Transport Reserach

WALT: Research facts about a variety of transport and take notes

SC: To present facts we have researched and noted in our own words

Select a slip from the basket and record your mode of transport on a word document.  Save it in your inquiry folder.

·      Google the name to find an image and save in by taking a screenshot

·      Read up facts about your selected transport and in your own words write up the following six facts and present it in a table format:

-       When was it invented and by whom?

-       What is it’s main purpose or function?

-       The materials used to make it

-        How is it powered and what makes it move?

-       How has this type of transport benefitted humankind?

-       Where in the world is it being used today?

Present your findings on the “special card” and ensure your writing and sketch are of a high standard.

Electric Cars

1.The person to invent the first electric car was a Scottish man called Robert Anderson.He built it in 1828.

2.Electric cars don’t directly cause any pollution.

3. Electric cars use a battery to give the power it needs to run. The battery is attached to an on and off switch that is connected to an electric motor, and the electric motor in the car controls the wheels.

4.The power of the electric car is by an electric motor. Electric cars work by putting a little bit of high energy fuel.

5.They don’t cause much pollution.

6.The electric car is in Australia in Sydney,Melbourne and Brisbane. It’s also in New Zealand, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Ireland, Japan, Netherland, Norway, Poland, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.