Title |
Short description |
Related curricular areas |
Age group |
Building
design |
Design a two point perspective building for an exhibition
influenced by architecture along the Clyde waterfront such as ship
building, Glasgow Science Centre, SECC land fill, listed buildings,
etc. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Social Studies, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Clyde-inspired
jewellery design and manufacture |
Develop knowledge and understanding of 3-dimensional designs by
making jewellery based on structures on the Clyde waterfront. |
Expressive Arts, Technologies |
Upper Secondary |
Create a Clyde development
plan |
Design an original facility/building in teams, to create, as a
class, a new Clyde development project to participate in a
presentation to a panel of experts. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Mathematics, Social Studies,
Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Create a new Clyde
skyline |
In teams, learners will create a new Clyde waterfront skyline
by each designing a tall building as part of the project which will
be presented to developer and planner. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Social Studies, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Design a Clyde
waterfront building |
Design a new building structure, or extend or improve an
existing one, as part of the regeneration of the Clyde and which
fits in with the existing architecture. |
Expressive Arts, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Design a crash safety
suit |
Competition to design and make a protective crash suit for a
freefalling egg using k/u of 'structures and materials'. |
Mathematics, Science, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Design a
house |
Applying knowledge and understanding of subject topic of
Geometry and Finance in a project to design a house. |
Expressive Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies,
Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Design the new Transport
museum |
Pupils work in groups and with ambassadors to create their own
design for the new Transport Museum to be built on the Clyde as
part of the regeneration process. |
Expressive Arts, Social Studies, Technologies |
Upper Primary, Lower Secondary |
Exhibition of
buildings for the 21st century |
Learners will critically evaluate new Clyde building designs
and compare and contrast with buildings in their local community to
produce a display/exhibition of their work on River Clyde
buildings. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Technologies |
Upper Primary |
Finnieston Crane maze
puzzles |
Problem solving by designing maze puzzles replicating structure
of Finnieston Crane, whilst reaffirming knowledge of adding whole
numbers, decimals, negative numbers and algebraic terms. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social
Studies, Technologies |
Lower/Middle Scondary |
Graphic communication |
Use one point perspective and colour theory to design the
frontage of a new museum or venue based on a culture theme and set
up an exhibition of work for art college and architect students and
teachers to review and feedback. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Graphic
design inspired by the architecture of Glasgow |
Learners will work to a design brief, developing knowledge and
understanding of the graphic design process, by designing an
invitation for The Lighthouse, based on architecture on the Clyde
waterfront. |
Expressive Arts, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Making connections -
structures |
Making a media rack to meet a design brief from a manufacturer,
transferring knowledge and understanding from architecture and
nature into a design idea and presenting back to business. |
Expressive Arts, Mathematics, Technologies |
Lower/Middle Scondary |
Models of structures |
Research, design and make models of the 'Clydebank Titan' giant
cantilever crane to present K'nex models to an audience of peers,
community and business in this industry. |
Expressive Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies,
Technologies |
Upper Primary |
Regeneration and
education |
Investigating what makes an ideal school; learners will go
through the planning process for this and be assessed through a
presentation to peers. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Social Studies, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Tall
structures |
Young people will compete in teams as architect companies, to
win a contract to design a new tower within a given timescale and
restrained by budget and available materials. |
Expressive Arts, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Waterfall
design |
Project to design and create a waterfall with accompanying
information sheet based on learning about structures on a river.
Present to a group of experts (landscape designers) for feedback on
design. |
Expressive Arts, Science, Social Studies, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |