport fit within a broad chronological framework.

Children use toy vehicles to identify the features of ‘modern’ and ‘old fashioned’ cars. They then create artwork using printing with toy vehicles. Children recognise the name Jackson Pollock as a famous artist.

Teaching Outcomes To explore the idea of free expression through art. To develop an understanding of how transport has changed.

• Sort toy vehicles into ‘modern’ and ‘old fashioned’.
• Create artwork using printing with toy vehicles.
• Recognise the name Jackson Pollock as a famous artist.

This session does not need any provided resources.

• Old and new toy vehicles (with wheels): trains, cars, buses, trucks, motorbikes, ambulances and vans
• Acrylic paints
• Painting trays

Abstract expressionism slideshow from Wikipedia Jackson Pollock slideshow from Wikipedia

Session 3 History of cars

• Ask and answer questions about the past.
• Understand some ways we find out about the past.
• Write about real events.
• Write for different purposes.

Children explore the story of the automobile, looking at how the internal combustion engine was invented and how the car developed over time. Children produce a timeline of cars over 100 years.

Teaching Outcomes To learn about the development of the car over time. To produce a class timeline of cars.

• Begin to understand that things change over time, the motor car became more efficient and sleek and fast.
• Begin to know the car was invented over 100 years ago and looked very different.
• Images of cars
• Dates to use on timeline
• Non-fiction texts on cars including the history of cars
• 5m long strip of coloured paper to make a large timeline to go around the room

Carl Benz, inventor of the car from Wikipedia

Session 4 How wheels work - design a car

• Design purposeful, functional, appealing products for you and other users based on design criteria.
• Generate, develop, model and communicate ideas through talking, drawing, templates, mock-ups and information and communication technology.
• Understand where different cars fit within a chronology of the history of last century.
• Recognise significant historical events (invention of internal combustion engine).

How axels and wheels work is described and demonstrated. Children use their new understanding to help them design their own cars which they will make in the next session.

Teaching Outcomes To begin to understand some of the mechanisms of a working automobile and to design a car. To begin to understand the history of the internal combustion engine.

• Understand how wheels work by turning on an axel.
• Look at how cars are designed to fit their purpose, e.g. police cars and pick up trucks look different as they have different jobs to do.
• Design a simple car, with wheels and axels.
• Begin to appreciate the history of cars and the internal combustion engine.
• PowerPoint presentation from session 1 (cars section)
• Non-fiction texts on cars including how the car works
• Design and technology equipment to make wheels with axels
• Junk modelling equipment
• Lego or other construction toys with wheels and axels

There are no weblinks needed for this session.

Session 5 Make a car

• Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks such as cutting, shaping, joining and finishing.
• Select from and use a wide range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their characteristics.
• Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made.
• Describe the simple physical properties of everyday materials.
• Identify and compare the suitability of everyday materials for particular uses.

Children understand how wheels work by turning on an axel and use this knowledge to make a car with turning wheels. Children evaluate their designs.

Teaching Outcomes To create a car with wheels and axles. To begin to understand how a wheel enables us to move a larger weight with less effort.

• Begin to understand how wheels work by turning on an axel.
• Make a car from DT equipment with turning wheels.
• Evaluate their designs.
• Design and technology equipment to make wheels with axels: straws and card wheels or plastic bottle tops and dowel

How wheels and axles work together – YouTube clip

Session 6 Transport trip (day out)

• Ask and answer questions choosing and using a variety of sources.
• Begin to understand some of the ways we know about the past and understand the different ways in which it is represented.
• Ask relevant questions to extend understanding and knowledge.
• Give well-structured descriptions and explanations.
• Use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating.

Children are taken on a trip to a transport museum or on a ride on an old train or canal boat or ferry or…. They are thus able to experience directly older forms of transport. They relate what they see and do to their own experiences of transport now.

Teaching Outcomes To research a particular historical form of transport in the locality. To ask and answer appropriate questions and report back on their experiences.

• Begin to understand how transport was different in the past.
• Understand how things change over time and begin to appreciate a chronology of one form of transport.
• A trip recording sheet
• Form letter for parents

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

Session 7 Space travel

• Learn about events which were significant nationally or globally.
• Know where people and events fit within a chronological framework.
• Ask and answer questions, understand some ways we find out about the past.

Design and Techonology

• Design purposeful functional objects for themselves and others based on design criteria.
• Generate, develop, model and communicate ideas through talking, drawing and mock-ups.
• Select tools and materials to construct an object.

Children learn about space travel and appreciate the significance of space exploration in recent history. They begin to recognise a chronology and then go on to design a rocket/space station, working collaboratively.

Teaching Outcomes To understand when space travel started and begin to develop a chronology of space exploration. To design a rocket or space station which can be used for active role-play within the classroom.

• Understand the significance of space travel in recent history and begin to recognise a chronology.
• Design a rocket or space station, working collaboratively.
• PowerPoint on history of space travel
• Pictures of interior of a rocket and the space station
• Teaching Resources 2
• A range of large cardboard boxes
• Corrugated card and other strong card
• Masking tape and Sellotape
• Packing materials
• Coat-hangers
• Sticks and thin dowelling
• Stanley knife for adult use

About Yuri Gagarin from kids.kiddle.co The first man in space – YouTube clip The first spacewalk from bbc.co.uk Spacewalk photos from wired.com

Session 8 Moon landings

• Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to construct an object.
• Select from and use a range of materials/components incl. construction materials.

Using footage of moon landing and images of the earth from space, children understand this significant historical event. They read Mark Haddon’s Sea of Tranquillity and are able to date the event. They now build their own space station or rocket in the classroom, using their own designs.

Teaching Outcomes To recognise the significance of the moon landings in 1969. To create a rocket or space station which is fit for purpose within the classroom

• Construct and build a rocket/space station, working collaboratively.
• Use imagination to help us understand the significance and the magic of these events.
• Moon images and Earth from space pictures
• Sea of Tranquillity by Mark Haddon

Moon landings – YouTube clip Earth from space – YouTube clip

Session 9 The Solar System

• Identify and describe the planets in the solar system and understand their relation to the sun.
• Ask simple scientific questions and recognise that these can be answered in different ways.

Children look at actual pictures of Mars and begin to understand that space exploration is an on-going as well as a historical undertaking. They learn about the solar system and produce a drawing, then learn the names of the planets in order.

Teaching Outcomes To understand how space exploration has been an important part of the history of the last half century and how it continues to develop in the future. To understand how the earth is one of nine planets all of which orbit the sun.

• Begin to know we live on planet earth and there are other planets, moons and stars in our solar system.
• Understand that space exploration is still continuing and that we have sent a rocket to Mars and can look at actual pictures of that planet.
• Pictures of the solar system
• Powerpoint on history of space travel
• Globe: large orange or yellow ball
• Books about the solar system

Information and images of the planets from pds.jpl.nasa.gov

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Get moving!

Transport is a familiar topic focus for younger primary children.  Exploring different aspects of 'getting moving' from a science point of view, this list provides ideas to use with children as they engage with a variety of different forms of transport, often in unfamiliar contexts. This list shows how to link science to the topic, tips on using the resources, suggestions for further use and background subject knowledge to support teachers in delivering the science objectives. The resources support the teaching of everyday materials , they also support early ideas around forces.

Visit the primary resources for cross curricular topics webpage to access all resource lists: https://www.stem.org.uk/cross-curricular-topics-resources

Primary Engineer: Bloodhound SSC Build a Prototype Car

Quality Assured Category: Engineering Publisher: Primary Engineer

Bloodhound SSC is a car being designed to travel at 1050mph by a British Team, aiming to break the world land speed record.  In this resource from Primary Engineer, children design and build a prototype car to investigate the use of stored energy such as balloons and rubber bands, using easy to find resources and tools.  Much of the content of this resource is pitched well beyond the scope of KS1 children, but using the Bloodhound SSC car and related web film clips as a stimulus for investigation is bound to engage. 

Children might, in response to the images and ideas they see, design and make their own prototype cars, using construction kits and junk modelling materials to build the fastest car they can.  Choosing and using materials, aspects of aerodynamics, concerns about streamlining and the addition of nose cones to designs might all be investigated and the final cars tested competitively, in a race down a ramp and across the school hall floor.

Formula 1 in Schools

Quality Assured Category: Science Publisher: Reach Out CPD

This short film clip discusses how F1 and motor sport can be the basis of a cross curricular project where children design and make racing cars, thinking about friction and the aerodynamics. We follow three classes and their teachers on the day of their big race, as they test the design of their model cars in various time challenges.

Provided by Reach Out CPD, the short film demonstrates one way in which science can be applied to a real life context.

Ticket to Ride

Quality Assured Category: Design and technology Publisher: British Science Association

This activity pack contains nine activities on the theme of transportation and are great for use in class or in  a science week or club. They include: the best method for carrying a heavy load, designing a paddleboat, investigating the balancing points in boats, looking at crater size and designing and making catapults.

Rocket Images and Video

Quality Assured Category: Design and technology Publisher: NASA

NASA's Space Shuttle may be a well-known launch vehicle, but the majority of launches still take place using rockets. These regularly carry satellites into orbit. These materials show images of rockets, such as the Saturn V which powered the Apollo missions and current Delta and Atlas rockets. There is also a video showing the launch of a Delta rocket.

Can It Fly?

Quality Assured Category: Design and technology Publisher: Innovate Educate

Three activities with teachers notes aimed at Key Stage One linking forces and movement and D&T. Use a presentation and card activity to look at different animals and decide if they can fly. Investigate helium-filled balloons and make and test paper aeroplanes.

The activities look at:

Can it fly? Children look at a range of items and suggest if they are able to fly or not using a presentation and a card sort activity.

Why do balloons fly? Children investigate the lifting force produced by helium-filled balloons.

Paper aeroplanes Children make and test-fly paper planes. This simple activity allows children to make paper planes and investigate different types of designs.

Background notes are included for teachers that introduce the concepts in the development of flight from hot-air balloons to powered aircraft.

Rocket Mice

If you haven't aready discovered The Science Museum website and resource base, make sure you do!  This activity, 'Rocket Mice', involves children in investigating what it takes to launch a 'rocket mouse', complete with ears, tail and whiskers, into the air.  Exploring questions such as, 'What difference does the size of my mouse's ears make?' or 'How does the size of the container the mouse launches from affect how high he flies?', allows children to have early experiences of forces in action and of fair testing.

Do Try This at Home*suitable for home teaching*

Quality Assured Category: Science Publisher: Institute of Physics

This set of twelve colourful postcards provides hands on activities which link to the topics of electricity, sound, forces, and changes of state. Ideal for use in the classroom, the mini-investigations are fun to do and get children thinking about the concepts involved. They are also perfect for use in after school clubs and science weeks.

Two cartoon characters, Marvin and Milo demonstrate the fun experiments, which are designed to appeal to primary age children. Of the activity ideas included, Alka -Seltzer rockets and making a foil boat are most relevant to this topic.

This resource has been provided by the Institute of Physics.

International Space Station (ISS) Education Kit - Primary

Quality Assured Category: Science Publisher: European Space Agency (ESA)

The ISS Education Kit, from ESA, is a resource for teachers with ideas on how to use the International Space Station as a thematic frame for teaching a wide variety of topics.

The A4-sized binder contains four chapters devoted to explaining various aspects of life in space and what is it like to live and work on board the International Space Station. Each chapter contains background information, worksheets and a teachers' guide. A glossary and colour posters complete the content. Each chapter starts with the sections for the pupils with texts and worksheets and is followed by a “Teacher’s Guide”.

Chapter 2:  A mission to space, includes a series of activities which are particularly relevant to this topic.  Children sequence the stages of a rocket launch, make a simple rocket themselves and investigate how high it will fly.

CLEAPSS Marble Run competition

Challenge your class to take part in the 2017 CLEAPSS Primary Science competition.  In 'Marble Keep-y-Uppy!', children have to design and make a marble run that will keep a marble in continuous motion for the longest time.  There are prizes for all ages, including KS1, so encourage children in your class to have a go!

Design a boat

Children use a variety of materials to construct a boat that will float.  They then investigate what size of load their boats might be able to carry, potentially testing their creations to destruction, as they risk them sinking to the bottom of a water tank! This is part of a larger collection of resources linked to to the Polar Explorer Programme , the educational programme linked to the RRS Sir David Attenborough research vessel.

Floating boat challenge

In this floating boat challenge, children are to build a boat that can float and support 25 pennies for at least 10 seconds —without leaking, sinking, or tipping over. Each team has access to limited materials, e.g. some plastic wrap, plastic straws, paper cups, masking tape  and 25 pennies.  They thentest their boats in a large water tank. The format of this resource may look quite wordy, but there are lots of photos showing possible boat designs using a variety of materials. Hopefully your class will come up with a lot more of their own creations.

Dancing in Science

Quality Assured Category: Science Publisher: Teachers TV

A video showing a lesson idea for incorporating science and PE. Children explore their own movement and learn about how their bodies are affected by exercise. Photographs could be taken of different ways of moving and then in a next lesson children could work in groups each holding a card showing a different movement. They could order themselves to show movements from fastest to slowest and answer questions on simple comparisons. Other photograph cards could also be included and groups decide where they should go for example an adult walking, a remote control car moving, a toddler on a ride-on toy.

How Will Your Roly Poly Move?

Quality Assured Category: Design skills Publisher: Nuffield Foundation

Explore,design and make moving toys in this project which combines D& T and science. Working in pairs children could ask predict how different toys will move and then test this out. Children could investigate which type of roly poly travels the fastest using a ramp or whether roly polys with bigger wheels travel further than those with smaller wheels.

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Travel and Transport Topic

Hop on board and prepare to blast off on an exciting adventure with this Travel and Transport topic for KS1. Your class will explore journeys of all kinds, including how people get around now and how they travelled in the past, all through a selection of fun, engaging and informative lessons and activities. From a walk around the school to the first trip to the moon, there is something for everyone in this creative Travel and Transport cross-curricular topic for Year 1 and Year 2. 

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#TheCompleteTopic18lessons

With easy-to-follow lesson plans, a slideshow for every lesson, differentiated activity ideas and a range of colourful, engaging printable resources (including worksheets, picture cards, challenges and much more), this Travel and Transport planning pack contains everything you need to teach this topic, leaving you free to sit back and enjoy watching as your KS1 class get enthusiastic about travel and transport!

#AllARTLessonsinTopic

Download these Travel and Transport Art KS1 planning packs to get instant access to three ready-to-teach Art projects for your Year 1 or Year 2 class. Covering a variety of art skills and techniques, these three lessons provide fun travel and transport Art ideas that you can teach over one session, or spread over several.

Use paints and paper to create a sailing scene, make a model hot air balloon or challenge your class to portray their own life journey in a creative way – whichever of these travel and transport art ideas you choose, they're sure to create some artwork to be proud of!

Each of these three lessons comes fully planned and ready to teach, including a lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources to support your class as they create their travel and transport art.

What's included:

• Travel and Transport | Art: Sail Away
• Travel and Transport | Art: Papier Mache Hot Air Balloon
• Travel and Transport | Art: Life Journeys

#AllGEOGRAPHYLessonsinTopic

These three Geography lessons are the perfect way to incorporate Geography into your Travel and Transport cross-curricular topic. Your KS1 children will have the chance to explore and develop a range of geographical skills, including carrying out and analysing a survey, navigating around a map, and using compass points to describe directions.

These three Travel and Transport Geography lessons comes fully prepared and ready to teach. There are three detailed lesson plans (each with three-way differentiation), three slideshows for each of the teaching inputs, and three sets of printable resources, including worksheets, games, maps and more, meaning you can just download, teach and enjoy!

• Travel and Transport | Geography: How do you get to school?
• Travel and Transport | Geography: Map Work
• Travel and Transport | Geography: Compass Directions

#AllHISTORYLessonsinTopic

This History of Transport KS1 planning pack contains five engaging History lessons that explore the history of transport from the earliest canoes to the latest space missions! Your class will explore how inventions such as trains and motorcars transformed how people got around, and what impact this had on the world.

Each of these lessons comes fully planned and ready to deliver to your class. Each has a detailed lesson plan with differentiated activity ideas, a slideshow for the teaching input, and a range of printable resources, including worksheets, challenges, picture cards, games and more! All you need to do is download, teach and enjoy learning about the history of transport with your class!

• Travel and Transport | History: Travel Now and Then
• Travel and Transport | History: History of Trains
• Travel and Transport | History: History of Cars
• Travel and Transport | History: History of Flight
• Travel and Transport | History: Moon Landing

#AllRELessonsinTopic

Explore the theme of travel and journeys with your KS1 class with this set of ready-to-teach Moses and the Exodus RE lessons. Across the three lessons, your Year 1 or Year 2 children will read the story of the Israelites who were enslaved in Egypt, how they escaped, and their long, forty-year journey across the desert to reach the Promised Land.

Each of these three Moses and the Exodus RE lessons comes completely ready to deliver. There are detailed lesson plans, a slideshow for each of the teaching inputs (which guide and question your class as they read the stories together), differentiated activity ideas and a range of engaging printable resources to support your class as they carry out their independent learning.

• Travel and Transport | RE: Israelites in Egypt
• Travel and Transport | RE: Escaping Egypt
• Travel and Transport | RE: In the Desert

#AllSCIENCELessonsinTopic

Download these lessons to help deliver Travel and Transport Science experiments and activities to your KS1 class! This series of four lessons are a great way to incorporate science into your cross-curricular Travel and Transport topic and they come fully prepared and ready to teach, making them ideal if you're looking to save time on your planning! There is a detailed lesson plan for each lesson, a slideshow for the teaching inputs, differentiated activity ideas, and a range of printable resources to support children in their independent learning.

These lessons link to the National Curriculum and will challenge your class to identify and group different materials, describe the properties of materials, and investigate objects to see whether they float or sink.

• Travel and Transport | Science: Materials
• Travel and Transport | Science: Travel Objects
• Travel and Transport | Science: Vehicle Materials
• Travel and Transport | Science: Floating and Sinking

#Lesson1ArtSailAway

Your class are challenged to create some boat art in this Art lesson! This lesson starts by showing your class some examples of boats in paintings by other artists, before giving them the chance to create their own marine masterpieces using a variety of media, including paint, collage and origami.

This lesson is completely ready to teach and deliver. It includes a lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas, and printable resources to support children as they create their boat artwork.

• Lesson plan
• Activity ideas
• Boat templates

#Lesson2ArtPapierMacheHotAirBalloon

This Papier Mache Hot Air Balloon lesson plan will challenge your KS1 class to make their own colourful hot air balloons! The included slideshow for the teaching input starts by explaining what a hot air balloon is and showing some photos of hot air balloons in flight. It then goes on to show some helpful step-by-step photos for how to create a papier mache hot air balloon using simple materials and techniques.

Children can then follow this method for themselves to design, create and evaluate their own papier mache hot air balloons. There are several printable resources to support children as they do this.

• Differentiated worksheets
• Evaluation sheet

#Lesson3ArtLifeJourneyArt

This fun and flexible Life Journey Art lesson for KS1 children encourages your Year 1 or Year 2 class to think about how life can be a journey. They will think about key events that have happened in their lives and ponder what the rest of their life journey may have in store, before thinking about how they can express this artistically.

This lesson comes prepared and ready to teach; there's an easy-to-follow lesson plan with differentiated activity ideas, a slideshow for the teaching input (which shows an example of how they could express their life journey as artwork), and a range of printable resources, including templates, to use as the basis for their artwork.

However your class choose to express their art journey, you're sure to end up with some fabulous artwork that is perfect for a classroom display!

• Vehicle templates
• Road pieces

#Lesson4GeographyHowdoyougettoschool

How do you get to school? How do other people travel to school? In this Geography lesson, your KS1 class will investigate how people travel to school in the mornings, using tally charts to collect information and pictograms to present what they have found out.

The included slideshow for the teaching input models how to use tally charts to collect data, and then how to translate this data into a pictogram. Children can then practise this for themselves as they gather information using the differentiated activities provided.

By the end of the lesson, your class will be able to identify the most and least popular ways of getting to school from the graphs and charts they have created.

• Pictogram pieces
• Chart label cards

#Lesson5GeographyMapWork

This KS1 Map Work lesson shows your class a simple map of a fictional town and teaches them how to navigate around the town using compass directions. They will soon be directing each other successfully from the bank to the café and from school to the police station!

The included slideshow presentation guides your class through the process of navigating around a map, asking questions to check their understanding. They can then carry out some map work of their own as they used the printable resources to navigate around the map of the town using compass directions.

• Direction cards

#Lesson6GeographyCompassDirections

Make teaching compass directions easy with this Compass Directions KS1 Geography lesson for Year 1 and Year 2 children. The included slideshow presentation for the teaching input shows your class a map of the world and introduces the five oceans and seven continents. After a recap of the four compass points and how they can be used for directions, your class will find out how to hop from continent to continent using compass directions to help them. They will go through plenty of examples as a class while they get the hang of it.

There are then a series of differentiated worksheets and activities the children can use to practise what they have learnt. Alternatively, there is a fun board game provided so children can have a go at using compass directions to travel around a world map in a fun and challenging way!

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#Lesson7HistoryTravelNowandThen

This ready-to-teach Travel Then and Now History lesson for KS1 starts by looking some modern modes of transport and the types of journeys that each are suitable for. The slideshow presentation for the teaching input then goes on to explore what forms of transport were used before cars, trains and planes were invented, and shows a transport timeline so children can see when different forms of transport were first invented. They will also consider the impact these inventions have had on people's lives.

This lesson comes fully planned and ready to teach with a lesson plan, slides and printable resources. The activities are also differentiated so that every child in your class can access the learning.

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#Lesson8HistoryHistoryofTrains

Download this History of Trains KS1 lesson to teach your Year 1 or Year 2 class about the invention of trains and how the introduction of freight and passenger railways changed the UK.

The included slideshow presentation guides your class through the early history of trains, showing photos and illustrations of early trains, as well as information about the development of trains in the early nineteenth century.

During their independent learning activities, your class can then study some photos of Victorian trains to compare them to modern trains through a range of differentiated activities. Alternatively, they can use the word cards provided to construct sentences about early trains from what they have found out.

#Lesson9HistoryHistoryofCars

Download this History of Cars KS1 planning pack to teach your Year 1 or Year 2 class about the invention of motor cars and how they changed the way we travel. During the teaching input, your class will find out about the first horseless carriages and how very early cars were expensive and made by hand. They will then be taught about Henry Ford and the first mass-produced cars that changed the way we travel forever, and look at how cars have changed over the years.

This lesson is completely planned and ready to teach with an easy-to-follow lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, and a range of differentiated printable resources to support your class as they carry out their independent learning activities.

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#Lesson10HistoryHistoryofFlight

At any one time there are thousands of aeroplanes in the sky but this History of Flight KS1 lesson takes your Year 1 or Year 2 class back to 1903 and the very first successful engine-powered aeroplane flight by the Wright brothers. After reading the story of how the Wright brothers invented the aeroplane and how they developed their initial design, your children will think about how people at the time might have felt about this invention and how planes today are similar to or different from these early models.

Completely ready to teach, this History of Flight KS1 planning pack contains a detailed lesson plan, an engaging slideshow for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas, and a range of printable resources to support children as they learn about the history of aeroplanes independently.

#Lesson11HistoryMoonLanding

This Moon Landing lesson plan for KS1 children introduces your class to space travel and tells them the story of man's first successful mission to the moon. They will explore the Apollo 11 mission through photos and footage and think about the impact of this 'giant step for mankind'.

This ready-to-teach planning pack has a moon landing lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a set of printable resources to support your class during their independent learning activities. All you need to do is download and teach!

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#Lesson12REIsraelitesinEgypt

This is the first of a set of three Exodus lesson plans exploring the story of the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt, and why the story of this amazing journey is important to Christians, Jews and Muslims. This lesson introduces Moses, looks at why the Israelites wanted to escape from Pharaoh and explores how God sent ten plagues to the Egyptians.

Complete with a lesson plan, a set of slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a set of printable resources, this lesson comes ready to download and teach to your class, making your RE planning a doddle!

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#Lesson13REEscapingEgypt

This Moses and the Red Sea lesson for KS1 children starts by recapping the part of the story they already know, then goes on to tell your class about how the Israelites left Egypt and started on their long journey to the promised land. They will find out about Moses and the Red Sea and consider how the Israelites might have been feeling at different points of the story.

This lesson comes fully prepared and ready to teach with a detailed lesson plan, slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas, and a range of printable resources.

#Lesson14REIntheDesert

Now that the Israelites had successfully escaped from Egypt, they were free to find the Promised Land. This lesson tells your class the story of the 40-year wander through the desert and what God provided for the Israelites, including food, water and a set of rules to live by - the Ten Commandments. It also challenges your class to think about how the Israelites might have felt once their long journey was finally over and they reached the land God had promised them so long ago.

• Ten Commandment cards
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#Lesson15ScienceMaterialsHunt

This Materials Hunt Science lesson starts by looking at a variety of different materials, including wood, metal, plastic and glass. Your children will find out where these materials come from and some of the ways in they are used. Your class can then go on a materials hunt of their own as they travel around the school finding examples of each of these different materials!

This Materials Hunt lesson is fully planned and ready to teach. There's an easy-to-follow lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources for children to record their findings from their materials hunt.

#Lesson16ScienceTravelObjects

Challenge your KS1 class to think about which travel objects they would need to take with them on a holiday, then identify what material each one is made from. They can also describe what each material is like and sort objects according to their properties, from sunglasses and swimming suits to combs and coins!

This Travel Objects planning pack contains everything you need to deliver this lesson, including a lesson plan with three-way differentiation, a slideshow for the teaching input, and printable resources to support your children as they work through the activities.

#Lesson17ScienceVehicleMaterials

This Vehicle Materials lesson gives your KS1 class the chance to have a closer look at some different vehicles to explore the various parts, such as wheels, doors, windows and handles, and to think about what material each part is made from and why. They will then be able to describe and group a variety of vehicles based on the materials they contain.

This planning pack provides a lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources so that all you need to do is download, teach and enjoy!

#Lesson18ScienceFloatingandSinking

This Floating and Sinking KS1 Science lesson challenges your class to create a floating boat bath toy. They will start by looking at some different examples of boats and the materials they are made from, before thinking about how they can find out which materials would be suitable. They will carry out an experiment to see which materials float and which sink, before deciding which material would be best for the purpose at hand.

This Floating and Sinking KS1 planning pack is completely ready to teach with an easy-to-follow lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, and printable resources to support children as they carry out their floating and sinking experiments.

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Curriculum Objectives covered

Art objectives:.

• KS1 - to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products
• KS1 - to use drawing to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
• KS1 - to use painting to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
• KS1 - to use sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination

Geography Objectives:

• KS1 - name and locate the world's seven continents and five oceans.
• KS1 - use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather.
• KS1 - use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language [for example, near and far; left and right], to describe the location of features and routes on a map
• KS1 - use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key
• KS1 - use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment

History Objectives:

• KS1 - changes within living memory. Where appropriate, these should be used to reveal aspects of change in national life
• KS1 - events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally [for example, the Great Fire of London, the first aeroplane flight or events commemorated through festivals or anniversaries]
• KS1 - the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods

Science Objectives:

Year 1/2 working scientifically objectives.

• Year 1 - asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways
• observing closely, using simple equipment
• performing simple tests
• identifying and classifying
• using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions

Year 1 Everyday Materials Objectives

• distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made
• identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock
• describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
• compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties

Year 2 Uses of Everyday Materials Objectives

• identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses

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Planning on traveling for the Fourth of July holiday? Here’s how to avoid the rush

FILE - Motorists head southbound in the local and express lanes on Interstates 90-94 in slow and thickening traffic as a CTA train enters a station on the first day of the Fourth of July holiday weekend, July 1, 2022, in Chicago. Millions of Americans are preparing to get out of town sometime in the coming Fourth of July holiday week, which will likely mean busy roads as well as packed airports and train stations. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

FILE - Travelers walk with their luggage through Union Station in Washington ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, July 1, 2023. Millions of Americans are preparing to get out of town sometime in the coming Fourth of July holiday week, which will likely mean busy roads as well as packed airports and train stations. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Fourth of July is right around the corner, and the travel rush is already heating up.

Millions of Americans are preparing to get out of town sometime in the coming holiday week. That will likely mean busy roads, as well as packed airports and train stations.

Motor club AAA projects that some 70.9 million travelers will head 50 miles (80 kilometers) or more from their homes over a nine-day Independence Day travel period — surpassing pre-pandemic numbers for the U.S. holiday. And the Transportation Security Administration expects to screen over 32 million individuals in airports from this Thursday through July 8, up 5.4% from last year’s numbers.

Are you traveling for the Fourth? Here’s a rundown of what you need to know.

When is the best time to hit the road for July Fourth?

Smooth sailing for travel around any holiday is never a given. But avoiding the most hectic times, when others are rushing out of town, is a good way to start.

If you’re traveling by car for the Fourth of July, it’s best to hit the road in the morning, according to transportation data and insights provider INRIX. Peak traffic congestion varies by location, INRIX data published by AAA shows, but the worst times to drive on, or leading up to, the holiday are generally between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Either way, be prepared for the roads to be jammed.

“Road trips over the holiday week could take up to 67% longer than normal,” Bob Pishue, transportation analyst at INRIX, said in a prepared statement.

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July Fourth falls on a Thursday this year, and many travelers will likely take Friday July 5th off to extend their trip into a four-day weekend. Drivers in large metro areas can expect the biggest delays on Wednesday July 3 and Sunday July 7 — as travelers leave and return to town, Pishue added.

And if you’re renting a car ahead of July Fourth, the busiest pickup days will be Friday, Saturday and Wednesday before the holiday, AAA notes.

When will airports be busiest?

Airports will also likely be packed all week long — but the TSA expects most people will take to the skies on Friday.

It anticipates that it will screen more than 3 million individuals Friday. That would surpass the agency’s current record for most people screened on a single day, which reached just under 3 million last Sunday.

“We expect this summer to be our busiest ever,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said, adding that travel typical peaks around Independence Day.

Last year, the busiest day for Fourth of July air travel was also the Friday ahead of the holiday, TSA data shows. If past trends hold, travel will likely be higher on the days before and after the Fourth — particularly closer to the weekend. In 2023, for example, more than 2 million people were screened on the Fourth, which landed on a Tuesday last year, down from 2.88 million the Friday before.

What should I do if my flight is delayed or canceled?

Flights can be delayed or canceled for an array of reasons — from plane-specific mechanical problems to major storms impacting popular travel paths.

If your flight is canceled, airlines are required to provide refunds for customers, even if the cancellation is due to weather . Delays are trickier, because they typically have to meet certain criteria for relief, such as refunds or compensation — but carriers will often give customers to chance to switch to alternative flights, if available, at no cost.

In April, the Biden administration issued final rules that include requiring airlines to provide automatic cash refunds within a few days for canceled flights and “significant” delays. Those rules are set to take effect over the next two years, but the Department of Transportation has a site that lets consumers see the commitments each airline has made for refunds and covering other expenses when flights are canceled or significantly delayed.

Always check your itinerary before leaving home

It’s better to be stuck at home than locked in hourslong traffic or stranded in an airport terminal. Before heading out the door this holiday week, do yourself a favor and check the status of your travel plans.

Was your flight, train or bus ride delayed? Are there are traffic incidents set to disrupt your drive? And what about the weather? A quick look through your itinerary — such as trip updates on a carrier’s website — checking weather forecasts and monitoring traffic safety through services like the 511 hotline or your phone’s navigation apps can go a long way toward avoiding travel misery.

Here are a few more tips to keep in mind:

— Leave early: There are more people everywhere during a holiday week, so lines will be longer and roads will be busier. Give yourself more time to get to your destination or to make your way through airport security.

— Keep an eye on the weather — and not just for your destination: Look at the weather for your entire travel path. Even if it’s sunny skies both at home and the place you’re headed, it’s important to keep an eye out for any storms in between. You may need to do some rerouting.

— Be kind: A trip delay or cancellation can be really frustrating — but if you’re running into disruptions, chances are others are too. Customer service agents have a lot on their plate at this time of year, and it’s important to be patient and respectful as they try to help you.

Delta flight to Amsterdam diverted over spoiled food, 12 passengers evaluated

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A Delta Air Lines flight heading to Amsterdam made an emergency landing in New York City after reports that some of the in-flight meals were spoiled.

The 277 passengers on board Delta flight 136 heading from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Amsterdam Tuesday night were diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport after it was discovered that a portion of the main cabin in-flight meals were spoiled.

After reports of the spoiled food were made, Delta consulted with medial experts who recommended the flight's diversion to New York.

It is unknown how many people consumed the spoiled food, but medics met the plane as it landed in New York around 4 a.m. Wednesday, and 12 passengers were evaluated, but refused medical attention or transportation to the hospital, the Fire Department of New York told USA TODAY.

'This is not the service Delta is known for'

In a statement to USA TODAY, Delta apologized for the emergency landing.

"This is not the service Delta is known for and we sincerely apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and delay in their travels," a Delta spokesperson said in a statement.

Delta's Food Safety team is working to "immediately isolate" the product and launch an investigation into the incident.